Attention all indie bands, and starving artist. The music industry is changing. Being signed by a label to provide you with a large advance and then set up a large tour with a main act is a thing of the past, or at most, happens only the rarest of instances. Instead, learn how to make money from the get go. As much as music is about anything except business, if you want to be able to do it long term, you have to treat at least part of it like one. We do not mean selling you soul to corporate giants. I am talking about to make money from day one by selling your own music, and keeping almost every penny. We are providing a few great tips to really get your band jumpstarted on the road to success. Here are the things every band MUST do.
Sell my MP3 from my MySpace
This is a no brainer and a must. every artist who has a decent recording should be trying to sell their music already. Why waste thousands of MySpace listens when no one is buying anything. It just does not make sense. That is the same as not selling you CD at venues when you play. To do this you will use a company call Snocap. It is free to use with MySpace and make it easy to sell your fans.
Sell my MP3 from my website
The next trick is even greater, and is something not very many bands do. I had someone ask, "how do I sell mp3 from my website." I have also been asked how to, "sell mp3 downloads online ." It is much easier than you would expect. It is done a little different than on MySpace however. There are several companies that can set this up, but there is a special way to sell mp3s online that creates much more sales and is much more viral than any other. It is called affiliate viral marketing. Instead of only getting props from friends for you music. They can actually make money of recommending it. At the bottom of this article there are links to click bank and affiliate guerilla. Clickbank will allow you to set up an affiliate account with them for only $50. From their they handle all the billing stuff. All you have to do is get people to click the buy button. Your friends and fans can sign up as an affiliate and use special links and banners you make to recommend your music. When someone clicks on those links. It sends them to your sales page. You can set how much of the sale you think your friends and fans should get paid. Affiliate guerilla is the same, except you run the affiliate program instead of another company. You buy the software and host the program from your website. It is a little more intensive but just as effective. Either way, you are missing on huge money, if you do not do this.
Piggy Back with other bands
Nothing is better than sharing the love. Find a few bands in the same genre that you think rock. Ask if they would be willing to do a joint swap. Give them 50 CD's and vice versa, it has to be a group you trust, tell them to sell them for half price to anyone who buys their CD as a buy one get one half off deal. You do the same. Both bands will make more money, and get more sales.
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