Ep. 504 NERVE, a New Bank for Musicians That Provides the Tools a Musician Needs
Nerve is built solely to serve music creators and the business banking needs they never knew you had. What if your bandmates could see everything happening in your band's checking account? What if your banking app helped you keep an eye on your royalty streams and when they land (or don't)? What if it tracked your business expenses - including those instant payments you make to bandmates? With Nerve you’ll not only get a beautiful app built for your business, but you'll also have the security of free, FDIC-insured debit & savings thanks to our relationship with Piermont Bank.
Visit https://nerve.pro
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Musicians This is For You… Don’t Panic, TikTok is Not Being Banned Tomorrow!
Episode 604: Bruce Houghton from Hypebot and Bandsintown joins us to discuss current events impacting musicians. We start with the new that the clock is now officially ticking on TikTok has 9 months to find a new owner or be banned in the US. First… Don’t Panic! What should you do to be prepared for possible changes to TikTok. We also talk about the changes that are happening online with influential media outlets disappearing. Where do you go to get your reviews today? What about your fans, their reviews of incredibly valuable!
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One of The Guess Who’s Booking Agents Talks About What is Going on with the Band
Episode 603: We are joined by Leni Demancari owner of Ten13 Entertainment who books The Guess Who among other acts. We chat with Leni about the recent news where The Guess Who are being prevented from playing their biggest hits by original band member Burton Cummings. For some background on what is happening read, https://ultimateclassicrock.com/burton-cummings-guess-who-song-rights/
Leni updates us on what The Guess Who are doing and more importantly we discuss what this action could mean to the music business, other bands and all the supporting teams working with bands.
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How To Properly Use QR Codes, the Right Way and the Wrong Way
Episode 601: QR codes can be very useful, but you need to think about how your are using them. There is a right way and a wrong way to use them. We discuss how to use a QR code. This leads into a discussion about how you also need to “walk a mile in your fan’s shoes.” What does that mean? Experience things as your fans would… buy your own merchandise, buy your own music, read your own posts and click the links. Scan that QR code you just posted on Facebook… wait how does your fan do that when they are reading Facebook with their smartphone?
#Podcast #musicbizweekly #qrcodes
600 Episodes and 13 Years, We Look Back at the Music Biz Weekly Podcast
Episode 600: Couple big milestones for the Music Biz Weekly podcast this week… episode #600 and 13 years since the very first episode was released. We look back at what the internet, social media and music marketing was like 13 years ago.
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Spotify Integration and Future Enhancements Coming to Bandsintown
Episode 599: Bandsintown co-founder/managing partner Fabrice Sergent joins us this week to fill us in on the new Bandsintown integration with Spotify which allows you to display your tour dates on your Spotify profile. Fabrice also discusses the value of having your fans RSVP to your shows and fills us in on future enhancements to the Bandsintown platform.
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Don’t Take Great Customer Service for Granted & Remember to Give Your Fans Great Service
Episode 598: Having been dealing with customer service for a couple weeks with regards to YouTube Video Promotions and Google Ads we discuss the importance of great customer service. Don’t forget that as a musician you are always providing customer service to your fans, make sure that experience is as pleasant for them as possible.
More YouTube Promotion Results, Be Careful About Displaying to All Countries
Episode 594: We revisit YouTube Promotion this week as we have more test results to review. The new test didn’t restrict countries or language and the results show greatly reduced cost per play and subscriber, but… there are some possible concerns because the countries that played the video were Pakistan, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries. Countries that typically do not view the videos. Are these legit plays and subscribers? Will this potentially mess organic traffic? More questions need to answered. Plus there is definitely some confusing messaging coming from Google Ads, including rejecting a promotion for being click bait, after the promotion had successfully run.
How to Connect Directly with Your Fans and No Algorithms Involved
Episode 593: Gabi Arnona from Set.Live joins us this week to update us on some new features they are rolling out that will allow you to connect directly with your fans and not have to worry about a algorithm limiting who sees your message. Don’t rely on algorithms to decide whether you can reach your fanbase. Use SET.Fan to know and speak with your biggest supporters. Gain the power to directly contact your fans to announce upcoming tours, releases, or merch. Make sure every fan who wants to support the artist can. SET.Fan can help you discover your fans’ interests. This information is incredibly valuable when it comes to partnering with brand sponsors and making the most of your marketing efforts.
YouTube’s New Promotions Beta, We Test It and What Do We Think… It Is Impressive So Far
Episode 592: In an earlier episode we talked about our wish for simple to use ad platform on YouTube. Well YouTube has launched Promotions in beta and it is a really good first step. Michael is testing the Promotions platform and shares his early results and thoughts. Promotions shows some great potential. It makes running a ad on YouTube so much easier, though they could still do more. And, the results so far are not bad at all!
Put Your Skin in the Game Before Asking Others to Do the Same
Episode 591: This week we pick the brain of musician Sean McKenna about what concerns indie musicians. What things can indie musicians do to help their career succeed?
Five Free Things You Can Do to Promote Your Music
Episode 590: You have no budget, no money, but you need to promote your music or promote a show what can you do? Here are five things you do to promote your music that won’t cost you a penny.
1. Message all your followers on Bandsintown.
2. Post to the community section on the YouTube channel.
3. Post in heavy metal related groups on Facebook.
4. Add it as a message on the bands Spotify page
5. If you have a email list send it to the list.
Visit http://www.michaelbrandvold.com for more info. Follow Michael at http://www.twitter.com/michaelsb
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