5 Internet Music Marketing Sites
The web has allowed bands to promote their music to fans all over the world. By uploading tracks as MP3 files, bands and fans can connect instantly. The evolution of promoting your music on the web has grown from MP3.com to Napster, SoundClick and then Myspace came in and changed the game.
While the buzz on Myspace has come and is fading quickly, it left a very profound impact on the music industry. In the age of social media, sharing content, whether it be music, video, photos or stories is at an all time high. Blogs are being created by the thousands everyday. Billions of videos are being created and viewed on sites like YouTube and Vimeo.
Where should you spend your time marketing your songs with so much going on? Here is a list of 5 sites to help you promote your music and get your music to fans across the globe.
Twitter. Twitter is growing by leaps and bounds due to its usibility and real time search. Intimately connecting with fans in short bursts, providing updates and following the conversations happening around your band are vital to your success. Using things like Twitter Search, TweetDeck and HootSuite your experience on Twitter can be managed and magnified ten fold.
Bandcamp. How fans look at the cost of music has forever changed thanks to Nine Inch Nails and their business model. BandCamp allows you to sell your music like Radiohead and also offer a robust stand-alone site and tools to sell and market your music. You can price your tracks from 24 cents to 2 dollars. Ask for an email address and give your songs away to your fans. However you want your fans to consume and pay for your music can be applied with Bandcamp.
WordPress. Stop using long loading Flash and start getting on the blogging craze. Google loves fresh content and so does your fans. Using WordPress is the standard in content management. With plugins, easy to change templates, WISYWIG editors and plenty of member support, WordPress is the top content management system.
Google. Everyone is familiar with search leader Google. You need to look at their amazing suite of tools. Using Gmail as your email provider and Reader to manage all the sites you read are just the tip of what Google has to offer. As a hat tip you are going to want to set up Google Alerts for your band name and associated keyphrases to get notified every time they find something on the web.
ReverbNation. The leading internet music marketing tools site with over 400,000 musicians is growing and unstoppable. Use Reverb’s large tool set to build your fan list, grab tracksong widgets, tour applications and gather fan stats to enhance your music promotion.
These five sites are geared to get your online music promotion a kick start and put your music in front of the people who matter the most, your fans. Try them out and see what works for you and your music. How are you improving your online music marketing?
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