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Decisions – D-I-Y or Pro – Merchandise Chapter 2

Decisions – D-I-Y or Pro Merchandise Chapter 2 Once you have decided that you want to have your own merch for your project, there are several crucial things you need to make decisions on before you can make any move … Continue reading

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Getting Fans and Turning Fans to Friends via The Internet – Marketing Chapter 2

Getting Fans and Turning Fans to Friends via The Internet Marketing Chapter 2 You’re a musician, you already know about Marketing. It’s where you tell people about your show, where it is, and how awesome your set is gonna be, … Continue reading

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Class is in Session – Intro to Branding, Merchandise and Marketing Chapter 1

Class is in Session Intro to Branding, Merchandise and Marketing Chapter 1   So, you have a band or are a solo artist, you have a solid set, regular shows and a small fan base that isn’t just your mother … Continue reading

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Production Positions

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: (Chairman of the Board): Top supervisory level in Not-For-Profit theatre organizations. Patterned after management in the corporate world. Members of the board tend to be community leaders and so supervision of day to day operation is usually … Continue reading

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Forums and Blogs

Join Forums & Post Harmony Central – HarmonyCentral.com is the leading Internet resource for musicians, supplying valuable information from news and product reviews, to classified ads and chat rooms. Digg – What the internet is talking about right now. Twitter … Continue reading

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Books

-The Indie Band Survival Guide – Randy Chertkow & Jason Feehan, (www.indiebandsurvivalguide.com) -The Musicians Handbook – Bobby Borg (www.bobbyborg.com) -This Business of Concert Promotion and Touring – Ray Waddell, Rich Barnet, Jake Berry  (www.billboardbooks.com) -This Business of Music Marketing and … Continue reading

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Below is an ever growing list of links to helpful sites.

Indie on the move – A listing of venues throughout the country. Nielsen Ratings – To report venue sales. Feed The Muse – To raise funds for your project. KickStarter – Funding platform for creative projects. Reverb Nation – This … Continue reading

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Search Engine List

ABC Search engine – every search starts with ABC About for guidance, not guesswork AlltheWeb – part of the Yahoo family AltaVista is still out there, still doing a good job Answers is the world’s leading Q&A site AOL Search … Continue reading

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Search Engines & Band Promotion

Search Engines & Band Promotion Submitting your website to search engines is critical. Here are some things to keep in mind as you go about the process. -SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization -Some search engines can take several months … Continue reading

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Alexa Rating

Alexa computes traffic rankings by analyzing the Web usage of millions of Alexa Toolbar users and data obtained from other, diverse traffic data sources. The information is sorted, sifted, anonymized, counted, and computed, until, finally, we get the traffic rankings … Continue reading

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