Important steps in selling your own music online
The 5 important steps
The music business has become a lot easy for independent artist to sell their music. With the Internet there is now many ways for you to sell your own music without having to use or be signed to a major label. If you use the following steps you can successfully sell your music online and make money.
Step 1 – Register with one of these companies ASCAP, BMI and/or SESAC. These companies will be the ones needed to make sure that you get money owed to you in royalties.
Step 2 – Register with a site to sell your music online. A good site that I have found is www.tunecore.com this site can distribute your music on sites such as CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes and more.
Step 3 – Build a portfolio/website & make sure to do search engine optimization so your site will be listed first when someone searches for you. When building your website make sure that you make it social friendly so that fans can click share on articles, music and videos.
Step 4 – Join social networking sites, create a fan page on Facebook and Twitter. Share, Share, Share.. Make sure you share your page with everyone you know and ask them to do the same. Increasing the number of fans you have on your Facebook page will increase the chances of online sales and will make your next releases much easier to promote.
Step 5 – Write Press Release and get reviews. This will get other blogs and sites posting about you. Do your homework and send a press release to the different demographic review sites and news sites and publications. Send them a link with a free digital download. When they do a review and story on you this will draw fans to your site and this is a free way to market yourself.
These 5 steps are just a few steps in selling your music successfully online. Online social marketing is a great way to get the word out about your music. When you do step 4 it is important to share your page with everyone you know and to have your friends share as well. This will allow you to gain fans and will make future music easier to promote and market. The first single will be the hardest but the hard work will make your future brighter.
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