For all the annoying things which Facebook keep doing, all which seem to have the end result of you reaching fewer and fewer people, there is one feature which has actually improved. That feature is event pages.
If you are…
Read moreAlex's Independent Artist Marketing Tips
I often find myself helping out fellow artists with tips and tricks I have picked up over the years including everything from design to social media to tools I use in promoting The Jive Aces.
I love to help friends and fellow artists succeed so I have started this blog with some tips, tricks and hacks to help to make promoting shows and artists easier and more effective. I am by no means an expert or social media guru, these are just some things which I have found useful and/or successful and hopefully, it helps some of you out!
Feel free to leave me some feedback in the comments under each blog entry. You can also contact me via the form below.
Twitter Promote Mode - Review
In my quest to take over the social sphere... OK, expose a few more people to our music, I tried out "Twitter Promote Mode". Instead of making individual ads, it just forwards your first 10 tweets of the day to…
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The Art of Vintage - Guest Interview with Chris Wilkinson
For this post, I have invited my first guest to the blog, Mr Chris Wilkinson. Originally a Devon native, Chris has been playing the guitar and singing in bands for the past 15 years and has released three albums…
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NEVER PAY FOR FACEBOOK PAGE LIKES!/I Paid For Facebook Page Likes
OK, I know I said in a previous post that you should never pay for ads which just get “likes” for your page. And I said that because you should never pay for ads which just get people to like…
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Three Flyers Outside Paris, London and LA - Keep It Simple
A few weeks ago I got a message from someone in distress. Allison, the founder and manager of the Satin Dollz whom we have worked and performed with, in LA for 10 years and more recently in Paris and London…
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Social Media Tool Review - Boostfy.co
N.B. I'm not in any way connected to this company and don't get anything for writing this, it's just a tool have found useful.
We have had an Instagram account for a few years but have only started…
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The Curtain Never Comes Down
Being in a band that travels so much together you definitely get a sense that, as the great Count Basie once allegedly said "The curtain never comes down". A group of people travelling together who you not only play the…
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Facebook Tip - Maximising Event Page Effectiveness And Efficiency
If you are like us (The Jive Aces) you will probably be playing a huge variety of shows that range from local dance nights run by enthusiasts to large festivals run by a team seasoned professionals and everything in between…
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Paying for "Likes" Vs Advertising "Actual Stuff" on Facebook
As you’ve probably heard and/or experienced, Facebook Page posts are getting less reach because Facebook thinks it knows better what people are interested in than the people themselves. That's "artificial" intelligence for you. That could be a really covert way…
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