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How To Be Your Own Music Publicist: Part 3

Posted: Nov 29, 2022

Category: Promotion

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

Be Own Pub 3 - Cyber PR
"The music publicity process for any band or artist – no matter how big or small – is very much the same. Of course, the size of the music blogs and other outlets in which you receive placements will vary dramatically. This is based on what style of music is hot at the moment, combined with many other factors including label, tour schedule, size of your online fan base, and the number of streams."

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How To Be Your Own Music Publicist: Part 2

Posted: Nov 23, 2022

Category: Promotion

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

Own Music Publicist 2 - Cyber PR
"Here, in How To Be Your Own Music Publicist Part 2, we will go through the 5 things that need to be addressed before you can start pitching to music blogs and publications. 1. Research Music Blogs 2. Prepare Your Target Lists 3. Get Your Email and Newsletters in Order 4. Determine Your Ideal Release Schedule 5. Prep Your Visual Assets and Social Media Posts"

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How To Be Your Own Music Publicist: Part 1

Posted: Nov 16, 2022

Category: Promotion

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

Be Own Publicist - Cyber PR
"The world of DIY music publicity can feel very overwhelming. Sadly, a lot of artists get bad advice when they are just starting out that the first thing they should do is go out and hire a music publicist. We don’t think this is the best advice at all as you may not be ready for a music publicist right off the bat. There are many things you should do first...Another thing to understand is, that when attempting to be your own music publicist you need to look beyond Pitchfork, Stereogum, and Rolling Stone. Being an indie music publicist involves understanding a complex ecosystem of music blogs, playlists, podcasts, social media influencers and traditional media – newspapers, magazines, television and radio. It is possible to do it yourself and this guide is here to help."

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How To Grow Your Fanbase Beyond Social Media

Posted: May 10, 2022

Category: Marketing

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

Grow FB Beyond Soc Med - Cyber PR
"As modern technology continues to advance, more and more artists and fans become reliant on the digital realm. Social media becomes the central ground. This triggers a domino effect where one artist starts a trend and the rest follow behind as they fall into the oversaturated crowd. Due to this over-saturation, it’s nearly impossible to generate enough attention to be big. For those who wish to follow a different path, there are other ways to stand out."

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The 10 best blogs for musicians and bands

Posted: Dec 6, 2021

Category: Websites

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**Guest post written by Dave Cool of Bandzoogle.

 

BZ 10 Best Blogs


"There are countless blogs that offer advice to musicians, with topics ranging from industry news, to songwriting and recording, music marketing and promotion, and more. But with so much information available to musicians and bands online, it can be a serious undertaking to find the most legitimate, valuable sources to help with your music career. Fortunately, we spend a lot of time in the world of music blogging, so we’ve put together this list to help point you in the right direction. Here are ten of the best blogs for musicians and bands."

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Music PR: Why Publicity Does NOT Sell Music (and Why This is Okay)

Posted: Nov 8, 2021

Category: Promotion

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**Guest post written by Ariel Hyatt, previously featured on MusicGoat.com.

 

Publicity Does Not Sell Music


"Music pr is designed to raise awareness of you in the press. To help build and share a story, as well as build up critical acclaim. Of course, a great article or review may lead to sales, but overall, if selling music is your goal, music PR services are not the only thing you will need. WHY?"

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The Musician’s Guide to Marketing: Post-Release Strategies – Pt. 3

Posted: Nov 1, 2021

Category: Marketing

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

Music Marketing Plan 3
"We have already outlined building a solid foundation for your music marketing plan in Part 1 – The Nuts & Bolts, and outlined strategies for a successful music release launch in Part 2. Now it is time to kick back and relax for a little while before starting to write material for the next single, album, or EP that you’ll release down the road right? Wrong… couldn’t be further from the truth."

