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1. Learn About Building A Website Online For $12 - The Bands Page 2. Play your instrument on the roof of your house/apartment. 3. Seek Out Ray Balconis and his New York Recording Studio 4. Contact Your Local Newspaper to see if they will do a write up on your band 5. Have business cards ready to give out. 6. Promote Your Band by sending out postcards to fans, venues, etc. 7. Ask to Open For More Established Bands 8. Seek Out the Services of a Professional Photographer 9. Get Custom Promo Shirts Printed for Your Band 10. Create a Myspace to Promote Your Band 11.Optimize Your Bands Website for More Traffic 12.Hire A Myspace Promoter 13.Build and Launch a Website if you do not have one. 14.Promote Your Band's Website using SEO techniques 15.Post In Online Forums and Message Boards 16.Post in Free Online Classifieds Such as Craigslist in the Musicians Section 17.Keep in touch with fans and contacts with a system like aweber.com 18.Promote your band in Free Directories 19.Use Yahoo Pay Per Click to Promote Your Band's Website. 20.Use Google Adwords to Drive Traffic to your website. 21.Get As Many Links From Other Sites to Your Website and Myspace 22.Create and Maintain A Blog on Blogger.com or Wordpress.com 23.Submit Articles to EzineArticles.com 24.Post about your Band in Local Music Forums 25.Submit Your Blog to Blog Directories 26.Get Newspaper Ads Especially in local entertainment sections. 27.Play As Many Open Mics As Possible and Give Out Stuff! 28.Play At Festivals and Give Out Stuff! 29.Play For FREE Anywhere Possible 30.Signup For Battle of the Bands in your area (and give out stuff) 31.Play at Weddings! (If you do covers) 32.Join Ebay and buy stuff that will help you promote your band. 33.Hire a Booking Agent (choose carefully) 34.Email Your Fans - Stay In Contact 35.Give out Scratch And Sniff Stickers With Strange Smells. 36.Compete for prizes and band exposure on websites like ourstage 37.Contact the Music Critic at your local newspaper. 38.Submit Your Website To Good SEO Directories 39.Do A Good Deed. What goes around comes around! 40.Signup for the Bachelorette and play your new album on the show: abc.com 41.Suggestions Needed! 42. 43. 44.Yeeehawwwwwwwww.... Promote Your Band! 45.Get Color Stage Banners 46.Put up Color Flyers of your band up Everywhere 47.Have Someone Videotape and Take Pictures of You at Shows 48.Upload Videos of your music and shows on uTube 49.Hire A Publicist To Get You in Magazines and Newspapers 50.Release Demo CD's to Record Companies 51.Promote Your Band on SecondLife (Virtual Reality, Really Weird but it can work) 52.Drive a White Bronco at High Speeds in LA running from the police with your band logo on the side of the SUV (just kidding don't do that) 53.Blow up Beach Balls with your logo printed on it and throw them everywhere especially at concerts 54.Ask Your Local Radio or College Radio Stations to Promote Your Band by Playing Your Music 55.Submit Expert Articles to GoArticles.com with links to your website or myspace 56.Network, Network, Network. 57.Hang out at Karaoke Bars (and even perform!) 58.Try out for American Idol. If you are good maybe you will make it. If you stink at least act really crazy and wear something weird so you get 30 seconds on TV. 59.Streak while wearing only your Band T-Shirt or Hat (Where this would be Legal). 60.Do What the Naked Cowboy Did (of course only where legal). 61.Attach Promotional Material, Bumper Stickers, Lettering, to Your Vehicle and Drive! 62.Design and Distribute Band Shirts to fans and to wear yourself. 63.Host Local Open Mic Nights. 64.Give out Promotional Socks. 65.Participate in Local Charitable Functions (Network! Wear Your TShirts Etc). 66.Upload Your Songs Anywhere Possible 67.Give out as Much Stuff As Possible With Your Logo on it 68.Advertise Upcoming Shows and Events on Community Websites 69.Advertise Upcoming Album Releases On all fronts 70.Frequently Update Website, Myspace, and Blog if you have. 71.Name Your Cat After Your Band, and Put a Collar on it with it's name on it, and then let the cat get 'lost'. 72.Repeat #71 With Various Breeds of Dogs (Really Kidding About These Two). 73.Give Music Lessons and Bring Students into your following. 74.Participate in Community Groups. 75.Post in Local Forums on Craigslist and Other Websites. 76.Recruit Local Fans to Help Promote Your Band or Music for Free. Delegate!!! 77.One of the Absolute Best Ways to Promote Your Band is by Word of Mouth! Tell Everyone about Your Music and Ask Them to Listen or Come to a Show! We hope you have enjoyed the 77 Ways to Promote Your Band. Best of Luck! |