Make Every Mp3 Download Count
It’s widely known that free MP3 downloads are powerful for marketing in the music industry. But before you get all the benefits you’ve read about, your music has to get downloaded by listeners first. You’ll be no better off than before unless people discover your music through the MP3 downloads you offer. Here’s how to make sure that happens.
Be Descriptive
Your music act and your tracks are unknown, so it’s not enough to have just the artist and track name in the file name. Add short descriptions – three to six words will do – to make sure that the tracks will get found by people who like your style or genre. People will also get URLs to your MP3 downloads when they search for certain terms on the Internet.
Be Sociable
Part of the Web 2.0 zeitgeist is the emergence of bloggers as new cultural influences. In particular, several bloggers are powerful voices in music. More than a few artists have had a leg up in their career, thanks to the good word of a well-read blogger or two.
Take the time to offer your tracks to these people first, along with a short note saying how you thought they might like your stuff. Also mention that you’re fine with the idea of their posting your music on their site as free MP3 downloads; that usually elicits a nod.
Start Sharing
Millions of people all over the world get their music from file sharing services. Imagine if your tracks were part of that huge global collective. The system has the potential to send your free MP3 downloads to hundreds, even thousands of people from all over the planet.
Be the one to jumpstart the sharing process. Send out the MP3 file to a few friends and tell them to share it on a couple of file sharing networks. In just a few months, your music will have reached all the continents and the seed of your fan base will have been sown. A few simple steps will help ensure that all those MP3 downloads make their way to the music players of all the right people.
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