{"id":5850,"date":"2010-12-15T07:17:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T15:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/?p=5850"},"modified":"2010-12-15T07:17:05","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T15:17:05","slug":"online-promotional-ideas-boost-album-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/online-promotional-ideas-boost-album-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie Musicians: Online Promotion Ideas to Boost Your Album Sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/span><\/a>You want to \u201cattack\u201d the internet with a killer online marketing strategy but you do not want to appear like a desperate salesman! Here are some effective promotional ideas to boost your album and merch sales:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGet 10% discount if you promote our album on your Facebook page!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Simply post the link of our website to your profile for 3 days and you\u2019ll get 10% discount on our band merch. Additional 1% off for every person who comments on the link.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00d8\u00a0 This is effective because people find it very easy to execute. This is a good strategy since people will ask their friends to check out and comment on your link so they\u2019d get a bigger discount. People who do not know you yet would definitely get curious.
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\u201cGiveaway of the week: Mike\u2019s Sunglasses!\u201d <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Get a chance to win Mike\u2019s sunglasses if you purchase our album now.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Or, if you just want to engage\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Get a chance to win Mike\u2019s sunglasses simply by answering this question: Who is the sexiest member of the group and why? Write your comment to our website. The one with the best answer will get Mike’s sunglasses.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00d8\u00a0 If you already have a good following and you are confident many people now value you as a band, then you can giveaway your stuff to random fans. People love gimmicks and free stuff. It will certainly make them more interested in your band.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Free concert tickets!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Get a chance to win 2 tickets for our concert if you purchase our album this week. We will post the 3 lucky winners this Saturday!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00d8\u00a0 This is perfect for the bands that are not still very famous but are getting there. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Tour with us!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

We will pick 5 fans to tour with us this summer! Simply purchase our latest CD and promote it to your facebook page. We will choose the top 5 with the most number of likes and comments. <\/strong>
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\u00d8 Give them anything that\u2019s priceless- like a dinner with the band, a chance to be with the band on tour, etc. Again, this is not for the newbies because they would laugh at you when you’re still a newbie and you’d giveout a contest such as this. For newbies, you can start with simpler ones like free shirts, free CD, free concert ticket.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Do you have cool marketing ideas for bands? Please share!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unified Manufacturing<\/strong>\u00a0is an L.A. -based one-stop-shop that offers very affordable CD\/DVD\/USB replication, custom printing, promotional products, warehousing and fulfillment and many more. If you need an Instant Quote on a project and you want FREE SHIPPING, simply\u00a0CLICK HERE<\/a>. \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You want to \u201cattack\u201d the internet with a killer online marketing strategy but you do not want to appear like a desperate salesman! Here are some effective promotional ideas to boost your album and merch sales: \u201cGet 10% discount if you promote our album on your Facebook page!\u201d Simply post the link of our website […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-unified-manufacturing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unifiedmanufacturing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}