Tidings Of Comfort, Joy, Forgiveness & Success: A Four-Part Exercise For Musicians
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Michael Laskow of Taxi: Marketing + Entrepreneurial Skills = Music Business Success
I normally write articles and tips for musicians to help them with their online marketing, PR and community building. But there is another topic I feel deeply passionate about: Helping the next generation who want to make it in the music business understand what it...
No Depression Reviews Music Success in Nine Weeks
Ariel Hyatt is a music publicist who’s reinvented her practice to utilize social media and other on-line channels. Her book provides nine weekly lesson plans for developing your own on-line profile, including suggestions for optimizing your website, blogging, building...
Sound Advice TV – Real Time Rock Stars w/ Amanda Palmer & Matthew Ebel
I recently spoke at the #140confboston and it was delightful to be on a panel with Matthew Ebel, Ted Cohen and Amanda Palmer. Here is our panel, it was short, it was sweet and it packed a punch. Follow us all on Twitter at @cyberpr, @matthewebel, @spinaltap and...
How To Get Bloggers To Write About You – Become a Reader & a Commenter
I really loved the pieces that Chis Bracco has written on MTT on Blogging and I wanted to add some thoughts on getting blogs to write about you. His strategies are rock solid and full disclosure he used to work with my company and he is indeed very effective at...
In Gratitude… 4 People On My Dream Team
Today is my birthday and today I have a great deal to be thankful for. To have a long career in the music business is something I'm very proud of. These past 12 months have been an incredible journey and I want to acknowledge a few people that have made it a year to...
"Music Success In Nine Weeks" Reviewed by Music 3.0's Bobby Owsinski
I was fortunate to finally meet Ariel Hyatt at the ASCAP Expo a couple of weeks ago, something that I had looked forward to for some time. Ariel is founder of Ariel Publicity, a PR firm that specializes in the music business (especially helping bands) and one of the...
Guitar International Reviews Music Success in Nine Weeks
In her book Music Success in Nine Weeks, Ariel Hyatt presents a wealth of knowledge in a readily-accessible, easily digestible form. The reader immediately gets the distinct impression that Ariel is really trying to help them out, and not just sell them a “get rich...
So…what is a Facebook Fan Page called nowadays? A "Like" Page?
The ever-elusive Facebook Fan Page. Regardless of what you think about yours, you can't deny its power: the 'Suggest to Friends' link provides an unbelievable opportunity to spread your brand (especially if you persuade your contacts to do the same), the wall allows...
In Defense of 1,000 True Fans – Jerry Joseph: How Does The Theory Work When You Already HAVE 1,000 True Fans? – Part VIII
I was having coffee and catch-up with manager and publicist extraordinaire Patrice Fehlen a few months ago and we started talking about my “In Defense of 1,000 True Fans” series on MusicThinkTank. She mentioned something that I think makes an interesting angle: Jerry...