DO’s & DON’T’s of Contacting Record Labels, Press, Blogs, Agents & Promoters « DANCEFEVER5000. Reaching out to others in the community is an important part of creating a successful life as an artist. I work for a record label, a booking agency, a few production and promotional crews as well as several music publications, and am approached by artists many times a day with requests for help. 95% of these requests are ignored; I simply don’t have time to respond to or even read everyone’s pleas for help, because I have a life and shit like that. To get into that 5% with me or with anyone else you are trying to contact, you need to present yourself in a way that piques the interest of the person that you are trying to engage. Posting “CHECK OUT MY MUSIC – IT’S THE BEST EVARRRRRR” as a comment on someone’s Myspace status update from three days ago isn’t going to get you very far – yet I see crap like this all the time.
A good general rule is to make it as easy as possible for someone to help you. DO’s: DO realize that the subject line of your email is extremely important. DON’T’s: How to Successfully Grow Your Fan Base Using Facebook (And Not Spend a Dime) When it comes to your music, people are predominantly concerned with one thing - not what your music means to you, but what your music means to them. This is one of the most important lessons any musician can learn. The birth of social networks allowed fans an insight into the more mundane aspects of celebrity; as a result, this sparked a newfound intrigue into their normality.
However, now that everyone from the drummer of the Black Keys, to the State of North Korea are all Twittered up, the days of dietary intake being shareable news are long gone. The tides have turned. Now it’s time for the artist to use social networks to learn about their fans. Facebook is actually a great place to gain vital insight into what makes your fan base tick. It’s like a customer survey at your fingertips. 4 Ways To Grow Your Fan Base: 1. They could have thought your photo was cute, that your band had a cool name, or that you might be the band they heard on the radio. 2. 3. 4. DO’S and DONT’S: 10 Essential Tips For Musicians To Improve Their Facebook Page - MTT Open. Facebook Pages are the most effective way for musicians to get their name out there.
While each application has its own stand out features there can be some overlap between what each application offers. Choose the apps you use wisely, you don’t want to hit your fans with information overload and leave them overwhelmed and unlikely to return to your page. Whether you use one application - or a combination of a few of them - make sure your fan page stays well-organized and users can easily find what they’re looking for without searching through a bunch of clutter. After all, wasn’t that was wrong with a majority of MySpace pages? 1. Your fan page is a great place to aggregate all the content you’ve created on the various social networks you belong to.
Here are a few ways you can share your content with your fan base: Sync your Twitter account with your Facebook page. On top of syncing your Twitter account with your Facebook page, you can also automatically sync your blog. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 9 Marketing Tips for DJs | House Essentials.