Comments on: Pack the House at Your Next Gig With Email Blasts http://servethesong.net/promote-gigs-email/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave http://servethesong.net/promote-gigs-email/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Dave Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:15:45 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=452#comment-97 Music related blasts are a different beast. If it were any other product/business/retail oriented blast, than opt-in (permission) blasts are the way to go. I think that might still apply here. I know the only blasts I read are the ones from venues and bands that I subscribed to. People are becoming more comfortable with blasts, but only if they signed up for it. We posted a little blog about that trend here: http://www.heilbrice.com/blog/uncategorized/dont-be-afraid-of-e-mail/ Music related blasts are a different beast. If it were any other product/business/retail oriented blast, than opt-in (permission) blasts are the way to go. I think that might still apply here. I know the only blasts I read are the ones from venues and bands that I subscribed to. People are becoming more comfortable with blasts, but only if they signed up for it. We posted a little blog about that trend here: http://www.heilbrice.com/blog/uncategorized/dont-be-afraid-of-e-mail/

]]> By: Mr. Kraft Singles http://servethesong.net/promote-gigs-email/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Mr. Kraft Singles Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:30:34 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=452#comment-96 I don't know about emails, Brian. I can honestly tell you that I ignore all of those invite emails I get. If you were to get me anyplace it would have to be through a direct call and invite. The biggest thing for any artist though is to have a consistent fan base. If you can get people to come to your show more than once than that's a positive sign that you can KEEP fans. That in turn will result in recommendations to your fan's friends = more interest from more people and they will attend your concert with the referral fan. I don’t know about emails, Brian.

I can honestly tell you that I ignore all of those invite emails I get.

If you were to get me anyplace it would have to be through a direct call and invite. The biggest thing for any artist though is to have a consistent fan base. If you can get people to come to your show more than once than that’s a positive sign that you can KEEP fans.

That in turn will result in recommendations to your fan’s friends = more interest from more people and they will attend your concert with the referral fan.

]]> By: David O. http://servethesong.net/promote-gigs-email/comment-page-1/#comment-95 David O. Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:49:00 +0000 http://www.servethesong.net/?p=452#comment-95 I find the method you mention to be helpful, but even better is having their number to text them about the show. But when promoting with text messages, it's very important to respect people's preferences just like if you where sending emails. Moreover the text message list is more than likely going to be small, perhaps 25 at best. Yet If your up and coming gigging musician, 25-30 showing up at a local spot is a decent following. I find the method you mention to be helpful, but even better is having their number to text them about the show. But when promoting with text messages, it’s very important to respect people’s preferences just like if you where sending emails. Moreover the text message list is more than likely going to be small, perhaps 25 at best. Yet If your up and coming gigging musician, 25-30 showing up at a local spot is a decent following.

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