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MusicBiz MBA – Determining The Most Profitable Place to Sell Music Online
Artists have countless options for selling their music and merchandise online these days. Shouldn’t you be directing your fans who want to buy your music or merch to the place where you make the most money on a per sale basis? A quick “contribution margin” analysis can help you identify your most profitable sales channels. Once you’ve identified your most profitable sales channel always be sure to direct your fans to that most profitable channel … Read entire article »
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What Would John Doe Do? – Should I Keep My Manager?
Editor’s Note: John Doe’s new album KEEPER is now available. Click here to check it out. A Question about … Read more »
The Best of 2011
Below are the most read posts on KnowTheMusicBiz.cm during 2011: An Argument Against Fan Funding by Brian Hazard Music … Read more »
The 21st Century Indie Band Manager
I always like talking with indie bands and band managers about their top marketing priorities and successes … Read more »
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An Argument Against Fan Funding by Brian Hazard
Let’s be honest. You don’t need the money. Anyone can make a record for next to nothing these … Read more »
A Few Reasons Indie Musicians Should Hope Spotify Succeeds
Editor’s note: This blog is published along with a sister article on Spotify by Cameron Mizell at … Read more »
Music Marketing with QR Codes by David Rose
QR or “Quick Response” codes are rapidly becoming a popular and effective way for marketers to extend … Read more »
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What Would John Doe Do? – Should I Keep My Manager?
Editor’s Note: John Doe’s new album KEEPER is now available. Click here to check it out. A Question about Management Hi John, I have a question about whether I’m better off having a manager or not early in my music career. I have a manager now and my friends tell me I’m lucky to have one since I’m not really making much money at … Read entire article »
12 Ways to Increase Your Fan Base for 2012
From Ariel Hyatt via the Cyber PR blog: As you look to the future you may be getting in the mode to set goals for your career. I am always surprised when musicians I work for at Cyber PR®, are frantically trying to reach more and more potential fans without really focusing on the fans that they already have. These fans don’t … Read entire article »
The Best of 2011
Below are the most read posts on KnowTheMusicBiz.cm during 2011: An Argument Against Fan Funding by Brian Hazard Music Marketing with QR Codes What indie Musicians Should Know About Physical Distribution An Overview of Music Publishing Record Label Contracts: The Basics CD Manufacturing Best Practices for Indie Musicians 10 Ways to Trade a Song for an Email Address A Few Reasons Indie Musicians Should Hope Spotify Succeeds A Fan … Read entire article »
The 21st Century Indie Band Manager
I always like talking with indie bands and band managers about their top marketing priorities and successes in hopes of learning about some innovative new approaches to music marketing. I was talking with a band manager not too long ago about his marketing priorities for the biggest band he represents and was shocked at his answer. This manager told me the … Read entire article »
Use StumbleUpon to Get Exposure for Your Music
From CD Baby’s The DIY Musician blog: I’m a stumbler. I’m a stumble addict. I’ve got a stumble habit. I’m a stumbleholic, stumblelover, and a stumblemaniac. I can’t help it. Stumbleupon is a music discovery tool, and thus it can help you get discovered. You can submit your music videos, web pages, blog posts, streaming tracks and more to StumbleUpon. Any content … Read entire article »
Income Statements in the Music Business
This post on income statements is part of our Music Biz MBA blog series. An income statement, also commonly referred to as a profit & loss or P&L statement, reports how much money a band or artist makes (or loses) during a specific period of time. The period of time for income statement reporting can be a month, a quarter or … Read entire article »
