The first thing you need to do when planning a tour is to determine how much upfront money you can invest in your tour. Knowing what your budget is will determine where you go and how long you can stay on the road. For a lot of us independent artists, money is always a factor […]
Category: Fan Base
How to Get Constructive Feedback on Your Music
As a singer/songwriter, you often create your art in a vacuum. You write music and practice it alone. You spend time tweaking lyrics and adding chord changes to get it polished, then you wonder if it sounds good. A lot of times, no one else is there to critique your music but you. If you […]
1 Simple Trick To Get Your Music Shared
If you’re the one sharing your music all the time you can come off looking like a self-promoting tool. However, if someone else shares your music, you can come off looking like a saint. The psychology behind this is an entirely different blog, but the truth is word of mouth is the best marketing ever. Word […]
My Most Popular Posts on Facebook
As part of this Facebook Series, I wanted to share which posts on my music page got the most reach and engagement over the past year. After you finish this article take a look at some of the other posts in this Facebook series. I think you’ll find them useful. 1. Save Time With This […]
7 Mistakes that Will Kill Your Facebook Efforts
This is post #8 of my Facebook Series! In this series, I am sharing best practices to facilitating your own vibrant fan community with your Facebook fan page. The Facebook tips I share during this series are specifically geared to operating a fan page for musicians and ind ependent artists. In this article I talk […]
Anitra Jay in Fan Base, General Business, Mailing List Tips & Tricks, Promotions, Social Media/YouTube
No Guarantee? How to Make Money at your Show Anyway
So you got an offer at the venue you’ve been hoping to get into, but then you find out what their compensation package is. “Sorry compensation is tips and merchandise. We don’t offer a guarantee.” WHAAAAT! Oh my gosh. You can’t believe it. What do you do? Playing for tips is not the end of […]
Are you Cool? How to be Popular on Facebook
Welcome to post #7 of my Facebook Series! In this series, I am sharing best practices to facilitating your own vibrant fan community with your Facebook fan page. The Facebook tips I share during this series are specifically geared to operating a fan page for musicians and independent artists. In this article I talk about […]
Stop Losing Visibility on Facebook
Over the past three years, Facebook has rolled out an algorithm to prioritize news and determine what shows up in news feeds. This is good and bad. It’s good for users because they see relevant stories, but bad for independent artists because it kind of makes it harder to reach fans if Facebook determines that […]
3 Powerful Features to Use on your Facebook Band Page
This post is #5 of a group of articles called, the Facebook Series. I’ve written a handful of resource articles centered around making a successful splash on Facebook for independent artists. These articles dive into topics such as how to write engaging content, super easy contest ideas, how to boost page likes, and more. Check […]
10 Engaging Social Media Contests for Musicians
12/20/2017 UPDATE: Uh oh, Uh oh! Facebook is constantly changing, and it looks like Facebook is cracking down on engagement posts much like the ones mentioned in this article. We’re going to have to come up with some other creative ways to promote engagement on our Facebook pages. Otherwise, Facebook will levy demotions and no […]
Save Time With This Ultimate Social Media Content Calendar
This article is part of a series, Facebook Tips for Independent Artists. Check out my other articles in this series here: 10 Easy Social Media Contest Ideas to Make Your Fans EngageThe Quick & Dirty Way to Boost Facebook LikesHow to Share your Music Page with a Like Button3 Powerful Features to Use on your […]