Tag: marketing advice

  • How Musicians Can Game the Facebook Algorithm to Create More Cost-Effective Ads

    How Musicians Can Game the Facebook Algorithm to Create More Cost-Effective Ads

    Love it or hate it, Facebook is a musician’s best friend when it comes to finding and introducing new fans to your music. Here’s how to make the most of it!

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  • 5 Keys to Success in Digital Music Promotion

    5 Keys to Success in Digital Music Promotion

    The digital promotion landscape in music is changing fast and more competitive than ever, here’s some tips to helping you cut through and find success.

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  • 5 Ways to Help Your Music Get Discovered in the New Digital Age

    5 Ways to Help Your Music Get Discovered in the New Digital Age

    + What are you working on? Share your musical goals with us and we’ll hook you up with a Soundfly Mentor to help you reach them! Recently our friends over at The Outline published a great piece called, “Finding New Music in the Algorithm Age.” The article collects input from six experts and industry veterans, people who work…

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  • 4 Ways to Use Festivals to Build Your Network

    4 Ways to Use Festivals to Build Your Network

    + What are you working on? Share your musical goals with us and we’ll help you develop a plan to exceed them! Tell us what you’d like to achieve and a Soundfly Mentor will get back to you within a day or two. When you think of music festivals, you’re probably imagining long, hot, sun-soaked days hopping between stages…

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  • Feeling Stuck? Try This Goal-Setting Tactic Tonight

    Feeling Stuck? Try This Goal-Setting Tactic Tonight

    + Pursue your dreams faster with a Soundfly Mentor! Share your musical goals with us and we’ll pair you up with a professional musician, engineer, educator, or music industry veteran who will help you achieve them in a customized four-week session. Feeling like you’re stuck in a never-ending cycle of deadlines, putting out fires, and zero progress? It’s…

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  • Independent Radio Promotion Guide: How to Contact Radio Stations

    Independent Radio Promotion Guide: How to Contact Radio Stations

    As a musician, there’s a lot of stuff to keep organized when it comes to marketing your music — social media, promotion, contacting press, and building your network are all a part of this process. In past articles, I’ve talked about indie radio as a great way to reach new fans, cultivate solid relationships with…

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  • How to Create Instagram Ads That Connect with New Fans

    How to Create Instagram Ads That Connect with New Fans

    + Pursue your next social media marketing goal with a Soundfly Mentor like Marta! Soundfly offers four-week mentorship sessions with a pro, customized to you. Get in touch to learn more. Instagram is yet another quintessential outlet to showcase photos from your shows, concert flyers, promo images, music videos, and your general artistic #aesthetic, whether you’re a signed…

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  • The Ultimate Release Checklist for Your Next Single, Album, or Video Release

    The Ultimate Release Checklist for Your Next Single, Album, or Video Release

    Prepare for your next big release with this thorough checklist of everything you should have put in place well before unleashing your new music!

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  • 8 Effective Ways to Get More Playlist Followers on Spotify

    8 Effective Ways to Get More Playlist Followers on Spotify

    + Welcome to Soundfly! We help curious musicians meet their goals with creative online courses. Whatever you want to learn, whenever you need to learn it. Subscribe now to start learning on the ’Fly. By Laura Buckler Spotify promises to make music “available to anyone.” This enormous platform is already streaming millions of songs made by talented artists, and as with any…

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  • 4 Reasons Why You Should Focus on Small Music Blogs… Not Big Ones

    4 Reasons Why You Should Focus on Small Music Blogs… Not Big Ones

    Everyone wants major press placements. I get it. There’s a lot of clout that comes with a feature on Alternative Press, Stereogum, Consequence of Sound, etc. However, in their quest to shoot straight to the top, emerging bands are missing a vital component to career growth: small, indie blogs. There are a lot of reasons…

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