by Michael Brandvold | Feb 15, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
I recently did a interview with Ragan.com about how to deal with a “flamer” online. Much of what I talked about comes from experience managing fan communities for bands. The article was posted today. You wake up, flip open your laptop and try to ease into...
by Michael Brandvold | Feb 8, 2011 | Marketing
My podcast interview with Small Business Access is now live. I talked with Small Business Naked about why you should use Facebook to HELP gain traffic to your website. It should not be a replacement for your website, but a tool to help drive traffic to YOUR site....
by Michael Brandvold | Feb 6, 2011 | Audio, Marketing, Music Marketing
2010 was a year of transformation for me. My entire life I have never been afraid of change, I actually enjoy change. 2010 I changed from working for someone else and taking the leap to working for myself. Looking back it didn’t seem like such a big leap, it...
by Michael Brandvold | Feb 4, 2011 | Marketing
photo © 2008 Giuseppe Leto Barone | more info (via: Wylio)I can’t tell you enough how important this list is. Take my word for it, this comes from experience being involved at a company in the past that seemed to care little about doing this. I promise you, if...
by Michael Brandvold | Jan 31, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
photo © 2008 Peter Dutton | more info (via: Wylio)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...
by Michael Brandvold | Jan 27, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
What No One Will Tell You about DIY Publicity, But What You Really Need to Know By Guest writer Christopher Buttner, President, PRThatRocks.com In my last article, I gave you my top ten DIY publicity tips for bands. In this, my long – yet fashionably –...
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