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VIDEO: The best way to reach your fans in 2019

Learn how to effectively engage your most dedicated fans in just a few minutes.

Marketing is everything in today’s music business. Between the increased number of artists competing for attention, the constant stream of new content available on every digital channel, and the shrinking amount of attention people are willing to give talent they are unfamiliar with, marketing has become the primary focus of most day-to-day music professionals. It would be easy to say that trend will change in the years to come, but the chances are high that the competition will only grow fiercer from here.

How do you reach your fans? If the answer is social media, you may not be thinking big enough. Social media is helpful, but there is no guarantee your content will reach people who need to see it. You need to know your latest updates will make it in front of fans who are waiting to hear from you. Otherwise, the likelihood your efforts receive the response and external promotion needed to help raise your profile is incredibly low. You need your fans and they, in turn, need to hear from you.

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Inside Music Podcast #145: Heart Attack Man (Eric Egan)

The Cleveland-based rock band’s frontman appears on Inside Music to discuss their upcoming Sophomore album.

If you read Haulix Daily on a regular basis, then you already know our love for Cleveland’s Heart Attack Man. From advice columns to videos, we’ve spent a lot of time and dedicated a lot of space to discussing the group’s unique approach to marketing and promotion. We’re doing even more of that today, but this time we’ve involved the man behind all that creative content.

On this episode of Inside Music, host James Shotwell calls Eric Egan of Heart Attack Man to discuss his unique approach to music marketing, as well as his band’s upcoming album. Heart Attack Man has a social media presence unlike any of their peers that solely relies on original ideas from Egan’s mind to drive engagement. Through creative videos and hilarious posts, Egan and his bandmates have built a community (the ‘Baby Carrot Gang‘) that is already busy promoting the band’s new album, despite the fact, almost no one has heard it. Eric tells James about the record, developing a fan base, and how he does his best to stay true to himself through all endeavors inside of music and out.

https://soundcloud.com/inside-music-podcast/145-heart-attack-man-eric-egan

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Instagram will soon allow you to share links to entire Stories

A new Instagram update will empower artists, brands, and everyday consumers to promote their Story content on other platforms.

Instagram is reportedly in the final stages of testing an update that will give users the ability to share links to Stories, thus furthering the potential reach of Story content. The feature, initially spotted last week by Lindsey Gamble, gives users a new “Share Link to Entire Story” option in addition to ones already available to users in the app’s ‘More’ menu below a story.

Instagram’s new Story sharing functionality (as discovered by @LindseyGamble_)

Some readers might remember that Snapchat introduced a similar feature for its Stories in summer 2018. The idea of Instagram offering something similar makes sense, especially considering that 500 million users are interacting with Stories daily, but it’s strange it took so long for the company to plan such an update.

Instagram Stories has gained 100 million Daily Active Users (DAUs) in the last sixth months.

Given their popularity and ease of creation, artists should see the impending update to Stories as an opportunity to grow their audience and further engage with fans. Stories make sharing news updates a breeze, but it also allows artists to offer fans an insider look at their careers one photo or short video update at a time. Artists can even add polls, perhaps to decide their new single or to perfect setlists, with a few quick clicks.

The new update has an added bonus for business accounts. Labels and similar industry businesses also get the option to “Promote” their Stories through the next option on the menu. It allows brands to further the return on their Stories by empowering them to drive traffic to their websites, send people to their profile, or get people to DM them in Direct.

Business accounts will have additional options when promoting Story updates.

A release date for the update has not been revealed, but with testing already underway a launch in the near future is likely.

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VIDEO: The marketing genius of Heart Attack Man

Marketing is key to success in the music business today, but what kind of marketing actually works?

Heart Attack Man is a fast-rising band from Cleveland, Ohio who is currently signed to Triple Crown Records. The group has seen significant growth over the last year, thanks in large part to an original approach to social media that has helped them reach an audience who they would otherwise miss.

In this video, host James Shotwell breaks down Heart Attack Man’s approach to marketing and explains how you can apply similar tactics to your future promotional campaigns. You don’t have to be punk, or even play an instrument, to learn from this exciting group’s unique approach to engaging their audience.

The members of Heart Attack Man will release their Sophomore album, Fake Blood, later this year.

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