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I wanted to share with you one quick tip for selling more of your music as an indie musician.

Are you ready? You have to expose your music to more people.
I know what you are probably saying: That’s common sense Angela.
I already knew that. It is very obvious but I can’t tell you
how many indie musicians I see who are not exposing their music
to enough people.

There are many reasons why you may not be selling as much of your
music as you would like.These reasons could be: you are not making
enough great music, you are not exposing your music to enough people,
you are not exposing your music to the RIGHT people, or you are not
selling your music at the right price.

I want to focus on more exposure in this email. One of the most challenging
things for indie musicians is getting massive exposure. You are a new artist
and you don’t have the benefit of a huge record label marketing team pushing
your music.

If you are an indie musician, then you probably do not have
a HUGE marketing budget to market your music. Am I right?

You probably don’t have a HUGE marketing budget to hire
expensive marketing consultants and music promotion companies
to do your marketing for you. Am I right?

So, how do you get more exposure as an indie musician, without
paying a lot of money? You build a STRONG street team. A strong street
team can help you sell more of your music and even get paying crowds to your
live shows, and check this out: for very little cost to you!!! That is gold
to an indie musician.

You have to know how to build a strong street team that can go out and market
your music to the RIGHT people. You have to know how to train your street team.

2010 is almost over and I want to ask you a couple of questions. Where are you now in your
music career? How much progress have you made as a musician this year? Are you
in the same spot today as you were last year? Have you made more money as an indie
musician this year than last year? Are you satisfied with the amount of music sales
that you’ve made and the number of fans that you have?

Unfortunately, a lot of indie musicians go from year-to-year with the same dreams and hopes
and do not see them materialize. There are people who are waiting to hear the music that
you have. There are music lovers and musicially-challenged people like me who rely on
music every day to get through life! We need music! We need your music, especially if it’s great
music. You need to get your music in front of more people and you need a street team to do this.

I am passionate about helping you build a successful music career in 2011 and
helping you achieve the goals and the income that you have always said that you wanted
to make from your music, but haven’t made yet.

It is time to start seeing some real income from your music!

To help you, I am excited to announce a special offer for the
3M Street Team Marketing Plan Audio Series. For a
limited time only, the 3M Street Team Marketing Plan
Audio Series will be available for 50% off the regular price.

The regular price for the audio series is $19.99, but for a limited
time only, the 3M Street Team Marketing Plan Audio Series will be
available for only $9.99.

In this audio series, you will learn how to build, manage, and motivate
a street team. In this series, discover:

-the 3 best places to look to recruit and fill your street team with people who
will be excited to join your street team and market your music
-how to train your street team to increase your music sales and increase attendance
at your live shows
-how to avoid low performance from your street team
-the secret strategy to attracting a HUGE number of people who will come to you and
ask you to be a part of your street team
-how to maintain the energy and excitement of your street team members

The audio series consists of three mp3s, three bonus action guides, and a bonus
audio on how to create an awesome live show that attracts large, paying crowds and the
attention of the media.

If you purchase the audio series before Friday, December 3, 2010, I will include another
bonus audio, SMART Networking: How to Network at Music Conferences.

If you are serious about building a strong street team that will help you sell more music and
get more people to your shows, then you need to purchase the 3M Street Team Marketing Plan Audio
Series.

Remember, the 50% off sale is only good until Friday, December 17, 2010. If you want to get the
bonus SMART Networking audio, then you will need to purchase the audio series by Friday, December 3, 2010.

To purchase the audio series, go to: http://www.musicsuccesscoach.com/offer/

To your success in 2011!

Join me next Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 8:00PM CST/9:00 PM EST for the free teleseminar, “How to Manage A Street Team”.

In this teleseminar, I will be sharing:

-How to get more free time to make music

-The 4 biggest mistakes musicians make when managing a street team

-5 Skills that every street team leader needs to properly manage a street team

-How to train your street team to sell more of your music and get more people to your live show

This teleseminar is for you if you:

-want more free time to make music

-want your street team to sell more of your music

-want your street team to get more people to your shows

-want a more organized street team

Register Here for the free teleseminar: Manage A Street Team

Click on this link to get your free videos: Music Street Team Videos

Marketing

Marketing is about getting your target market to know who you are, what you have to offer,  why you are offering it, and why what you are offering is something they want.  Marketing is about getting your target market to know, like, and trust you. In this post, I will share some tips on how you can get your audience to know you.  I will share strategies on how you can get your music in front of the right people.

