How to Promote and Sell your Music Online
If you are an up and coming musician and want to build a strong fan base without signing up with a major record label, it can be done online and very effectively at that.
The best part is that it is something for which you don’t need to be an expert. You can simply start from scratch and then it is just the matter of your hard work and consistency. The truth is that the power of internet has ensured new avenues for musician to market their products and is cutting down on the monopoly of record labels. There are numerous opportunities to sell music online including major placements, digital sales, press etc.
For an emerging musician looking to sell off your music to a huge fan base, this article has just the right guidelines in store.
Instructions
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The most effective method of selling your music and earning decent revenue for it on the internet is by becoming an infopreneur. An infopreneur is a combination of ‘information’ and ‘entrepreneur’, and the concept basically facilitates people in generating a consistent income by selling their knowledge/information, which in this case is your music. Music will be sold in the form a digital product and one of the best networks to sell it is directly.me. All you have to do is to make an account (either through your mailing address or social media options), go to the market place, create a sales pitch (billboard) and upload your music (format depends on your choice). Your product will instantly have access to the huge customer base on this network and the chances of sales are huge. You will get a commission for every sale and can also use a strong affiliate network on directly.me to boost your sales.
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You can also sell your music on Amazon, Rhapsody, ITunes, EMusic etc.
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You can create fan pages on social media websites like Facebook and Twitter and market your music over there.
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Another effective method of selling your music online is to create a dedicated website. However the catch here is to develop a mailing list. Whenever you want to promote your music, sending mails to various customers and prospects is a far effective method than hoping that people will locate you through search engines or social media websites. Some recommended options for mailing service providers are as under;
Aweber
GetResponse
iContact
