by Michael Brandvold | Jun 16, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
Hisham Dahud wrote this great piece about the California Music Industry Summit for Hypebot. Hisham specifically commented on the panel I was part of:Global Music Marketing Strategies. This past weekend, the California Music Industry Summit took place at the Marriott...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 15, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
This article comes from a great PR and marketing site, Ragan.com. More than a few PR people want to declare the press release dead; however, as long as reporters continue to ask for releases—and sometimes run them verbatim—the press release is alive and well. That...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 14, 2011 | 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 | Jun 13, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
Kyle Babson wrote this article for Music Think Tank and I think it is worth sharing. It is a quick read and gives you some clear and simple advice on what content you should add to your website to improve your Google search results. Your Fans Aren’t Finding Your...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 12, 2011 | Apple, Marketing, Music Marketing
A quick note for any musician who is using Apple’s iWeb and MobileMe for your website; it appears it may be time to start looking for a new host for your website. According to the article below from The Unofficial Apple Weblog it is rumored that Steve Jobs said...
by Michael Brandvold | Jun 10, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
Who are the most influential musicians online? Klout just published a list of the 10 most influential musicians, it might surprise some of you. What can you do with this list? Well first thing is start following each of them on Twitter and Facebook. See what they do...
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