by Michael Brandvold | May 23, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
Dr, Shannon Reece has yet another great post, this time 89 Famous Quotes That Will Rock Your World This week she asked, If you are like me, then you love inspiring, challenging, motivating, or even tough-love when it comes to famous quotes. It is amazing how the words...
by Michael Brandvold | May 22, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
They are not making a comeback, it is marketing. Just like vinyl. It will be a comeback when you can walk into Best Buy and see a row of tape players and turntables. Until then it is is just a marketing angle. Oh, and don’t sign with a label that exclusively...
by Michael Brandvold | May 20, 2011 | Marketing, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing
Welcome to episode 10 of The Music Biz Weekly, a weekly podcast co-hosted by Michael Brandvold and Brian Thompson. Each week Michael and Brian will discuss the latest events in the music business and music marketing events and techniques. This week’s episode,...
by Michael Brandvold | May 18, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
I feel like I can’t repeat this enough… it is not about how many Facebook fans you have. It is about what you do to engage and convert them. How many of your Facebook fans or Twitter followers are really active? These days, most companies are obsessed with...
by Michael Brandvold | May 17, 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 | May 16, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
This article was brought to my attention by my Twitter follower Adrijus Guscia… thanks so much! It is from 2008, but really is relevant today. It discusses the concept of free product and how do you make money with free. Every band should read this and think...
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