by Michael Brandvold | May 22, 2012 | Marketing, Music Marketing
You have hired or are thinking of hiring a social media person or a online marketing person or even a publicist, well here are eight items you should look for in their skill set. All of them so important. There are many people out there claiming to be experts, but...
by Michael Brandvold | May 21, 2012 | Marketing, Music Marketing
NPR has a great story about companies buying Facebook likes and what you might really be buying. Anyone who has been following me knows I preach… do not buy likes and followers. It will not get you anything. The only person who wins is whoever you are paying....
by Michael Brandvold | May 16, 2012 | Marketing, Music Marketing
I read the article 9 Qualities of Successful Entrepreneurs on Inc.com and was just going to tweet a link to the story, but then stopped and thought… this actually really applies to musicians because every musician is also a entrepreneur. Every band is really at...
by Michael Brandvold | May 15, 2012 | Marketing, Music Marketing
Author David Meerman Scott made a honest and realistic quote, “if you want 20,000 fans you must do 2000 different things that each generate 10 fans.” This was my favorite quote from 2010 and I am going to take this on as a challenge for 2011 for an ambitious project...
by Michael Brandvold | May 14, 2012 | Marketing, Music Marketing
I and many others have stated that its not the number of Facebook likes or Twitter followers you have that matters, it is the relationship you have with your followers and the ability to engage with them and get them to convert on a action. 1000 very active fans is...
by Michael Brandvold | May 2, 2012 | Marketing, Music Marketing
I want to SCREAM every time I see stuff like this… DESIGN A BANNER FOR BILLYIDOL.NET Ever thought that you could design a better website? That you have a great visual idea for a piece of web artwork? Well, now’s your chance to show us what you can do. The...
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