Do they know me? In order to get your target market to know you, they have to know that you exist.  Your target market need to know about you and your music.  How do you do that? You show up where they are.  You should know where your target market hangs out, what they read, where they shop, and what events they attend. You or your street team need to have a presence where your target market is at.  You can do this by performing where your target market hangs out, posting flyers where they are at, having an online presence through your website and social media sites. Your target market can also get to know you through word of mouth.  This is common with music marketing.  Most people hear about music artists for the first time from others, from their friends.  Basically, find out where your target market hangs out and show up there!

Ok, so how do you do that? Five strategies for getting in front of your target market:

1.  Online Marketing

SEO-Can they find you on google? Do you have an online presence? Do you have a website?  Does your website use keywords that your target market uses to find music online?

Video Marketing via Youtube: Youtube is the second most widely used search engine. What does that mean for you?  People are searching for music on youtube. Can your market find your music on youtube? If you don’t have a channel on youtube yet, then create one.  You want to make sure that you create titles and tags for your video that uses the same keywords that your market would use to find music on youtube.

Social Media: There are over 500 million people on Facebook, and over 100 million registered users of twitter. Do you have a twitter profile page and a facebook fan page?  How active are you on social media? Can your market find you on social media sites? Can they connect and engage with you there?

Blogs: Can your market find your music on the blogs that they read?

2. Live Shows: Are you performing and doing shows at your market’s favorite venues in your city or state?

Those are just five strategies to get you started thinking about your visibility.  How did you rate? Are you using all of these strategies?

In the next post, I will share exactly what you need to say and what you need to do once you have become visible to your target market. You will learn how to connect and engage with your fans, once you are in front of them.

Want action steps and coaching tips on how to put the strategies shared in this post into action? Sign up here for the free Music Success Strategies Newsletter that features a “Get Empowered!” section that gives you the action steps you need to move forward. Music Success Strategies Newsletter

What is the difference between marketing and promotion?

Marketing and promotion are often confused.  So here is a quick and easy way to understand the difference between marketing and promotion.

Marketing

Marketing is about getting your target market to know who you are, what you have to offer,  why you are offering it, and why what you are offering is something they want.  Marketing is about getting your target market to know, like, and trust you.

Do they know me? In order to get your target market to know you, they have to know that you exist.  Your target market need to know about you and your music.  How do you do that? You show up where they are.  You should know where your target market hangs out, what they read, where they shop, and what events they attend. You or your street team need to have a presence where your target market is at.  You can do this by performing where your target market hangs out, posting flyers where they are at, having an online presence through your website and social media sites. Your target market can also get to know you through word of mouth.  This is common with music marketing.  Most people hear about music artists for the first time from others, from their friends.  Basically, find out where your target market hangs out and show up there!

Do they like me? Ok, so once you are in front of your target market, now you have to say something or play music that they will like.  Connect with them! Engage with them! Care about them! Have a message and a purpose that resonates with them. What does that mean?  On a personal level, tell your market why you do music.  What inspires your music? What’s the mission behind your music?  On an artistic level, create music that they will like.  Marketing is about engaging and connecting.

Do they trust me? Sometimes you will find that once your target market knows you and likes you, they will probably trust you, but that is not always the case.  During this phase of marketing, your target market is thinking: “Ok, I know who you are and I like you and I like your music, but can I trust that your album or your live show is going to be as good as you say it is?”  There is a level of trust that you have to build with your potential and current fans.  If you are an established artist, your fans have to trust that your next album is as good as your first album.  If  you are a fairly new artist, your fans have to trust that your live show performance of their favorite song will be just as good as the album version.  Marketing is about building trust.

Promotion: Getting them to act.

