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Kavit Haria

adminKavit Haria is the founder of InsiderMusicBusiness.com. He writes and speaks on the topics of music promotion, music business strategy and music entrepreneurship. He's also a Tabla player.


41 Responses to “Facebook, Twitter & YouTube Strategies For Musicians”

  1. This is a pretty good summary of some of the fundamental concepts behind these sites. The twitter suggestion is something that is not readily apparent to new users.

  2. Twitter- So many things to keep up with. Golly, Myspace, reverbnation, facebook, twitter, ect.

    I wonder can ya switch a pre-exsisting facebook to a
    muscians facebook?

    scriggleit.com is great for sending out mailings too.
    All my best
    Trevor

  3. Videos are immensly cool and they add a new dimension in the way you can communicate. I bought a Sony video camera in October 2008 for about £130 and started filming rehearsals, backstage stuff and even photoshoots! Every now and then when I forget the camera I film with my mobile phone and that gives great results too.

  4. Great tips for new user. Many of them I have already tried.

  5. Awesome info! This is the kind of info that will make things happen! Thanks for sharing! Peace!

  6. Great video Kavit.

    The key is to get the big 5 (as a musician you MUST include MySpace – but if you’re just marketing and not music, you can leave it out) working together.

    That is Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Your Blog (Wordpress is the way to go for your site) and MySpace.

    Tweet 100 times a day and make it personal. This actually only takes 15 minutes or so. If you set up some RSS feeds of stuff that interests you, you’ll have everything sent to you for you to tweet ensuring a stream of stuff that your followers will love.

    Add your tweet feed to update your Facebook status. This is a great time saver.

    Get as much stuff on YouTube as you can and encourage comments and embedding – this spreads your stuff quicker. The more people that you can get to subscribe to your channel, the quicker a new video will get a bump.

    Then, send everyone to your blog from all these sources where you control the content and environment and that’s where you get them to interact with your music.

    As you say, there, they must sign up to your list to get loads of music from you.

    This is very powerful stuff if you do it right!

    Ian

  7. Oh, and this course from Perry Belcher is nasty expensive, but it’s absolutely brilliant at pulling it all together. One of my readers bought it two days ago intending to apply it to his music acreer and is blown away.

    I’ve watched all the stuff available so far with him and it looks exceptional.

    It’s worth a look even if you have no intention of buying it. The free report he gives away at http://tinyurl.com/nku2z8 has some great info – well worth trading your email address for.

    Ian

  8. Hi Kavit,

    Very useful info. Thank you!

    Best,

    Thea

  9. Thats great info!

  10. Thanks very much for this video. It’s a very intelligent strategy. I think one very important tip when promoting yourself is; making it personal. The more personal it is, the more people can relate to you, and the more people can relate, the odds are for liking you. Thanks agian,

    -Trevor

  11. Great video Kavit! I like the idea of following your more known musical counterparts as a way to relate back to your sound and music. Also a good idea with the url at the beginning of a youtube video. I have put all my urls for my music videos at the bottom and now will update this.

    Thanks again and look forward to the new Twitter, Facebook and YouTube followers I will attract :-) .

    Andrew

  12. THIS IS GREAT..

  13. Kavit, Thank you for your second video on Exposure. Your advice has been very valuable to me. I’m excited about emplemeting them now. Howard

  14. Thank you, good tips- I will try the facebook thing soon…

  15. I’ll have to go through it a few more times to absorb it all it all, but these are great tips. The Twitter stuff is especially good.

  16. Hello Kavit I have been getting info from you for a long time and I like it alot. I am learning what you have taught so generously. I want to say that I like you very much. I hope that one day you become rich you deserve it.
    BB lokigui

  17. Twitter-I love it. I use it about everyday. It’s a great tool.

    Facebook-I just started using it so I’m still getting use to it.

    YouTube-I have had an account for awhile but just started really using it.

    All 3 seem like great tools if actually used. Plus, all the many other networking and social media sites if actually utilized

  18. Great one buddy….
    Keep up the info that we sit in studios bent over instruments and tend to let the world pass by.
    thanks a ton

  19. Succinct and relevant Kavit; thanks.

  20. Hey brother… I dig what you’re doing. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone else doing this kind of thing. I don’t know if it’s in your program but it would be cool to have a section about telemarketing yourself to everyone from clubs to managers to record companies to help get you to the next level. Examples of what to say, organizing contact lists, the importance of constant follow up, etc…

  21. Yes Kavit! Figuring out how to effectively and efficiently use Social Nets gives me a HEADACHE. But your info is clear and concise and makes me believe that EVEN I can get a handle on these strategies.

  22. Thanks Kavit
    Real good, sound advice. With this knowledge; only you, your music and, your dedication to follow your advice is the only way to get a head of the pack because we all know it’s a huge pack and it’s growing. I appreciate your knowledge and insight.

  23. GREAT VIDEO KAVIT WE WANT MORE.

  24. [...] have discussed in many articles my views on using social media and networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as a means to get regular streams of new visitors to your website so you can continue to build your [...]

  25. I completely agree with you on the face book, Twitter, and youtube stuff, I have all of those things and have been trying to figure how to get more fans and ppl to view my videos and now I know, thanks so much I look forward to learning more!

    -Alyson

  26. it was great to hear your opinions about twitter….i have been using other strategies and they haven’t been very effective i cannot wait to try out yours!!

    -Chris
    asbpkmusic.com

  27. This blog seems to be quite a nice discovery. Great info, relevant and to the point!

  28. i enjoyed the video… THANKS..
    you words were very encouraging.
    i have a website, facebook, myspace, youtube, twitter, etc..
    but your words encourage me to make the sites work for us better.

    thanks for all you do,
    Pam Childs
    Pam and Terry
    Memphis, Tenn.

  29. Hey, Kavit!
    Your The Man! Thanks for the inspiration, Sir!
    Keep it up….!!!
    Salvatore

  30. Thank you for the wonderful information. It was great.

  31. just to say enjoyed that very much – like your energy – first time i have accessed your site – will be back

    thanks

  32. Thanks Kavit
    your advice has really stuck this time…
    I”m going to hostbaby right now.
    I really appreciate your energy.

  33. [...] have discussed in many articles my views on using social media and networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as a means to get regular streams of new visitors to your website so you can continue to build your [...]

  34. Hi Kavit.
    Brilliant info in the video!
    Thanks for sharing.

    - Kahlil

  35. Great info as always! Thanks!!!

  36. that is very good, inf
    thank you

  37. Great video. I did the music mastermind course and got a lot out of it. This helped my pull together (in my mind) the strategy needed to use all five social networking types. I’ve been doing them all but haven’t really inter connected them yet. Today I’ll pursue that further in accordance with your timely advice. – Jim

  38. One quick question How do I make my web site URl into a link when I type it into the title block like you have on your You Tube Videos? Help!?- thanks for all you do. Jim

  39. I just absolutely LOVE your enthusiasm….Have a great Christmas Kavit =)

  40. i am new to this but you gave me something to think aboue . i have both and i was wondering whitch was the best. well i learned a lot by listing to you. i will keep my eyes open and maby use both thanks

  41. i appreciate your advice on creating a following. that’s been the toughest part of this journey. however, the steps you outlined ought to help me out tremendously. this is the first video of yours that i watched and found it very informative. just curious, how come myspace wasn’t mentioned in any of your steps. should i not put any time into our myspace site?

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