The Davy Lewis Tour is taking in over 100 gigs in 52 week, across Europe, visiting 52 Towns/Cities. We caught up with Davy and managed to do a quick email interview.
Category: Direct-to-Fan
This really is a great showcase of a band doing it for themselves, getting out there to find and connect with their fans. We asked the band a few questions about the Breakfast with NATG sessions to find out the inspiration behind this brilliant direct-to-fan campaign.
What are the alternatives to Soundcloud? None. Technically not true but in our humble opinion, there’s only one platform you really should consider using right now and that most definitely is Soundcloud.
It’s important to treat Twitter as the micro-blog it is – the artist doing their music marketing on Twitter has an opportunity to report on auditions, rehearsals, successes, and also failures – marketing your music on Twitter is like marketing yourself.
The Webdoc Topspin integration allows you to easily add your email for media, merch, tickets, and video widgets into the Webdoc canvas along with your band photos, artwork etc. With a quick set up in Webdoc, by entering your Topspin API, all of your Topspin available widgets (API enabled) will be visible within Webdoc. This integration has got our minds racing with the direct to fan / fan engagement possibilities..
Direct-to-fan marketing (D2F) is the practice of connecting an artist directly with their fans to keep them engaged and aware of relevant news, create permission-based marketing relationships that work towards monetising the relationship so both parties feel involved. Midem crowdsourced a video asking prominent artists, managers and industry experts, “Why Direct To Fan?”. This is …
We know your time is limited, and you know you should be spending more time on developing your art rather than social media marketing. So here’s a great tip from Bob Moczydlowsky (Vice President of Product & Marketing, Topspin Media) on where you should be focusing your marketing time and efforts – in order of …
Rob Wells, President of Global Digital Business at Universal Music Group (UMG) joins Ian Rogers (Topspin Media) in the studio to talk about UMG’s global initiatives in the digital music space. The conversation includes streaming services, the difficulties various international music markets present, what entrepreneurs should know when approaching and doing business with UMG or …
image source: Art for your Lifestyle Great! You’ve made the right decision in setting up your shiny new Facebook Page. Why did you do that? My guess it was because of all the fantastic apps you can customise and enhance your page with. Unlike Facebook groups, right? A problem you will have to overcome (assuming …
We think its time to talk about Facebook Edgerank and how it can influence the visibility your band gets on Facebook. Unless, like me, you spend an inordinate amount of time inside the Facebook developer forums you probably haven’t heard of Edgerank even though its The Secret Sauce That Makes Facebook’s News Feed Tick What is …