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Advice for Music Publicity: Interview with Sally Freeman

Founder of the podcast The Secrets of Success,… Read More READ MORE

The Musician’s Communication Map

This is an excerpt from Ariel’s 5th book The Ultimate Guide to Music Publicity. Writing The Ultimate Guide to Music… Read More READ MORE

Ariel Interviews Emily White, Host of the #1 Music Business Podcast

One thing that I am deeply honored to be doing these days is representing one of the most brilliant voices in our music industry. I first met… Read More READ MORE

Q&A: Perfecting Your 15-Second Pitch w/ The Pitch Girl (Laura Allen)

Laura Allen is known as The Pitch Girl and she prominently featured in my first book Music Success in 9 Weeks (in fact, shes the entire chapter of… Read More READ MORE

Q&A: Shutting Up Your Inner Critic with Angela Beeching

Angela loves working with musicians, helping them book more performances and build the lives they desire—from launching new ensembles, to upgrading promotional materials, and landing college teaching jobs. She’s fascinated… Read More READ MORE

Getting People to Buy Your Music

How do you get people to buy your music? That’s the question, isn’t it? As Facebook makes “Likes” even more meaningless than they already were, and in spite of the… Read More READ MORE

Q&A: Making Money With Live Streaming w/ Rich Aveo of The Pandemic Piano Show

With the continued growth of COVID19 in the United States, many gigging artists are out of work. That’s why they are pivoting to making money with live streaming. Read More READ MORE

Selling Direct-to-Fan via Your WordPress Website w/ Electric Kiwi’s Ross Barber-Smith

This article is by Ross Barber-Smith, a web designer who specializes in design for musicians with direct-to-fan selling in mind. With his company… Read More READ MORE

7 Mobile Apps Musicians Need NOW!

Greetings! Marissa from Team Cyber PR® here, and I have a question: Do you consider yourself mobile-savvy? I'm not just talking about texting (although that's important!). I'm talking about using your smartphone to tap into and enhance your online presence while being up-to-date on all of the cool apps to make your life a little easier. If you could use a little help understanding the magic of mobile, then this blog post is for you! Here are some interesting mobile statistics to keep in mind: There are 165 million Twitter users, and 50% of them use Twitter Mobile. Over 1/3 of Facebook's 900 million+ users also use Facebook Mobile. Mobile internet usage will overtake desktop internet usage by 2014. Mobile coupons get 10x the redemption rate of regular coupons. 3 out of 5 internet searches are done with a mobile device. 91% of mobile internet access is to socialize. In March 2012, Smartphones were in use by 50.4% of consumers in the US. Read More READ MORE

The Rockstar Life Planner- Exclusive Interview w/ Author The Rockstar Advocate

  Recently I met a woman who I have known about for a few years but for all kinds of silly reasons we never met. We finally changed that and… Read More READ MORE