1) Make sure people have resources available to find out more about you. Websites, Myspace, Facebook and Twitter

2) Make sure people can easily find out how to find those resources.

3) Word of Mouth is best the form of promotion! Give them something to talk about

4) Get involved with your local Music scene. Go along to local Gigs, see other Bands, get to know promoters and network.

5) Get some Business Cards printed, vistaprint.com offer 250 for free!

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6) Brand your Music, get an eye catching logo designed.

7) Set up a mailing list, notifylist.com, aardvarkmailinglist.net, yourmailinglistprovider.com, freelists.org

8 Set up a Blog wordpress.com www.blogger.com and write about your Music, other Music anything that will pull in readers. Make sure you write about well known artists similar to your Music style, by doing this you will attract fans for that artist and will then be able to market your Music to those fans.

9) Get involved in Music sites, forums and internet radio. There are hundreds of Music sites available and some of them only concentrate on certain music styles. Target the small ones and they will love to have you onboard, then the big sites will follow suit. Music forums are also brilliant for promoting music, include your website links in your signature and your traffic will grow.

10) Keep your fans updated. Read my article on how to do this easily

11) Start a video advertising campaign, upload videos to youtube.com, vimeo.com and www.muzu.tv. Ideally you want to upload music videos, if you don’t have one then create video blogs talking about your music or reviewing other artists that are similar to you. For example if your Music sounds a lot like The Beatles then review The Beatles or make a video which has a connection with the Beatles. Include your website details at the end of the video and in the Descriptions and Tags that go along with the video. This way whenever someone searches for the beatles, your video has a chance of appearing and interest will lead them to your site. Another handy tip is to also have your username as your domain name. For example my username on youtube is rocklinkscouk.

12) Get more Twitter followers, the average rule with twitter is the more people your follow the more followers you get back. Tweetadder.com is a really cool tool to automate the process of following people, not only that you can also target certain twitter members by interests and location. For example a keyword could be Music, and a location Portsmouth, tweet adder will then find users in Portsmouth who have the keywords music in their profile. Now you should be able to see the awesome power of this tool!

13) Add a Twitter widget to your Website or Myspace. Login to your Twitter account and click on Gadgets at the bottom.

14) Create a page on Facebook so people can be come a fan. Invite all your friends to become a fan.

15) Add a Facebook Page widget to your website, so your website users can become a fan.

16) Be social on your social networks

17) Start a local magazine? Like our good friend Nick J Townsend did

18) By a shed load of custom printed t-shirts and give them out for free. When everyone turns up at your gig in the same t-shirt it really attracts attention. I know for a fact this works as I have done this on a number of occasions.

19) Appear on Videos and TV, a prime time slot on itv3 might be hard to come by but not impossible (there are loads of big name acts who have been discovered this way). If your not lucky enough to get these opportunities then create your own, send emails to film organizations, art councils and anyone involved with film. You can also attract attention by contacting small film companies and another good idea is to contact extreme sports style websites who create sports videos.

20) Create a lens (a page) at squidoo.com it really does create a wealth of traffic for your site

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21) Create a decent Press Release, I personally feel press packs have become extinct. If someone is seriously interested in working with your Music the first place they will go is your myspace or website.

22) Contact Newspapers and Magazines

23) Offer freebies everyone loves Badges and Stickers!

24) Get out on the streets and talk to people about your Music, invite them to you upcoming Gigs.

25) Contact Radio stations, radio is a massive asset to promoting Music. Luckily there is a lot of National and Local Radio stations opening their doors to unknown Artists. Use this to your full advantage.

26) Get involved with a charity. By scratching their back they will also scratch yours.

27) Create an account at eventful.com

28) Start a text service, like the t-mobile advert or using a service such as txtlocal.com

29) Make people feel apart of what your doing, you should make time for everyone who comes along to your gigs.

30) Contact build, it’s what makes the Music Industry work.

31) Start a facebook event for every gig. This has always been successful for my own gigs you can also persuade other people to invite their friends. Make sure you do periodic status updates reminding people of the gig.

32) Go round local Music Shops, get to know the staff and ask if you can leave some promo gear in the shop. I find a lot of music shops actively try to promote the local music scene.

33) Create a Last.fm account!

34) Start podcasting, they weirdly attract a lot of attention.

35) Pay a professional photographer to take some snaps of you.

36) Get your Music reviewed

37) Get Interviewed

38) Place carefully positioned Posters around your local area, cafes, bars, clubs, venues ect

39) Flyers are handy when used effectively. I wouldn’t suggest handing them out willy nilly. Use them to your advantage at Gigs, leave them on tables, at the bar, hand them to people as they leave a venue. If your Band is playing that night then great, if someone likes your music they will more than likely pick up a flyer and keep hold of it.

40) Get involved with local Music sites

41) Leave a comment below with a link to your website. If you have another method of Promoting Music that I haven’t mentioned above then please add it below.

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