Fan 1st – Ariel’s New Book!

Ariel’s newest ebook Fan 1st is designed to teach you how to prioritize your fans, empower them to support you, and create relationships that will benefit your music career. Prioritize… Read More READ MORE

Preparing For Your Music Release [Video] Musician’s Masterclass

Preparing For Your Music Release [1 Hour Video] Musician’s Masterclass One of the highlights of my career was being a guest of The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation where… Read More READ MORE

9 STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL SXSW

9 Steps to a Successful SXSW   I launched my company at SXSW in 1996 with a dream to be a publicist and a stack of orange… Read More READ MORE

What Seth Godin Can Teach The Music Industry [Part 2]

As I have been overhauling my site I have been revisiting a lot of posts and moments from the past.  A highlight was interviewing Seth Godin.  During the 2-part interview, … Read More READ MORE

The Musician’s Guide to Music Industry Conferences 2019

A lot of goes into promoting yourself online. I am a huge advocate for networking in real life, which can be accomplished most effectively than attending conferences for… Read More READ MORE

19 Music Marketing Predictions for 2019

Featuring Ari’s Take, DIY Musician, In The Key Of Success, Headcount, and The Rock/Star Advocate. Happy New Year! Here we are back at it!  I suspect… Read More READ MORE

The Musicians Guide To Marketing Platforms

There is a whole new breed of marketing tools to understand if you want to stay on top of your marketing game.  These marketing platforms but are not that simple.  These are extremely powerful tools that will help you to get your arms around your fands and get them to take powerful actions that will pay off forever like saving your profile / track on Spotify, subscribing to your YOuTube channel before watching a video or liking your Facebook Page as they visit. In a saturated, crowded space (approx. 20,000 new tracks are added to Spotify each day according to DMR) where you are expected to attract fans and spin your own marketing magic, these platforms are all vital.  This post will cover Feature.fm, Toneden and Show.co, the three key marketing platforms in the industry for indie artists.  They are slightly different but they do basically the same things. Marketing Platforms You NEED To Understand As An Artist: Feature.FM is a fan engagement platform and it features Action Pages to help build your audience - Click Here to create one.  From The Site: Action Pages are highly engaging pages that reward fans for taking the actions you want in the platforms you want and provide you with deep insight into your audience. TONEDEN Toneden is a fan engagement platform much like Feature.fm. You can use this platform to facilitate social media follows/likes and/or email addresses for free downloads. Learn more about the platform here. You can also optimize Facebook ads via Toneden, and customize those ads more than you can under the Facebook Ads Manager. SHOW.CO Show.co is a fan engagement platform much like toneden and Feature.fm. This platform is owned by CD Baby and is integrated so you can use it as well (we can discuss which pieces to pick and choose on coaching calls. The CD Baby Blog has a great article on best ways to utilize it for marketing campaigns. Read More READ MORE

What Seth Godin Can Teach The Music Industry [Part 1]

 Here is Part 1 of my two part interview with the inspiring Seth Godin: These are… Read More READ MORE

Making Money From Your Music: the 7 C’s

To get ahead in this business we all know that being flexible and educatable is key. At this stage of the game, CD sales are barely part of the conversation,… Read More READ MORE

3 Reasons Your Last Music Release Failed

This post is 2 parts and comes from my friend Suz who is also known as The Rock/Star Advocate.  Suz is one of my favorite people to collaborate with because… Read More READ MORE
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