- Use a graphical Profile signature when posting on forums.
- Send direct links to a simple playable MP3 page (MySpace sucks for this!).
- Twitterize your MP3′s by simply posting the title of the MP3 with a short description and link to a SIMPLE playable MP3 Page.
- Strategize your release dates and overall MP3 Marketing Campaign. Do you have an upcoming show or event that you’re hosting or attending? You can release your MP3′s around the dates in which you’ll be visibly in front of people so they can get a glimpse of who’s been releasing this magic remedy for their ears: YOU!
- Submit your MP3′s to Music blogs to have them review it!. Free Press… (Traffic, Traffic, Traffic).
- Record a cool outro-lude message directing your listener to “check out yourwebsitedomain.com for more MP3′s”. This is an effective and unobtrusive way to get people to check out more of your MP3′s, especially if they found your music on a download site or it was passed to them by a friend.
- Ringtones: Everybody and their grandma loves to personalize their pet phone, so why not have them personalize it with your latest and greatest MP3 release! Check out Myxer.
- Instant Download PayPal links to purchase your MP3′s is the best and fastest way to ring in more sales. I’ve always found that iTunes slows down the checkout process when buying MP3′s, especially when the listener doesn’t use iTunes. Sure they can download iTunes or instantly buy your MP3 with their iPod in the iTunes Store, but what if they don’t have an iPod? It’ll take them more than 10 minutes just to get iTunes downloaded, installed, etc. Save your listeners the hassle and simplify your MP3 Store Checkout process. E-Junkie is a great system to sell instant downloads!
- Record and release MP3′s that are relevant to now! Can you creatively cover the President, climate change, current sports, trends, popular people, clothing, etc in your MP3?
- Make it As Simple As Possible (ASAP) to browse, navigate and listen to your new and old MP3′s. A blog (WordPress) is a great way to do this as you can categorize/tag your tracks by Release Date, Title, Price, etc.
- Email Marketing: Almost everybody on the Internet has an email address and you can be assured that your listeners have one. Effectively utilizing an email marketing system can greatly increase your plays, sales, and overall stickiness to your brand. You’d simply send off an email message to your MP3 Email Subscribers with your latest MP3′s and have them click the links in your email message to listen to them.
- Your offline promo items should all contain your website URL. This is where I will suggest that you purchase a Domain Name with Web-hosting to store your MP3 files, videos, host your Blog and MP3 Shop + any extra download content.
Now that was random! I hope this has helped out and gave you some insight into what you can do with your MP3 Promotional Efforts. As always, be sure to stay tuned for more SampleSimple by subscribing below for automatic alerts to your email inbox. it’s that simple – Take care!
