MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR TIME ON FACEBOOK – PART 3
Here is the 3rd and final installment of this series. This week focuses on Facebook etiquette – common practices that hurt your fan following and things you can do differently. Take note! Read Part 1 and Part 2. 1. Post during peak hours. Don’t post your most important page updates at 6am or midnight. Shoot [...]
How a Non-Social Media Nut Approaches Social Media
Today’s post is another contributed article by UK-based artist, Andy Mort. He goes by the moniker, Atlum Schema and this time writes on how to uniquely use each Social Media platform. You’ll find tips for the obvious (Twitter/Facebook) and not so obvious (Tumblr/Instagram) music-friendly platforms. Take a breath, read it through, and then give it a try! [...]
PICTURES, VIDEOS, & BLOGS: The 3 Most Important Ways to Engage Your Fans
Amanda Duncan It’s no surprise that the more content you create, the more interest you generate. The two go hand-in-hand. Without a weekly dose of photos, videos, and/or blogs, you are missing out on new fans, engaged fans, and the opportunity to make your music travel further than your immediate network. Let’s break it [...]
Social Networking in 1 Minute
Here are a few things that seriously only take 1 minute, but will ultimately make a load of difference. A little invite never hurt anyone Each time someone adds you as a friend on facebook or myspace, send them a link and invite them to join your FB music group or fan page. You can [...]
Social Media: How Much Is Too Much? PART1
Are you pushing your fans away by your use of social media? Today’s post comes from contributing writer Barbarie Jolie who writes for online classes. Here is Part 1. Check back on Monday for the second half. ______________________________________________________________________________ As a musician in the midst of the current technological and social media craze, you have everything to gain [...]
The Wonderful World of Widgets
What’s the easiest way to increase traffic to your sites? Widgets. Don’t know what a widget is? Check out this post from back in February: Creating Content – Giving People Something to Talk About #2. I think we all often underestimate the power of little, seemingly insignificant things. Many people haven’t seen the value of incorporating [...]
An Interview with JD Eicher & The Goodnights
JD Eicher & The Goodnights You can usually tell when an artist or a band takes themselves seriously…because it shows, not only in how they perform, but also in how they represent themselves. JD Eicher & The Goodnights fit the profile. They’re a pop/rock group with members based out of Youngstown, Ohio and and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’ve [...]
2010 Year in Review – Take 2
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Did you check out last week’s Top 10 Posts of 2010? Well, over the weekend, WordPress sent us here at Grassrootsy a completely different list of top posts according to your topics of most interest, search terms, and social network interactions. Here’s a HUGE thank you to every one of you who’ve [...]
Follow Grassrootsy on Twitter!
While you wait for the next Grassrootsy post, follow us on Twitter! We’re tweeting daily with… links to great articles retweets of fellow artists interesting thoughts and facts on pursuing music creative marketing ideas new promotional websites and resources you’ve probably never heard of DIY ideas
10 Things I Learned from my 10-day Tour
Ok, so it was an 11-day tour, but 10 sounds better. 1. Think Locally. You don’t have to put 5 hours of driving between every show. That’s lame. Put show 1, 2, or 3 hours apart. You’ll minimize your driving and have more time to lay low in between gigs. Just because you’re on tour [...]
Like, Share, Retweet
Simple explanations for simple buttons that do amazing things! You might know what these do already, but you might not. LIKE: A button created for Facebook. This is a low-commitment button that only requires users to say they “like” what they’ve read or seen. When clicked, a message will appear on their Facebook page acknowledging [...]
Getting Your Fans to Review Your Music
It’s great if they post a comment or a review of your album without you asking, but why not go out of your way to ask you fans to say a good word or two…or three! Why does it matter? Fan comments are a big deal; after all, it’s the fans that fuel the flame, [...]
DON’T DO THIS: 10 Things You Should Never Do When Promoting Your Music
DONT… Spam others people’s walls with your event, video or website. We wouldn’t put this down as #1 if it weren’t still happening…alot! Now there’s a difference between telling a few people and posting the link on 100 fans walls in one day. Don’t use other people’s Facebook accounts like their your bulletin board. Post [...]
Twitter Twricks: 2 Other Ways to Use Twitter
Andrew Holland Who doens’t love twitter, really? Comments about nothing. Notes about something. 140-character press releases! Immediate answers to questions you never thought you’d ask. The possibilities are endless! Here are some newer, unexpected ways that twitter can come in handy for you… THE TWITTER FEED Twitter keeps my site updated even when I [...]
Do You Really Expect To Get Paid?
Running this blog has been an interesting experience. We always feel like we’re at war with ourselves and our music business theories. One blog says “do or die”, the next says “go with the flow”. Another blog says you should give away music for free, and the next says you should demand payment! What is [...]
DAY 3: WHAT EXACTLY DOES A FULL-TIME ARTIST DO ALL DAY? AN INTERVIEW WITH JOY IKE.
Today’s post is the third installment of a 5-day series where 5 different full-time artist share what it looks like to pursue music for a living. Today’s contributor is, Joy Ike (that’s me…aka founder/writer of gRassrootsy). ——————— Official: www.joyike.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/joyike Twitter: www.twitter.com/joyike The day’s routine varies on a weekly…and sometimes daily basis. For the [...]
Mailing Lists & Social Networking
Think of Your Mailing List as a Gateway Drug. If you’ve read Grassrootsy for any amount of time, you know we stress the importance of having a mailing list at your shows. Well, given the rise of Facebook and Twitter among musicians, your mailing list might not be the most important way to communicate with [...]
Social Media According to Ashton Kutcher
If you follow Grassrootsy on twitter you’ll remember we put up a post over the weekend about Ashton Kutcher’s interview on Nightline. Watch the interview. I’d actually never really seen Ashton outside of his “play dumb” roles (That 70′s show, Punk’d). So to my surprise, I was floored by his social media savvyness and actually [...]
Spreading the Word Through Facebook & Twitter
Tonight I learned a little trick that will hopefully help you increase traffic to your website and/or help your fans pass on your name to their friends and network. I’d always wondered how to get people to forward a message through their twitter and facebook account. The code is actually quite simple. If you’ve got a [...]
So Why is Everyone so Crazy About Twitter?
If you’re an artist who is still reluctant to join Twitter, this post is for you. So why is everyone so crazy about 140 characters? I mean, you can use as many words as you want on facebook. Why sign up for a twitter account? Here’s why… 1. Twitter accurately reflects an impatient culture. If [...]
