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Music Marketing Strategy

Release strategy, fan growth, promotion systems, and practical artist marketing for building demand around your music.

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Spotify Playlist Deep Link Generator

Did you know that you could create a link that would start playing a specific song on a Spotify playlist? This can be useful for artists looking to promote their song that got added to a playlist, or for playlist curators / labels to increase the amount of streams they get from the playlist. When...

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How To Make It In Music feat. Ben Patterson

In this episode Ben Patterson, president of Downtown Artist & Label Services, and I talk about music marketing, the industry, Spotify's changes and more! Listen on your favorite Podcast platform Important Points: Andrew and Ben talk about Spotify's Discovery Mode which provides additional visibility for artists, but can reduce royalties. That’s why Downtown Music aggressively...

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The Best Spotify Promotion Services

There are a seemingly infinite number of Spotify promotion services available online. To save you some time, here are the best Spotify promotion services that i've personally tried on my own music. Each of the companies on this list provide streams from real people, not bots. Results may vary but each of these companies are...

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How to Grow Spotify Playlists with Facebook Ads

I have over 30,000 followers on my network of Spotify playlists, and I grew most of them using Facebook ads. Similar to how you would promote your music on Spotify using Facebook conversion campaigns, you can do the same thing to promote your playlists. Here's the process in a nutshell: Run a Facebook conversion campaign...

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Which social media platform is best for music marketing?

A social media experiment tested organic video performance across Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook Reels, and TikTok. Results showed Instagram Reels led in views and comments, while TikTok had the highest like rate but the lowest overall reach for this band’s content.

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How to get 1 million streams in 1 year

Combine paid and organic marketing with a $5,000 budget to release 9 singles in 2026, supported by 20 social posts and 2 YouTube videos per song. This approach builds on proven real-world data to help you reach 1 million streams.

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How to Avoid Music Marketing Scams

Scams in the music industry often promise results they can’t deliver, like fake streams or followers. Learn how to spot red flags and protect your money by understanding what legitimate services actually provide.

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Please stop running music ads like this

Hey friends! I saw a large music industry content creator post a video talking about how artists could run Meta ads to promote their music. Given that this is very much my area of expertise, I was expecting to nitpick...

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Why Spotify Followers Don't Matter

Spotify followers are not a reliable indicator of engagement or future streams. Instead, focus on saves, playlist adds, and streams per listener to measure and grow your active audience effectively.

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