Your First 1 Million Streams (Ultimate Guide)
It is 100% feasible for you to get your first 1 million streams on your music in 1 year. All you need is good music,…
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The Best Spotify Promotion Services
There are a seemingly infinite number of Spotify promotion services available online. To save you some time, here are the best Spotify promotion services that…
23 Music Marketing Ideas For 2023
If you’re a music artist, band, manager or label owner you need music marketing. The idea that great music will somehow just sell itself is…
Using AI Artwork for Album Covers with Midjourney
AI generated artwork has been all the rage this year, largely due to the hype around DALL-E 2. While DALL-E 2 is now open, at…
What is Organic Music Marketing? (And What It’s NOT)
Every music marketing campaign should include some type of organic music marketing strategy even if you’re utilizing paid methods as well. While organic strategies can…
Conversion vs Traffic Campaigns – Spotify Facebook Ads
Facebook ads are one of the most effective ways to promote your music as an independent artist, big or small. There are several types of…
How Often Should Artists Release New Music?
Releasing high quality music on a consistent basis is one of the most important aspects of any music marketing strategy. The rate you release music…
How Musicians Can Schedule Instagram / Facebook Posts for Free
Did you know you can schedule Instagram and Facebook posts, images, videos and stories for free? There are a lot of services that will charge…
How to Grow Spotify Playlists with Facebook Ads
I have over 30,000 followers on my network of Spotify playlists, and I grew most of them using Facebook ads. Similar to how you would…
How To Release Music as an Independent Artist
The first step to getting people to listen to your music is to release it on all major platforms, such as Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes…
How To Make CD’s for Music Artists
The first time I went to order custom CD’s for one of my albums I found the process overwhelming, and I made a lot of…
How to Do a Waterfall Release Strategy with DistroKid
Many artists have seen their favorite artists using a relatively new release strategy called the waterfall release. However it’s not initially clear what the benefits…
17 Free Music Marketing Strategies
I’m a big fan of using Facebook ads and YouTube ads to promote my music, but that doesn’t mean I don’t also take advantage of…
How Does Spotify Release Radar Work?
Spotify’s Release Radar is an algorithmic playlist updated every Friday that only includes music released in the past 28 days. Fans that follow you will…
7 Biggest Wastes of Music Marketing Budgets For Independent Music Artists
There are a LOT of ways to waste your music marketing budget nowadays. As an independent artist you probably aren’t work with the biggest budget,…
Apple Music Marketing
Even though Spotify is king of the castle at the moment when it comes to online streaming, Apple Music still has over 72 million subscribers.…
Spotify Marquee Review
Spotify Marquee is a native advertising format inside of Spotify to premium users and free users. You can show a pop-up message inside the Spotify…
Spotify for Artists Live Stats Not Working
Spotify for Artists is a required tool for any music artist, so they can see how their music is performing on Spotify. One great feature…
Facebook Ads for Spotify: Conversion Campaigns (Full Guide)
I’ve found Facebook ads to be the most effective way of growing my presence on streaming platforms like Spotify and Apple Music. It allows us…
Facebook Domain Verification for Music Artists
If you want to be able to use Facebook ads to run conversion ads to promote your music on Spotify and other music platforms, you…
How Do I Access Spotify for Artists Before My First Release?
Last week I was launching the debut single for a new band, and I really wanted to be able to setup our profile and pitch…