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Musician’s Guide to Marketing Plans: Planning Your Music Release – Pt. 2

Posted: Oct 25, 2021

Category: Marketing

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

Music Marketing Plan 2
"Do you have a plan for your next music release? This can be a single, a music video, an EP, or an album. In our most popular series The Musician’s Guide to Marketing Plans, which we call Total Tuneups, we address the overlooked importance of having a marketing plan in place...Here in Part 2, we break down the next five elements for your music release so you don’t miss a single opportunity."

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Musician’s Guide to Marketing Plans: The Nuts & Bolts – Pt. 1

Posted: Oct 18, 2021

Category: Marketing

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

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"In this ever-changing landscape, we see the same issue consistently: A vast majority of musicians don’t create long-term marketing plans. Artists skip this vital part of their music careers. Plans used to be the responsibility of the record label when artist development used to be a thing or a great management team but very few artists are lucky enough to have either (or in many cases, they don’t want a label). This leaves a void in today’s new music business...You work so hard on new music, dedicating hours practicing, writing songs, not to mention spending large sums of money recording, mixing, mastering, creating visuals, and album artwork only to rush the release with no marketing plan in place."

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Facebook Partners with Tunecore and Distrokid

Posted: Jul 19, 2021

Category: Royalties

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

Facebook Tunecore Distrokid
"Facebook recently released a new tool for indie artists to share their music in a much easier way. The social media giant announced their partnering with TuneCore and Distrokid early this summer. Cyber PR discusses what this means for indie artists and what the new partnership entails."

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7 Holiday Music Promotion Tips

Posted: Dec 14, 2020

Category: Promotion

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**Guest post written by Cyber PR, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

7 Holiday Promo Tips Cyber PR
"It is that time of year again...As an artist, there is no better time than the HOLIDAZE to work on building engagement and connections with your fans...you will find 7 tactics to first activate your fan base around holiday music promotion and ultimately build engagement, generate sales, or both."

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Your Three Communities Part 3: Your Ambient Fans

Posted: Sep 17, 2018

Category: Fans

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**Guest post written by Ariel Hyatt, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

3 Communities Ambient Fans
"...your Ambient Fans. These are the ones who are in your orbit, but they don’t know you really at all. They key is to create reasons for them to know you and to do this you need to have systems and you also need to make the time to convert them."

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Your Three Communities Part 2: Your Engaged Fans

Posted: Sep 11, 2018

Category: Fans

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**Guest post written by Ariel Hyatt, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

3 Communities Engaged Fans
"This post focuses on how to energize and connect with Community 2 – Engaged Fans. These fans are your Active Online Audience...They know who you are but they may not know you very well (yet)...In Community 2 contribution is critical but engagement is even more vital."

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Your Three Communities, Part 1: Your Super Fans

Posted: Sep 4, 2018

Category: Fans

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**Guest post written by Ariel Hyatt, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

3 Communities Super Fans
"In the desperate desire to try to connect with as many fans as possible artists are forgetting something: not everyone “out there” is the same. Some may be following you simply because they liked your sunglasses or your cat and have no idea you are even a musician, while others are waiting to like and comment on every post. You need to understand the differences and create a separate way of communicating with each community."

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The Musician’s Guide to Instagram

Posted: Jul 7, 2018

Category: Social Media

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**Guest post written by Ariel Hyatt, originally featured on the Cyber PR Blog.

 

Guide to IG - Cyber PR


"Instagram — the most popular visual social platform has experienced a meteoric rise. As of today, there are over 700 million active Instagram users, and 95 million photos shared every day...We hear from artists all of the time that they love Instagram the most because of it’s ease of use."

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The New Music & Entertainment Business: Easier Than You Think?

Posted: Apr 20, 2015

Category: The Musician Business

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**Guest post written by Deuce Ellis, Buffalo-born and Brooklyn-raised rap renegade. Originally posted by Cyber PR.

 

"Here’s My Guest Blog After Attending the #YourMusic Seminar; maybe this whole thing is easier than you think…First things first, let’s demolish whatever train of thought you may have. Demolish it. Let’s destroy and rebuild..."

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