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1. Get your band website online 2. Play your instrument on the roof of your house/apartment :) 3. Stay In Contact With Your Fans On Twitter. 4. Participate In Charitable Functions And Contact Your Local Paper To Do An Article 5. Have business cards and press kits ready to give out 6. Keep your fans in the loop (build a house email list with a program like constant contact or aweber) 7. Ask to Open For More Established Bands! 8. Promote Your Band's Website On Social Media Sites 9. Give Away Free Bowling Balls with your bands name on it. 10. Create a Musicspace (for musicians on myspace) to Promote Your Band 12.Hire A Myspace Promoter 13.Have someone video record your shows every time & put videos on YouTube. 15.Post In Online Community Forums and Message Boards 16.Post in Free Online Classifieds Such as Craigslist in the Musicians Section 17.Build a mailing list; one for fans, one for venues and blast with postcards. 18.Promote your band's website and musicspace in a Local Bands Directory 20.Promote Your Website through Social Media Channels 21.Get As Many Links From Other Sites to Your Website and Myspace to build your pagerank 22.Install and Maintain a blog on your website; i.e. website/blog 23.Submit Articles to EzineArticles.com (the top article syndication website online) 24.Post about your Band in Local online Music Forums for your local newspaper 25.Create and Distribute Online Press Releases about your band. 26.Get TARGETED Newspaper Ads Especially in local entertainment sections. 27.Play As Many Open Mics As Possible! 28.Play At Festivals and give Out Stuff! 29.Play For FREE Anywhere Possible 30.Signup For Battle of the Bands in your area 31.Play at Weddings! (If you do covers) 32.Dress your poodle in a doggie sweater with your bands picture on it 33.Hire a Booking Agent (choose carefully) 34.Stay In Contact With Your Fans with An Email Marketing Program 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. 39.Do A Good Deed. What goes around comes around! 40.Signup for the Bachelorette and play your new album on the show pretending to fall in love with the bachelorette (ok maybe you should think twice about this particular suggestion) 41.Get food posioning before going on stage and throw up while playing your songs, your fans WILL remember you. 42.Get Kittens and Have them wear kitten tshirts with your bands logo on it. 43.Run for president and then when you get elected give yourself major plugs when your doing your state of the union. 44.Hire hot girls to pretend to be groupies for your band (good pr). 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 DailyMotion, Yahoo Videos, and other video sharing sites. 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.Remember do not just redirect your web domain to a myspace. 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 band shirts and give them away at your shows! 63.Host Local Open Mic Nights. 64.Give out Promotional Crap - people *love* collecting useless CRAP. 65.Participate in Local Charitable Functions - remember what goes around comes around! 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! Most importantly don't forget to have fun and enjoy what you do! After all, isn't it really about the MUSIC? :) We hope you have enjoyed the 77 Ways to Promote Your Band. Best of Luck! |