Promotion is about behavior modification.  It’s about influencing and persuading others to act.  If you have done a successful job in your marketing, your market will say: “I know who musician X is, I like his/her music, I think the album will be amazing.” But promotion is about getting them to take the next step, getting your market to say “I am going to buy the album now.” If you are marketing a live show, you want them to say “I want to buy tickets now”.  How do you get your target market to say this?  Create compelling offers! Offer limited time only discounts/special prices, special limited edition albums, music packages and bundles.

This week is Street Team Marketing Week.  If you missed the earlier posts where I discussed how to mobilize and manage a street team, you can check out those posts here: How to Build A Street Team, How to Manage a Street Team.

Today, I will discuss three ways you can motivate your street team so they can feel empowered and encouraged to promote your music or music business.

1) Give positive feedback.

Thank your street team for the work they are doing for you.  You should let each of your team members know that their work is valued and appreciated.  Many street teams work really hard and deserve to be thanked for their efforts.  You should recognize the work that they do.

2) Give them a mission.

You should let your team members know how their work supports a broader mission that you are trying to accomplish.  As an artist or business owner, you should have a mission for the music that you do or a mission for your business.  You should communicate that mission to your street team members.  Let your street team know what you stand for, so they can feel like they are a part of something bigger than promoting your music or business.  Show them that they are promoting a cause or serving a bigger mission.

This approach works in the political world with campaign volunteers.  President Obama when he was campaigning, organized one of the most successful political campaigns because he was able to mobilize and energize a lot of young people to volunteer for his campaign.  Think of your street team as a campaign team.  Your street team is campaigning for your music or your business.

So how was President Obama able to mobilize, manage, and motivate the volunteers of his campaign team? In different interviews, members of President Obama’s campaign team mentioned that they felt like they were a part of something bigger than themselves.  They identified with Obama’s mission, to bring change.  What is your mission as an artist or music business owner?  Is it just to sell a lot of records and get paid?  If that is all you stand for, if your mission is to just get paid, then dream bigger and think bigger.

Your street team will not be motivated and energized by a mission that doesn’t involve them or a cause they can believe in.

So how can you learn what motivates the members of your street team? Talk to them! Get to know your street team.  What are their backgrounds, strengths, and talents?  What is important to them?  What do they value?  What do they hope to get out of the experience of being a part of your street team?

When you learn more about your street team and what they want to get out of the experience, then you will be able to meet their needs and satisfy them.  The members of your street team will begin to feel like they are not just helping you, but you are both helping each other.

3) Reward your Members. Reward the members of your street team.  Give them an incentive to do great work.  You should also make sure that you reward members who go above and beyond what is expected.  Some musicians and music business owners like to reward their street teams with the following:

-free t-shirts                            -free music CDs

-free tickets to shows             -free food

So the best ways to motivate your street team is to provide a mission, positive feedback, and rewards.

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What is a street team?

A street team is a group of people who are recruited to promote an event, product, or business.  Many musicians and music entrepreneurs build street teams to promote a show, a new CD, or a new music business.

You should have a street team and an online team.  The online team can have some of the same goals as your street team: marketing and promoting your music or music business.  The main difference between these teams will be the location of where their activities will take place, one team concentrating on the “physical streets”, and the online team concentrating on “virtual” streets and neighborhoods.

5 tasks you can have a street team complete for you:

1) Hand out flyers and posters about you, your music, or your music business

2) Bring friends to your shows or business. Recruit people to come to your shows.

3) Talk about your band or your business online in forums, message boards, and social media sites

4) Maintain your websites and mailing lists

5) Wear t-shirts that promote your music or business

Why you need a street team:

A street team provides musicians and music entrepreneurs with an inexpensive way to promote their music or music business.

Get more exposure: Street teams can help you get your music or your music business exposed to more people.  Take advantage of the networks that your street team members belong to.  Your street team members should have different backgrounds so you can utilize their social networks.  Your street team members should have access to different social networks so you can expose your music or music business to many different types of people, who are within your target audience of course.

Free promotion and free help: Street teams provide free promotion.  FREE! Many musicians build a street team of unpaid volunteers.  This is free help and free marketing for your music or business.  Some street teams are compensated with free merchandise from the musician or business owner. Providing free merchandise is an inexpensive way to get help marketing your music.

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