![[Indusry Advice]: 5 Very Bad Facebook Marketing Tactics](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/evil_facebook_logo/1711621447.jpg){kind=logo}
Some time ago I addressed some very irritating marketing tactics that artists were using on Twitter. The article was called 5 Very Bad Twitter Marketing Habits. But equally irritating are tactics
![[Editorial]: Giving Your Music Away for Free](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/freemusic/1376319802.jpg)
There’s been chatter from some musicians and artists that giving their fans a choice of how much to pay for their music has tremendously increased their sales. They say it works for merch too. I ...
![[Industry Advice]: How To Get Your Video On WorldStarHipHop](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/wshh/2132164363.jpg)
If you inquire about getting your video placed on the popular hip hop site, Worldstar Hip Hop, here is the information that will be sent to you. “Sorry, we don’t add any artists ...
![[Industry Advice:] How to Properly Send Your Music Over the Internet](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/Sound_Icon/1818663836.jpg){kind=icon}
I felt the need to write this post because so many artists fail to send me music correctly. This can be an annoyance to DJ’s, bloggers, podcasters, or anyone else on the receiving end of your ...
![[Editorial]: Don’t Be A Crab In A Barrel](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/maryland-crab-7448021/-747832764.png)
By Lola Sims I have been thinking about writing this blog for a long time and didn’t get confirmation that it needed to be written until one of my clients asked me to do so. So here it is, “Crabs
![[Industry Advice]: 5 Very Bad Twitter Marketing Habits](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/TwitterFuckYou/-1603322181.jpg)
There are a lot of independent hip hop artists on Twitter that are wasting their time by using it ineffectively to promote and market themselves. Twitter is a great tool if used correctly, but it
![[Editorial]: Are Hip Hop Artists’ Mixtapes Dying?](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/dead-mixtape/-811188142.jpg)
I think the hip hop Mixtape needs to hire a PR person and maybe consider a name change to revamp it’s image. I mean technically, it’s not even a tape anymore, and will probably disappear as a CD ...
![[Industry Advice]: The Hip Hop Artist’s Guide to Building a Valuable Fan List](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/email_icon/38579750.jpg){kind=icon}
If you don’t have a fan list, you need to start building one. What I’m referring to is a list of people and their email addresses. But this is not just any list. You don’t just put any email ...
![[Editorial]: Hip Hop – The Potential Benefits of Having A Logo](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/logos1/-107929863.jpg)
Artists today are looking for and experimenting with alternative ways to diversify their income. Most of these ideas fall under the umbrella of what is called “branding”. This word means ...
![[Industry Advice]: 7 Twitter Do’s and Dont’s for the Independent Artist](http://djdraydel.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2013/06/spam-1/1119526657.jpg)
by Lola Sims With the newest social media trend being Twitter, a lot of established as well as independent artist have taken to the networking site as a way to increase awareness of their brands ...
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