Friday, March 21, 2014

Social Media Secrets That Shouldn't Be


There are plenty of ways to use social media for music promotion. Unfortunately, most of them are wrong and these wrong ways are usually what come most intuitively to musicians. This is why your friend’s bands will be reminding you every five hours about their show three months away at a bar you’ve never heard of. It is also the reason the attendance won’t break into double digits. Some of the methods, strategies and platforms have changed, but the objectives remain the same and those are essentially to retain interest and drive traffic to your websites. If you can accomplish these, concert attendance, sales and general social media metrics will come naturally. One good rule to go by is to make sure your social media posts are roughly 80% personal, interesting and entertaining, and only about 20% business (upcoming albums, events, etc.). Also, don’t spread yourself too thin. Only use the platforms that your fans are most likely to be involved with.

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