Tag Archives: Music Marketing
Playing State and County Fairs
© 2015 Vinny Ribas The fair circuit can be quite exhilarating because you’re almost always outdoors, you have mostly good weather, everyone around you is having a blast and you’re surrounded by clowns, magicians and every other kind of fun entertainment. The most important thing to remember about performing at fairs is that you musthave…
15 Ways To Improve Your Chances Of Getting The Gig
© 2009 Vinny Ribas Most gigs always have more than a few acts clamoring to secure dates. Here are some ways that you can rise above the crowd and increase your chances of landing the gig. Don’t sell – build relationships. Venue owners and managers hear sales pitches all day from inexperienced sales people who…
5 Ways To Win New Fans
Your job is to ‘WOW’ your audiences so that they become ardent and enthusiastic fans. Here are 5 ways to do that:
Why Do Your Fans Like You?
© 2009 Vinny Ribas It is very important for every artist to know who their fans are and why they are fans in the first place. Knowing this is the only way that you can insure that you keep delivering what they expect and want more of. If you think they like you for one…
Are You Leaving Money On The Table?
© 2009 Vinny Ribas It may sound impressive to say you have thousands of friends on MySpace. Are you capitalizing on all of that traffic and finding ways to turn it into income? It is certainly great that you’re booked every weekend or every week. Are you making as much money as you could be?…
How To Get Christmas-Related Gigs
© 2009 Vinny Ribas Many companies that have Christmas parties book their entertainment in the spring or early fall. Here are some ways to get in on some of the action. Put a Christmas Party promo kit or EPK together. Focus on the ‘family friendly’ nature of your act, especially if you’re going after parties…
Push vs. Pull Marketing
© 2009 Vinny Ribas There are 2 ways to market anything – ‘push’ and ‘pull’ marketing. Push marketing means that the company is flooding the market with ads of their product in the hopes that enough people will be bold enough to try it to maker it worth while. Major record labels have been especially…