For artists with a large (or growing) audience online, one of the biggest questions we hear is "How do I monetize my fan base more effectively?" It’s all about choosing the right monetization paths...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa dive into six paths to monetize your online audience, the pros and cons of each approach, and how to stack them for maximum impact! You'll learn about running launches to convert followers into subscribers and customers, how funnels and sales promotions can help you off the revenue rollercoaster, and live show and membership monetization strategies!

If you're looking to focus on monetization in your music career in the near future, this episode is a must-listen!

DISCOVER:

1. How To Plan And Execute A Launch That Draws In Subscribers And Customers

2. Why New Launches Short Circuit Your Brain To The Work of Monetization

3. What To Consider When Building Offers and Funnels

4. How Sales Promotions Smooth Out Your Revenue

5. What Risks Come With Tour-Related Monetization And How To Navigate Them

6. How To Excel With Your Membership (And Where Most Artists Fall Short)

7. Which Two Types Of Artists Find The Most Success With Streaming Revenue Paths

RESOURCES:

Learn The Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO

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Scan your inbox for emails from your favorite artists and you'll probably find "newsletters" packed with too much content, graphics, and calls to action. Artists often miss out on the power of email marketing, but a new platform won't solve the problem...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa break down the biggest email marketing levers you can pull to make your email campaigns crush! Learn how to avoid common email marketing mistakes in the music industry, craft subject lines that make your fans beg to open your email, and use strong copywriting throughout your emails to keep your audience hooked.

If you're looking to boost your email marketing strategy so that your fans actually read your emails and engage, this episode is your crash course in email marketing for musicians!

DISCOVER:

1. What Artists Get Wrong About Email Marketing (And How To Avoid It)

2. How To Write Subject Lines That Compel Fans To Open Your Emails

3. Why You Should Send Your Fans Other People's Content

4. How To Maintain A Consistent Voice Across Multiple Emails

5. Why Simplifying Your Email Strategy Can Lead To Better Engagement

6. What Open Loops Are And How To Use Them To Keep Fans Interested

7. How To Master The P.S. Section In Your Emails

RESOURCES:

Learn Email Marketing for Musicians from Top To Bottom Inside IndiePRO

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Think setting up an online store, getting merch, and running ads is all it takes to start selling to your fans? Think again. Marketing and e-commerce is an art itself...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa dive deep into the fundamentals of digital marketing and e-commerce to help you sell more to your fans online! Learn about the customer journey of your fans, how to craft compelling offers instead of just selling products, and why decision fatigue can make or break your online store!

If you're trying to figure out how to start selling to your fans online and want to do it effectively, this episode will give you the foundations to go from zero sales to customers fast!

DISCOVER:

1. How A Customer Journey Framework Converts Fans Into Customers

2. What The Two Paths Of E-commerce Look Like

3. How To Design Offers That Resonate With Your Audience

4. What Decision Fatigue Is And How To Beat It In Your Store

5. How To Use Social Proof To Bolster Your Sales

6. How Selling and Songwriting Tap Into The Same Creativity

RESOURCES:

Learn The Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO

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Black Friday 2024 is on the horizon, and it's shaping up to be another huge opportunity for artists ready to amplify their sales...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa dive into Black Friday sales strategies for artists of all sizes! Learn why Black Friday 2024 is set to be bigger than ever, how holiday promotions can effectively pull sales forward, and why customers are more inclined to buy during this shopping frenzy.

Whether you've been selling all year round and want to maximize your store or you're just kicking off your first Black Friday campaign, this episode is jam-packed with strategies to use in your promotion this year!

DISCOVER:

1. Why Black Friday 2024 Is Expected To Set New Records

2. How To Use Holiday Promotions To Maximize Your Sales

3. What Motivates Customers To Buy During Black Friday

4. How To Craft Your Offers And Leverage Discounts Effectively

5. Where To Start If You're Planning Your First Black Friday Campaign

RESOURCES:

Get Access To Our Black Friday Workshops Inside IndiePRO

How To Add Value To Your BFCM Offers For Your Fans

How To Segment Your Fan Base When Running A Black Friday Sale

Where To Focus Your Black Friday Sale If You Have Limited Products

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In the music industry, getting a great deal isn't just about negotiating what you want -- it’s also about building relationships!

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa are joined by special guest Dame Ritter, Director of Communications at Too Lost, to dive deeper into dealmaking and relationship-building in the music industry! Learn about negotiation as a crucial skill, the pitfalls of shortsightedness, and how to negotiate impactful brand deals.

If you're curious about how deals differ and why artists today have more leverage than ever, this episode is a must-listen to get insights from Dame’s career and experiences in the industry!

DISCOVER:

Why Negotiation Is An Undervalued Skill In Music

How Dame Navigated Deals At Funk Volume

How To Understand And Approach Brand Deals

What Makes Relational Deals Different Than Transactional Deals

Why Aligning Incentives With Partners Is Crucial For Long-term Success

How To View Compromises To Benefit Your Career

RESOURCES:

Catch Dame on the Road At "Game From The GAUDS" Music Conference Tour!

