I’m sure you’ve all seen ‘like’ buttons and ‘share’ buttons on websites and blogs across the interweb. In fact, there’s a couple at the bottom of this post that you … Continue reading
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10 Ways to Increase Fan Engagement Through Social Media
301’d to Permalink: https://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2013/03/social-media-for-musicians/ Our friends at Hyepbot just posted a great article by Hisham Dahud called “10 Strategies To Engage Fans Through Social Media.” I really recommend … Continue reading
iFrames App for Facebook Pages
In a few days, Facebook will be phasing out the FBML app for all pages. If you’ve already used the FBML app with your Facebook page, don’t fear! Well, only … Continue reading
Blog Buzz, Facebook Fans, Re-Tweets, Ad Revenue, Branded Partnerships, and You
Wow, that’s a long title for this blog post! Well, those are just SOME of the factors that can intersect at just the right moment to create the “perfect storm” … Continue reading
Use Facebook Tagging to Spread Your Photo & Video Content
Thanks to Hypebot for reminding me about one very simple,but important tool for promoting your music: tagging photos and videos in Facebook. Tagging Other People in Your Photos/Videos When you … Continue reading
How Facebook "Likes" Factor Into Music Promotion
The Facebook “like” button is a strange sort of social media currency. You can’t KNOW exactly what it is worth in the same way you can gauge the value of … Continue reading
Using Instagram to Engage Your Fanbase
With mobile apps becoming easy to navigate, fun for the user, and oftentimes free, taking snapshots of your musical life and sharing them with your fans has become a unique, … Continue reading
How Musicians Can Use Facebook’s New Page Upgrades
Pretty soon, all Facebook Pages (for businesses, brands, bands, and media) will resemble the newest redesign for Facebook profiles. But you can choose to upgrade now! So what’s different? And … Continue reading
A/B Testing for Musicians: A Study in Facebook Ads
You can’t trust your friends! Musicians are a suspicious lot. We tend to hold fast to our gut instincts. We heed the counsel of close friends and die-hard fans. We … Continue reading
Music Promotion Tip: Don't Forget Your Website!
I know that tweeting or making a 20-second Facebook post is way more fun than updating your website. But here’s the thing: your website is the only place online where … Continue reading