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317 Power Words That'll Instantly Make You a Better Writer. Ever noticed how some writers have an uncanny ability to toy with your emotions?
Within the span of a few pages, you can go from shaking with excitement to bawling your eyes out to flying into a rage and throwing the book across the room. It’s the hallmark of great writing, proof of mastery of the craft, and the yardstick by which aspiring writers measure their work. And it goes beyond storytelling. Sure, taking the reader on an emotional roller coaster ride is essential in novels and short stories, but what about emails, resumes, blog posts, proposals?
They’re all designed to influence the reader in some way. 37 Tips for Writing Emails that Get Opened, Read, and Clicked. How to Write a Band Bio. 6 Essential Elements Of A Music Digital Press Kit [Musician Website Quick Fix #9] Guest post from musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle.
When creating your website, you have to think about the different kinds of people that will be visiting it. Creating a Perfect Pitch - Laser Focus Your Message. We had Music PR superstar Ariel Hyatt as a guest here a few weeks ago, announcing Bandzoogle's sponsorship of her Music Success in 9 Weeks Blogging Challenge. The Challenge is in full swing, with many old and new Bandzooglers taking part... among others: Jennifer Grassman, Hudson K, J Ammo, Sean Wright, Core Zero, Jacknife Stiletto, Atlas Take Aim, Brett Barry, Ed-O, Gord Yelich, Jay Trainer, Jordan Martyn, From Chaos, Maura Jensen, Meghan Morrison, Nicholas Howard, Agenda Red, Saturn, The April Maze, (wheeew... and more... let us know in the comments if we forgot you). After setting some goals, Week 2 was all about creating a pitch about your band or solo act. How to Make Sure A Potential Fan Never Comes Back to Your Website. “But wait – don’t I want them to come back to my site?”
Yes, you do. All the time. So don’t make their experience an awkward, annoying one, and they just might return for more. It’s 2013, and the web-surfing public has lost nearly all patience for things on the web that don’t work/look/act right. Call to Action! 10 Ways To Grow One Gigantic Mailing List. This guest post was written our very own Jon Ostrow, Cyber PR®’s publicity director, who can be reached by email or on Twitter!
Email addresses collected from your fan base is an invaluable marketing tool. While social media’s real-time centricity remains it’s own beast of burden, email addresses allow you to target specific fans and then contact them directly, at any given time. A well-executed email marketing strategy can mean increased loyalty, increased engagement and ultimately an increase in revenue made from your fans, be it through recordings, ticket sales, merch, or other wise. So obviously, the act of collecting the email addresses from your fan base is vital to your success and therefore you need a strategy that maximizes the chance of your fans actually giving you their email address. E-Journal - Press Release Headline Do's and Don'ts. Press Release Headline Do's and Don'ts Before a writer or editor will read your press release, he or she must have a reason to look it over.
A good headline and subhead combination can make the difference between a press release that gets read and exposed ... and one that gets ignored. Nowhere is this more true than with online press release postings. Take a look at mi2n.com/news/bands -- where bands and record labels post hundreds of PR notices. Music Industry News Network. Ideal for artists and labels, as well as supporting promoters and agencies, Mi2N Music PR service provides guaranteed press release placements through a network of newswires, eGroups, blog communities, boards and forums, as well as MP3 and video distribution.
In addition to guaranteed PR placement, the packages provide exposure through the Mi2N website and daily newsletters sent to over 24,000 music professionals across the globe. Order any Mi2N Music PR package and receive 3 months of All Access membership on Musicpage.com, a secure online community built to promote musicians and music professionals to the music industry. A No-Cost Back Door to Getting Your Music On The Radio. Today I’d like to share a resource with you guys that only came to my attention recently. It’s called RadioGuestList.com and it’s essentially a no-cost back door to getting radio publicity and exposure. In a nutshell, RGL is a service that connects radio show bookers, podcasters, talk radio show hosts and even television producers with expert guests to fill their shows.
Jamz and Toast Music Blog. How to Write a Music Bio. The following article is a guest post by Julia L.
Rogers. Julia helps me behind the scenes at MusicianCoaching.com. She is a classically-trained musician, a published author and a contributing music writer at Bitch magazine. Julia plays out regularly in New York City in various original projects. How to Write a Music Artist's Biography. How To Write An Artist Bio That Really Stands Out - TrackHustle.com. I’m always surprised to see how few artists have quality bios.
What I often find is a (seemingly) quickly patched together paragraph or two that ends up communicating little or nothing about the band’s history or the sound and style of their music, and even more sadly, most bios provide the reader absolutely no context for which to listen to the music and get a sense of the artist. When I was a major label A&R man, I always looked at the artist’s bio to get some basic information about the artist I was checking out. And while I trained myself to have low expectations in regard to bios from independent acts, very few gave me even the most basic information about the artist that I wanted. The Site of Author, Jay Frank. How many e-mails do you get from musicians?
How many of them do you actually read? How many do you respond to? While many digital music experts constantly talk about the importance of the valid e-mail list to a musician, they seldom discuss what should be IN those e-mails. Given the messages I’ve gotten in the last few weeks, it’s clear that very few artists know. In an admittedly unscientific approach, but fun nevertheless, I examined the 63 emails I got from artists in the last two weeks and found some very common ground. By far, tour dates are the #1 thing musicians put in their emails, with nearly 60% doing so.
6 Social Media Tips for Music Producers & DJs (pt 2) In Part 1 of our social media tips for music producers and DJs we looked at having tidy profiles, snappy biographies and a defined strategy.
Now we look at some of the biggest mistakes to avoid and a simple way to stay ahead of the pack… 3. Chat, don’t broadcast. It’s quite easy to simply shout about how great your last gig was or how amazing the new track is sounding. Anyone could write this stuff so it feels impersonal and quickly ends up sounding generic and annoying too. 4. Search results - m31music - Dark Canyon Records Mail. The Kama Sutra of Music Marketing. When was the last time you thought about music promotion and romance at the same time? Music Press Releases - Album Press Release Template. A well written press release is the first step in getting some attention for your new album. Use this template to help you organize your information. Note that this template was written with bands and indie labels in mind as the writers and the media in mind as the readers.
PR folks and radio pluggers will want to take a slightly different approach with their press releases, and one sheets for distributors and stores should also be slightly different. The Header: Centered at the top of your page should be the band's name and the album name. The Indie Band Survival Guide - Beta. 3 Must-Read Articles on Writing a Band Bio or Press Release. April 6, 2012. AdWords: Keyword Tool. My Album is Finished– Now What?
Ten cardboard boxes arrive in the mail containing a thousand shrink-wrapped CDs. You’re feeling pretty proud. All those precious hours writing, practicing, scrimping & saving, recording… How To Put Your Music On Jango And Make It As Effective As Possible. It is no secret that online radio is one of the best ways to find new music you may like. Jesse Cannon. The following is an excerpt from our book Get More Fans: The DIY Guide To The New Music Business. I am constantly saddened by the mistakes I see young musicians make.
Many musicians don’t realize that most of the music business is guessing at what they do. When they aren’t guessing, they’re making very uneducated decisions. Unfortunately, success (often through the luck of riding someone else’s coattails) and admiration can cloud musicians’ views. A musician can be left thinking that everyone in the industry who has seen moderate success is a genius and is making decisions based on concrete theories and ideas. One of the prime examples of this point are the choices A&R people make when signing musicians.