Streaming Music

If you have been following my previous articles, you should know that the focus of your Internet music promotion should be two things.

At least in the beginning you want to concentrate on;

• getting visitors to your website ( additionally known as website traffic)

• building your mailing list

As you work on getting people to your web site, you’ll be tempted to use certain techniques that will promise to give you faster results.

Some forms of promotion simply won’t work for you, as a artist. Spamming could work for Viagra marketers and get-rich-quick schemes but believe me; you could only HURT yourself trying it.

Unsolicited emails will only make individuals hate you. And they know who sent it to them!

Traffic ex changes will get you traffic but it is pretty much useless. Virtually all of the people who use them are either trying to get rich quick or doing the same thing as you; getting themselves more traffic.

In other words, the people on traffic ex varys don’t care about you, your website or your music!

You can get things looking nice when it comes to number of your web site’s visitors and Alexa ranking.

But then comes the moment of truth. The numbers you actually care about the most may not be so nice. I’m talking about your sales.

What good is it to have 20 000 individuals on your mailing list if nobody buys or turns up to see your show?

What you should do instead is be patient. Learn how to build a targeted traffic and mailing list. Really master the basics of Web marketing. You’ll see solutions and with time, you’ll see more resources in your bank account.

individuals will love you for what you do and you will feel wonderful about it.

Hey, it is nice to see you again! we continue with our series on viral marketing gift for your fans.

4) Screen savers – these are really cool because individuals differ their screensavers a lot. And they really spread fast if individuals prefer them because they’re readily exposed.

You may visit freesaver.com for a range of tools to make them. For Mac users you may try iScreensaver Designer.

Screensaver making software does not cost much ( frequently about $29). Definitely worth every penny.

5) MySpace.com layouts – Why don’t you make MySpace.com layouts for your audiences? This promotes you ample time because anybody who visits their profile sees your band! It’s as cool as an individual wearing your band T-Shirt.

You can not be nice with CSS( that is what is used to make layouts). You can visit make-myspace.com to produce the layouts and make them downloadable from your website.

6) Phone videos – You know how individuals like watching little videos on their cell phones. You may freely establish little concert videos (or your music video if you have one) and make them available to your listeners.

There a lot of exceedingly cheap cell phone video converters out there. Just Google the term and you’ll get a lot of choices.

Maybe your phone came with a disc that has one.

7) Games and widgets – All right, so this one is a bit more complex. You could create a cool game using Flash (or get someone to do it).

people may embed it on their websites and profiles. If you upload it to a website like newgrounds.com you may literally get thousands of visitors to your performer website in a matter of days!

You may even be the central hero of the game. Imagine how cool that would make you!

It’s time to conclude our series on viral music marketing. Internet music promotion may be really fun when you use these techniques.

Here are some quick tips to make your viral promotional materials stronger;

Sex sells

This is true but don’t overestimate it. You are selling your music not your body.

Having said that make sure you look attractive in the pictures and videos you use. You can additionally show off your body a little but don’t over do it. It can not give you the results you want.

Be larger than life

Whatever you do, make sure it is something your fans could look up to or aspire to be. If you present yourself as “just another person ” that is how you’ll be perceived. I am sure you could imagine many ideas to make you look even cooler than you already do.

Remember ; in show business perception is reality.

Label your stuff!

Ensure you band name or better still website address can be evident ly seen on all your materials. That way, when audiences like your promotional materials they know where they might get more.

hardly anything would be more annoying to you, than getting many downloads and people forgetting where they got them from.

Put endeavor into it

individuals make the mistake of thinking viral marketing is about doing virtually nothing and getting a lot in return.

Your fans must enjoy whatever it’s you’re giving them.

You also have to make sure you create stuff that truly represents your band image. Yes, it will take some time and effort. If you don’t believe in it don’t do it!

Be original but a bit “generic”

Your promo materials should stand out but in a way that fits you type of. You know perfect what type of things your fans like. Creating images and logos that people naturally drift to in your type of will make your work spread faster.

You may even make screensavers or wallpapers that only contain themes your audiences like and simply put your name or Web URL on them!