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Ever wondered how some artists manage to land amazing deals with labels, managers, and partners while others get stuck in nightmare scenarios? It's all about understanding the art of negotiation...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa dive into how artists can avoid bad deals and negotiate better ones in the music industry! Learn about navigating contract legalese, identifying standard contracts and potential landmines, understanding the two vantage points of deal-making, adapting your mindset around leverage and value, and the power of saying "no" and walking away.

If you're looking to secure deals that truly benefit your career, this episode is packed with the insights and strategies you need to get clear on what you want and how to negotiate for it!

DISCOVER:

1. How To Navigate Contract Legalese To Avoid Common Pitfalls

2. What Contracts Landmines To Watch Out For

3. When To Use Different Negotiating Tactics Based On Your Situation In The Industry

4. Why Understanding Your Leverage And Value Is Crucial In Negotiations

5. How The Ability To Walk Away Can Be Your Greatest Strength In Deal-making

RESOURCES:

Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO

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Ever thought about using giveaways to build up your fan base? If you've watched other contests and giveaways that artists run online, you'll see it's just about giving something away...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa unpack how to use viral giveaways to massively grow your audience! Learn how to select the perfect prizes that pull in your fans, amplify the virality of your contest with bonuses, and the art of follow-up that keeps fans engaged!

If you're launching a giveaway but worried about just attracting freebie seekers, this episode will show you how to plan, execute, and capitalize on a viral contest that works!

DISCOVER:

1. How To Choose Prizes That Act As A Magnet For Your Target Audience

2. When To Implement Giveaways In Your Music Career

3. What Tactics Increase The Chances Of Your Giveaway Getting Traction

4. Why Consolation Prizes Can Be A Game Changer For Monetization

5. How To Maintain High Engagement With Your Fans During And After The Contest

RESOURCES:

Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO

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Got a head full of wild marketing ideas but not sure which ones will actually work? Creativity can be a double-edged sword in music marketing - it can lead to brilliant campaigns in the best case but also can bring NO results in the worst case...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa explore how to tap into your creativity without letting your marketing efforts go off the rails! Learn why sticking to marketing fundamentals is crucial and what key questions you should ask about your audience growth, subscribers, customers, and how to capitalize on opportunities in your fan base!

If you want to make sure your most creative marketing ideas actually get results, this episode is your guide to planning and executing!

DISCOVER:

1. Why Artists Need To Balance Creativity With Marketing Fundamentals

2. What Critical Questions To Ask About Your Fans To Guide Your Marketing Strategies

3. Why We Read Old Copywriting Books

4. How To Assess Which Of Your Creative Ideas Will Actually Engage Your Fans

5. Why Not All Opportunities Are Opportunities

RESOURCES:

Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO

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For artists and their teams that are planning launches, tours, marketing services, merch, and EVERYTHING else that fits into a music career, there's a lot to figure out! Here are a few helpful stories to clear the path...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa share stories and lessons learned from our biggest case studies from our music marketing agency IndieX! Learn how to utilize all your marketing channels, maximize your merch drops and offers, sell out your tours, and leverage name recognition to hit your marketing goals!

If you want to shortcut your learning curve and organize your marketing, take a few lessons from our agency clients in this episode!

DISCOVER:

1. How Artists Can Get Off The Revenue Rollercoaster

2. What You Can Do To Sell Records at a Premium

3. Why You Should Only Pay Attention to ONE Metric When It Comes To Ad Frequency

4. How PR and Paid Social Work Together

RESOURCES:

Looking to expand your team or need marketing help? Apply to work with IndieX!

Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO

Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server!

Using paid ads is a powerful way to market your music online but the results aren't ever black and white and it's not as simple as turning on a campaign and "growing a fan base in your sleep"...

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa discuss how to analyze your advertising efforts and growth so that you understand the pace of your audience growth! Learn about the goals of advertising from top to bottom, finding your hero ad, and how to tap into customer journey marketing in your music career!

If you've ever felt discouraged by the speed of your fan base growth and want to set yourself up for success in the future, this episode is for you!

DISCOVER:

1. What Artists Need To Know About The Pace of Audience Growth When Advertising

2. Why You Should Be Polarizing In Your Online Presence

3. What To Look For In a "Hero" Ad For Your Music

4. How To Analyze Fan Engagement At Every Level of Your Marketing

5. What Traps Artists Fall Into When Calling Fans To Action

RESOURCES:

Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO

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The journey to profitability for artists and bands can feel more like a marathon than a sprint and marketing is not a silver bullet...but many artists expect marketing to perform miracles!

In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa discuss how marketing fits into a music career with a measured, realistic approach and explore the blend of making art and making a living! Learn how to manage and set goals with the two essential resources every artist must invest, why artists are uniquely positioned to excel at marketing, and the smart way to analyze your vanity metrics!

If you want to make music and make it a profitable venture, this episode will help you see the long game and how to attack it!

DISCOVER:

1. Why The Path To Profitability In Music Requires A Long-term Perspective

2. How To Set Realistic Goals At The Intersection Of Art And Commerce

3. What Resources You Need To Invest In Your Marketing

4. What ROI To Look For On Your Time And Capital

5. How To Use Vanity Metrics Intelligently

6. Why Your Marketing Efforts Should Always Enhance Your Creativity

7. Why Artists Are Uniquely Built To Be Great Marketers

RESOURCES:

Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO

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Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server!