October 25th, 2008
Before the internet, unsigned music artists couldnt make a living, off the thing they love and enjoy the most: Their music! They would have to send in demos to major record companys, hoping that the CEO’s would love their music and actually call them up on the phone offering them a recorddeal! But what they dont know is that the CEO’s dont give a f*#% about music!! They ONLY offer recordeals to artists who they know will become succesfull!
To say it in another way: They NEVER risk millions of dollars on bands that they dont see any future with!
Today there’s thousands, maybe millions of music artists looking for a way to make a living off their music. Those artists may now have a chance!
Former A&R Agent - Interscope Records, Fisnik Imeraj has written an eBook explaining just what the unsigned music artists should do! Publish their own music! Thats right! Since the internet is already invented, then why not take advantage of it?
In his new book Fisnik Imeraj explains to the ambitious artists how they can publish their own music on the internet, and keep 100% of their profits themselfs! He explains every part of music publishing on the internet! From creating a website to marketing their music! And the best part is that any artist can start with virtually NO money!!
If you ever dreamed of becoming a successful music artist, you should definately purchase this book! It might change your life! The book can be downloaded instantly after payment on http://www.deluxepass.dk
Fisnik Imeraj has worked along with THE biggest names in the music industry! He now reveals everything about music publishing on his new book “Music Industry Secrets Revealed!” How to become successful in the music industry without a recorddeal!
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September 21st, 2008
The internet has revolutionized the way we do business. You can start
an online business for less than $100.00 and start earning a decent
amount of income off of it. Because of this, there has been an explosion
in the ‘Internet Marketing‘ world. I don’t consider myself an internet
marketer, but I’ve studied many of them and have learned some ‘out of the
box’ techniques that you can easily apply towards bands. Here are just a
few of the many tips I can give you:
- Give First
One way to get something from other is to give
to them first. In music, one way to build a fan base is to play at venues
that do not charge a cover and invite people to come as your guest. You
definately don’t want to play a lot of venues for free, so you need to
somehow communicate that you are doing this for your audience without
saying it outright. You could say, “Hey guys, just to show you are appreciation,
Flaming Onions would like to personally invite you to this special
concert just for you! It’s totally free, so bring your friends and we’ll
see you there!” They will come, because they believe that this is a gift
from you and the won’t want to miss out!
Another way to give first is through our products. Giving away products
has gotten a lot easier since the development of the internet. Digital
music is HUGE! Better yet, it costs nothing to duplicate. Have you thought
about giving away one or two songs from your new album? What do you think
would happen if you did, and left your fan’s favorites available only if
they purchased it? First of all, they’re going to love the fact that you
gave them part of your album for free! It’s almost like a free trial that
they get to keep. Because you were willing to do this for them, they will
be more likely to buy it from you. Give first, and they will give
back to you!
- Cross-selling/Up-selling
Have you ever gone to McDonalds, ordered
a burger and received the question, “Would you like fries with that?” Have
you ever ordered one of their value meals and received the question “Would
you like to Super-Size that?” What you heard, while innocent enough, was an
amazing marketing concept that has been used by online merchants everywhere!
It is a way to increase sales to the same customer (who has bought a product)
by introducing other products in your product range. If customers buy a Flaming
Onions CD, you can ask if they want to buy a Flaming Onions t-shirt as well.
Seems simple enough, but let’s think a little more out of the box. Let’s say the
Flaming Onions’ CD sells for $15 and brings in a profit of $10 per album. Let’s
also assume that their t-shirts sell for $10 and bring in a profit of $6 per shirt.
What if the Flaming Onions Value Pack (consisting of 1 autographed CD, 1 tshirt, and
the album emailed to them in MP3 format with bonus track for their iPod and a desktop
background pic for their computer) sells for $25? I’m willing to bet that this approach
sells more. The digital products, as I mentioned above, cost nothing to duplicate.
You profit would be the same, but I guarantee you would sell more!
- Email List
This is probably the most important tool that is used
by online businesses. Internet Marketers swear by email lists and base many, if not
all, of their systems around them. The concept is simple, you offer a list for fans
to keep track of your band and all they have to do is give you their Name and email
address. You now have a way to directly communicate to them, and better yet, they
wanted it! You can promote upcoming shows and album releases. You can create
contests and drawings for those that are signed up. You can give those who are signed
up a special discount on merchandise. The possibilities are endless. One thing to
remember is to only send them things they would want to know. They signed up to hear
more about you, so they don’t want to receive any forwards stating that if they sign
up for this offer, they can receive a free laptop, blah, blah, blah! Don’t abuse your
list. Take care of them. This is an elite group of people who wanted to be a part of
your success, so treat them that way.
Like I said these are just a few things you can do to market your music online (and even
a little offline). Be creative and have fun with it. To help you out, here are a few
resources to check out:
- GigMinder: MySpace
Edition - a free, automated mailing list for MySpace bands
- Music
Marketing Cheat Sheet Deluxe Package - discover the secret formulas that the most
successful Internet marketers have used to make vast fortunes online applied to musicians!
- The Professional Musician’s Internet Guide - The bible for musicians
wishing to take advantage of all of the opportunities the Internet offers for promotion,
sale and distribution of music
FullTimeBand.com is a company that was started in June, 2006 with a simple automated mailing list program called GigMinder. GigMinder was created for a musician friend and was used to remind fans of upcoming gigs for the coming week. FullTimeBand.com has made this tool available for all bands and fans to use for free. FullTimeBand.com is planning on creating many more tools to assist bands in aiding in their everyday promotional and management chores. You may vist their site at http://www.fulltimeband.com. You can sign up fot eh GigMinder - MySpace Edition for FREE at http://www.fulltimeband.com/msgigminder.
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