Amplify the positives

What are the positive attributes of your situation? Try amplifying those to see how it affects the negative ones (like feeling stuck or not having enough motivation).

Well with the internet being the way that it is, this idea isn't that hard to do. It's just staying positive with yourself, and your fans is more of the problem with this. With Facebook, Google +, and other social media outlets keeping your friends, family,  or even fans is easier. The main thing is not to have all these people and not keeping everyone up to date with whats going on. The easiest way is to posts all the time, also there are tons of apps available now that makes all this possible.

Plus you can do a lot of this on your cell phone, or smart phones now. Apps like Foursquare, Get Glue, Instagram, and Pinterest to name a few.

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Ignore time

What would you do if time stopped right now? If you didn't have to worry about the clocks moving forward, what would you do? What happens if you did that now?

Believe me this is a great opportunity to let all of your creativity out. No matter what your working on, and if you have a active normal family life, or even a regular 9 to 5 job and do any kind of art on the side. Then you know what I'm talking about cause you know that you will hardly ever have all this time in the world at this one time. So let yourself go feel free. You may have to do it in installments but get it done.

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Your Fans Won’t Come to Your Shows

Your Fans Won't Come to Your Shows...
BY: JEREMY GOCKE
That’s right, on average, 75% or more of your fan base won’t make it out to a show on your next tour. Proximity. Sold out. Cost. All factors which can keep your most loyal fans from attending your next killer show. I guess they’re SOL, right? Wrong.

With the proliferation of social media sharing, we’re seeing bits and pieces of the live show experience being shared by fans, in real time, straight from the pit. There is a huge opportunity to engage the non-attending fan with this content. Have someone on your team monitor social media services and curate the best fan photos, video clips, etc. from your shows and highlight them on your web site, Facebook fan page, etc. This is a guaranteed way to engage your non-attending fans by giving them a sample of your shows through the eyes of the fans on the ground.

Don’t have anyone to do that for you? Use an aggregator service like Fliptu (free while in beta; specializes in music, entertainment & lifestyle; disclaimer: I’m a co-founder), Rebel Mouse (free/premium upgrades), or Postano (not free) to do the work for you. Have fans Tweet or Instagram their pics with your tour or band hashtag, then use a tool like Fliptu to aggregate all those #SuperRadTour pics in one spot. Embed a copy on your web site. Boom — you now have a fully interactive concert social hub for non-attending fans to vicariously experience your shows. Pretty much the next best thing to being there. 100% of your fan base now engaged and happy.

Other ideas to engage your non-attending fans:

1) Live stream your show (Stageit, EVNTLive, uStream, iRocke)

2) Live song requests from non-attending fans (Use Twitter to solicit requests - let them choose the next song you play!)

3) Social media take-over - Select a fan before each show to co-run your Twitter, Instagram, etc. account. (Try services like HootSuite to manage your social media efforts more efficiently. Or, see BandSosh if you actually need someone to help run your accounts full or part time.)

4) “Fansource” an extra show - Inspire/encourage fans to bring one of your shows to their city by contributing to a crowdfunding campaign. The city that dontates the most $ gets the show (Make sure you set a “minimum” that covers your costs for the extra show!). Try a crowdfunding site like Pledge Music or Indiegogo.

5) Limitied edition merch bundle just for non-attending fans (Set up as a pre-order; no out-of-pocket cost. If you need help with fast, low volume merch, check out Zazzle (DIY), FlashMerch (Custom), CafePress (DIY))

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New Music Marketing Opportunities On Tumblr, Instagram, And Chill

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