| Now that you created your profile page on MySpace, | | | | reputation. More people will visit your page to see |
| how do you make sure people see it? | | | | new items offered. |
| In order to promote your music, uploading songs, | | | | You can also partner with other musicians and sell |
| providing a bio or band history, uploading photos and | | | | items together if you choose. Cross-marketing with |
| video of your band playing or rehearsing, and joining | | | | musicians of a different genre will allow you to tap |
| various forums are all great ways to promote your | | | | into new markets. Most people enjoy a few different |
| music. But what about those people who are new to | | | | types of music. Appealing to different genres of |
| MySpace? Or those who don't read forums or blogs? | | | | music lovers will help build a strong, but mixed fan |
| What about record producers who don't have time | | | | base. |
| to sift through hundreds of pages looking for their | | | | Tip#3: Add keywords to your profile page |
| next big recording star? Making it easy to find your | | | | Specific keywords that demonstrate which genre |
| page will help you build a fan base and get noticed by | | | | your music belongs to, famous artists you sound like |
| labels. The tips listed below are ways you can market | | | | or admire, or a list of songs you upload can help get |
| your page. | | | | your page noticed by those conducting MySpace |
| Tip#1: Links are important | | | | music searches. When people are in the mood to |
| Linking your page to other musician pages and to | | | | listen to different types of music, they usually |
| your web site will help to drive traffic to your profile | | | | conduct a search to find artists that match what |
| page. The music community on MySpace is filled with | | | | they are looking for. Keywords allow your page to |
| musicians who are into making different types of | | | | come up during searches. |
| music. Hooking up with some musicians and swapping | | | | Tip#4: Meeting new friends |
| links is a good way to expand your marketing net. | | | | Another way to increase traffic to your site is to |
| Record labels love to find two or three bands at a | | | | meet others on MySpace. These can be musicians, |
| time in order to save money and minimize search | | | | music fans, tech junkies, or others that are |
| efforts. If they find a band they like, they will also | | | | interested in the music industry. Adding friends to |
| check out who is linked to the page. By helping out | | | | your profile page will increase your exposure while |
| fellow musicians, you will be doing yourself a big | | | | increasing curiosity by those who are surfing the |
| favor as well. | | | | MySpace site. Pages that are popular will be looked at |
| Tip#2: Selling merchandise on MySpace | | | | more often by others. |
| Since MySpace now allows you to sell CD's and other | | | | Increasing traffic to your profile page is crucial to |
| promotional items on the site, this is a great | | | | your success on MySpace. While there are others |
| opportunity to get your music noticed. Printed | | | | way to market your music, the tips mentioned above |
| t-shirts, hats, mouse pads, and other merchandise | | | | are quick and easy to use. Getting your page out |
| can be printed up quickly and sold in order to build | | | | there will allow you to create a fan base and get you |
| your fan base and advertise at the same time. If you | | | | noticed by record labels. |
| have some cool stuff to sell, then you will build a | | | | |