by Michael Brandvold | Aug 17, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
The Michael Brandvold Marketing 2011 speaking tour continues. The National Association of Record Industry Professionals has invited me to speak to their group in San Francisco on October 12th. Full details are below. How To Use Social Media To Promote Music: Get A...
by Michael Brandvold | Aug 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 | Aug 15, 2011 | Marketing, Music Marketing
Yesterday I spent the day at the 2011 Wordcamp San Francisco. Great convention, well worth the $40 registration and lots of great information. If you use WordPress you should look for a Wordcamp near you and make a trip. I attended the SEO for WordPress in 2011...
by Michael Brandvold | Aug 12, 2011 | Audio, Marketing, Music Biz Weekly Podcast, Music Marketing
Welcome to episode 20 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 | Aug 12, 2011 | Music Marketing
I just attended my first NARIP event in San Francisco, Music Supervisor Session with PJ Bloom. It was a packed room with people either directly pitching PJ or learning about pitching to a music supervisor. This is one area of the music business I have not had much...
by Michael Brandvold | Aug 11, 2011 | Family and My Life, Music Marketing, TV and Movies
I tell many people one of my strengths is I am a fan, I’m not a musician. I love music, I love bands, I love concerts. I am your customer. Last night I went to the one night only showing of the Angels and Airwaves movie Love. I had been waiting to see this indie...
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