interested to see what methods are music commonly used from folks on this sub! feel free to elaborate in the comments.
for those who use playlisting sites or agencies, sharing the names and results in the comments would be helpful
thats a great mentality. i forgot to add the Spotify ad services marquee/showcase to the poll, which imo is the best bang for your buck in terms of ad spend. everything else has been hit or miss. i completely stopped fb ads this year and bought some gear instead!
We saw a lot of success creating our own Spotify playlists, pinning that to our profile and sending the linktree to the playlists. Over the last 90 days it’s generated almost 11k streams in 90 days
Nice! What genre and what did you name your playlist?
Rap/R&B - it’s called “FADESLIST” after the artist. We do it this way because if we release a single, we don’t want someone to just listen to that one song and leave and forget. So when we release a song, we put it at the top of the playlist and then the hope is people just continue to let it play and discover more of the music.
Awesome- thanks. I found your playlist and I understand the strategy. Nice!
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probably spent less than a hundred bucks this past year on all paid online promotion (mostly for an EP release show). the year before I probably spent about 500, but it was my first year out of a decade long hiatus. this next year I'm hoping to spend zero, but might throw a few bucks at an ad for an album release show I'm planning.
I've become more & more convinced that most of what y'all pay for is a waste of money & hard grinding work, playing live shows, making good videos, etcetera & not paying money to promote them (but still having a good complimentary online presence) actually works better. I'd rather save my money for a new tour vehicle & hit the road more.