2. What People in the Target Market are Looking For:
new music
music that reflects their tastes
more about bands they already enjoy
• listen
• find out tour information
• latest news
• talk to other fans
• contact the band
• view pictures and videos
3. What Bands Are Looking For:
build fanbase
• sell music
• sell tickets
• sell merchandise
4. Popular Bands
• don’t (or rarely) do own promotion
• already well known
• lots of content elsewhere
• less direct interaction with fans
• large fan base
myspace fanpages
articles/news
twitter
webpage
ads
facebook
5. Would-Be Bands
• do own promotion
• more interaction with fans
• less content elsewhere
• may not have webpage
• difficult to find
• disorganized
facebook twitter
articles/news
juicebox webpage
myspace
reviews
6. The Keys to Success
• promote news, interviews, reviews, and awareness
through other media
• use strong key words
• integrate all online tools
• easy access to information on pages
• promote sharing
• promote community
• update frequently
7. Examples:
Popular Bands Indie Bands
U2 You Say Party
http://www.u2.com/index/home
http://www.facebook.com/u2 http://www.yousayparty.com/
http://www.myspace.com/u2 http://www.facebook.com/YOUSAYPARTY
http://twitter.com/360FromTheEdge http://www.myspace.com/yousaypartywesaydie
http://twitter.com/yousayparty
Depeche Mode http://www.last.fm/music/You+Say+Party
http://www.depechemode.com/ http://www.youtube.com/user/yspwsd
http://www.myspace.com/depechemode http://www.formspring.me/yousayparty
Party At the Moontower
White Stripes
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Party-At-The-Moontow
http://www.whitestripes.net/
er-VAN/136742314957
http://juiceboxdotcom.com/recordingco/jb023/
http://www.myspace.com/patmmusic
Bad Examples:
News and Other Sites:
http://www.3doorsdown.com/
http://www.rollingstone.com/
http://www.myspace.com/asilaydying
http://www.npr.org/music/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Doubles-Peak/141974383098
http://pitchfork.com/
http://twitter.com/oasis
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/
http://www.ilike.com/
http://www.songkick.com/