Posts Tagged ‘marketing’
Deflected!: Great Ways To Insult Your Fans.
Third World Timmy received an email. It made him so angry that he had no choice but to spew 2,000 words of pure vitriol, aiming the spray at record execs, arrogant bands, and inept managers. Put on some safety goggles!
The Only Guaranteed Way To Win Over More Fans
What is your only guaranteed shot at a chance to win over strangers as a fan?
Why Twitter Followers are Worthless
It’s not too often I get an email from Twitter telling me I have a new person with a high follower count following me. When they do, I tend to look into what they’re all about on their profile. 9/10 times it’s someone who follows twice as many people as they have following them. 10/10 times said person is a “social media power user”.
1000 True Fans Is All It Takes
If you’re struggling to crack 100 fans or even 1,000 on your Facebook or fan page, or Twitter account, or RSS subscribers, I’m here to tell you that 1,000 TRUE Fans is all it takes. I’d like to ask what all of Assault’s RSS subscribers and newsletter subscribers are up to then because Mr. 51% and I should be rich!
SEO – Tips & Strategies you aren’t hearing from high priced consultants
I’m not going to add to the gigantic list of of great SEO resources and basic SEO 101 strategies that you can easily find all over the web. Instead, I’m going to go over a few secrets that I have developed specifically for my online store, Assault Apparel, that will help those of you who are like me and don’t have any sort of money to use for marketing and PPC…
100+ Musicians and Bands that use Twitter
In the past few weeks, I have become a bonafide, Intervention-worthy, Twitter addict. Designers, bloggers, sports teams, Megan Fox, Darth Vader, and all other sorts of people are on Twitter. One thing seriously lacking though, is bands–with that here’s 90+ bands currently on Twitter.
5 tips to make your unsigned band stand out from the rest
After going to a great show this weekend by a local Chicago band called Seven Day Sonnet, I realized a few mistakes that all indie bands make, that they should avoid at all costs. Here’s a few tips I think all independent, unsigned bands can benefit from.
E-Commerce selling tips explained with human behavior psychology
Do you know why we sometimes find ourselves excitedly buying things we don’t really need? I came across this outline from a book by Dan Ariely called, “Predictably Irrational” that had some incredibly insightful information about people and why we at times seem to act completely irrational. It covers giving away things for free, putting high price points on products to create demand, and even the benefit of arousal!
E-Book: How to Start a Clothing Line
We recently wrote a quick tips and resources blog post about getting your t-shirt site off the ground–with impeccable timing, Fuel For Design has released an e-book entitled, “How to Start a Clothing Line.” Get it while you still can!
Biz master Craig’s marketing and business buzzwords
After a few long weeks months of starting of a business (and all the complications that go with it), I have finally made myself available to come here and post. I’m not good with technology. I’m not good with marketing. I don’t know what it means when Timmy yells at me for trying to transfer [...]
