Members richardmac Posted March 7, 2009 Members Share Posted March 7, 2009 If you want to make money selling your own tunes, or even playing someone else's tunes, marketing is obviously important, and personal branding plays into that. I've starting reading about 15 music blogs on a regular basis, and sometimes you get great links like this one: http://www.jobprofiles.org/library/students/100-tips,-tools,.htm I swear this web page is like a college degree in personal branding. Great tips, great links to great videos, and links to books for those folks who are really into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members James.Erickson Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 Mr. Mac, Thank-you so much for posting that link, extremely valuable information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlueStrat Posted April 9, 2009 Members Share Posted April 9, 2009 But...doesn't it hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members danosongs Posted June 30, 2009 Members Share Posted June 30, 2009 My basics of personal branding on my website and blog are: - Always include a picture in the header - so many websites and blogs are faceless. - Always use the first person in the title and posts. All my blog posts that use the word "My" always get like 10x more Google traffic. For instance "My new royalty free trip hop industrial MP3" versus "New royalty free trip hop industrial MP3" the first one is more interesting I guess. These two things makes my site and blog "me" and it seems to make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cyberwolf Posted July 8, 2009 Members Share Posted July 8, 2009 Good topic. No question about that. Being a graphic artist working at an Ad Agency, I can tell you, branding is about inserting yourself into the collective conscious or at least, making a memorable statement of or for yourself, so "branding" ones self, as you would a band, an artist or a product, is certainly applicable, and necessary, in this day and age. Unfortunately everyone is inundated with so much marketing and PR (good, bad, indifferent) that it's easy to get lost in the mix, even with a good brand image, but it's a path we must go down. I took part in self-branding years ago, and it's never served me wrong, though some folks disparage the approach (shameless self-promoting? spamming? you decide!) it's vitally necessary when people have limited timeframes and everything must be instanteously gratifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Z-Mann Posted July 13, 2009 Members Share Posted July 13, 2009 What a great resource. Thanks for the post! I see so many bands - and my previous bands are as guilty as any of them - who just put up a MySpace page and play a few local shows. Their flyers have no pictures of them. Their only recordings are very poor. It leaves no question as to the future of their "brand". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members smallbutmighty Posted July 13, 2009 Members Share Posted July 13, 2009 I just posted on my blog about this very topic a couple weeks ago. The article I wrote is called Building Your B®and. It focuses more on band branding, but most of the same ideas still apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marketpostcard Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 there's no other way to increase your sales but to do effective marketing strategy. Even if you're promoting online it would be better if you also make offline promotion such as postcard marketing. If you have webpage you can print the link on it and make sure your postcard look great so you can get the attention of your prospects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sventvkg Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 If you want to make money selling your own tunes, or even playing someone else's tunes, marketing is obviously important, and personal branding plays into that. I've starting reading about 15 music blogs on a regular basis, and sometimes you get great links like this one: http://www.jobprofiles.org/library/students/100-tips,-tools,.htm I swear this web page is like a college degree in personal branding. Great tips, great links to great videos, and links to books for those folks who are really into this. hey Richard, would you turn us on to the music blogs you read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ruellesmith Posted August 8, 2012 Members Share Posted August 8, 2012 Marketing strategy helps to increase sales on your products and this is the best thing you can do for business. Even if you're promoting online it would be better if you also make offline promotion such as postcard marketing, business card, leafleting and others. ___________________________Cheap Printing Services Adelaide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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