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Digital Marketing Bootcamp For Musicians

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Theda Sandiford's SXSW 2013 presentation.

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Digital Marketing Bootcamp For Musicians

  1. 1. A SESSION LED BY THEDA SANDIFORD
  2. 2. 5 GOALS OF DIGITAL MARKETING ROYAL CONCEPT• IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH
  3. 3. 5 GOALS OF DIGITAL MARKETING BLACK VEIL BRIDES• INCREASE YOUR FAN ENGAGEMENT
  4. 4. 5 GOALS OF DIGITAL MARKETING REPUBLIC RECORDS• IDENTIFY AND ENGAGE WITH INFLUENCERS
  5. 5. 5 GOALS OF DIGITAL MARKETING THE LAST BISON• INCREASE LEAD GENERATION
  6. 6. 5 GOALS OF DIGITAL MARKETING FLORENCE + THE MACHINE• APPLY ANALYTICS TO KNOW WHAT WORKS
  7. 7. THE CLASSIC 4 PS STREAMS & DOWNLOADS• PRODUCT
  8. 8. THE CLASSIC 4 PS ALBUM OF THE WEEK ON REPUBLICRECORDS.COM• PLACEMENT
  9. 9. THE CLASSIC 4 PS VEVO LIFT PROMOTION• PROMOTION
  10. 10. THE CLASSIC 4 PS $7.99 PROMOTION ON AMAZON MP3• PRICE
  11. 11. DO AN HONEST SOCIAL ASSESSMENT 3 DOORS DOWN• ARE YOU TELLING SHOWING YOUR WHOLE STORY?
  12. 12. DO AN HONEST SOCIAL ASSESSMENT LAST BISON• ARE YOU MEETING NEEDS AND WANTS OF YOUR FANS?
  13. 13. DO AN HONEST SOCIAL ASSESSMENT OWL CITY• ARE YOU MOTIVATING YOUR FANS?
  14. 14. DO AN HONEST SOCIAL ASSESSMENT AUSTIN MAHONE• DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S WORKING AND WHY?
  15. 15. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH• CREATE IDEAL ONLINE COLBIE CAILLAT PROFILE(S)
  16. 16. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH BLAKE LEWIS• TURN ARTIST WEBSITE INTO A SOCIAL PORTAL
  17. 17. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH KATY TIZ• MAKE YOUR WEBSITE SOCIAL
  18. 18. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH COLBIE CAILLAT• PRIORITIZE EMAIL DATA CAPTURE
  19. 19. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH THE WEEKND• PICK SOCIALS BASED ON BAND PERSONALITY
  20. 20. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH OF MONSTERS AND MEN• FILL OUT YOUR PROFILES COMPLETELY
  21. 21. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH AUSTIN MAHONE• MOBILE READY PROFILES
  22. 22. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH• CHOOSE THE RIGHT KELLY ROWLAND CONTENT
  23. 23. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH KATY TIZ• GIVE YOUR BAND CHARACTER
  24. 24. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH RDGLDGRN• EXPAND YOUR CONTENT MIX
  25. 25. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH YOUNGBLOOD HAWKE• PROVIDE APPROPRIATE CONTEXT
  26. 26. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH LIL WAYNE• SHOW DON’T TELL
  27. 27. IMPROVE YOUR SOCIAL REACH JAYME DEE• USE #HASHTAGS
  28. 28. IMPROVE FAN ENGAGEMENT• BE CONSISTENT ANBERLIN
  29. 29. IMPROVE FAN ENGAGEMENT ANGEL HAZE• DAY PART CONTENT IN EVENINGS
  30. 30. IMPROVE FAN ENGAGEMENT CHRIS MANN• SPEAK WITH, DON’T TALK AT YOUR FANS
  31. 31. IMPROVE FAN ENGAGEMENT BEN HOWARD• AVOID THE HARD SELL
  32. 32. IMPROVE FAN ENGAGEMENT REPUBLIC RECORDS• SEARCH THE WEB FOR RELEVANT CONTENT TO SHARE WITH FANS
  33. 33. IMPROVE FAN ENGAGEMENT LAST BISON• USE EMAIL NEWSLETTER ACROSS SOCIAL PLATFORMS
  34. 34. IMPROVE FAN ENGAGEMENT FINAL THOUGHT:SOCIAL MEDIA IS A MEANS TO AN END— NOT AN END IN AND OF ITSELF
  35. 35. MOTIVATE YOUR INFUENCERSALL FANS ARE NOT AUSTIN MAHONECREATED EQUAL • LIKES VS. TALKS ABOUT
  36. 36. MOTIVATE YOUR INFUENCERSALL FANS ARE NOT THE WEEKNDCREATED EQUAL • FOLLOWERS VS. RETWEETS
  37. 37. MOTIVATE YOUR INFUENCERSALL FANS ARE NOT PSYCREATED EQUAL • SUBSCRIBERS VS. VIEWS
  38. 38. MOTIVATE YOUR INFUENCERSSUPERFANS • KNOW YOUR MOST ACTIVE BLACK VEIL BRIDES FANS AND GAIN KNOWLEDGE FROM THEM
  39. 39. MOTIVATE YOUR INFUENCERSSUPERFANS REPUBLIC RECORDS • USE TWITTER LISTS TO KEEP TABS ON FANS
  40. 40. MOTIVATE YOUR INFUENCERSSUPERFANS ARIANA GRANDE • INCENTIVIZE FANS WITH ACCESS AND EXPERIENCES WITH REAL MEANING
  41. 41. MOTIVATE YOUR INFUENCERSSUPERFANS OWL CITY • FOCUS ON AREAS YOU CAN CREATE TRUE CONNECTIONS
  42. 42. IMPROVE LEAD GEN ―QUALIFIED‖ LEADS BOOST CONVERSION RATESADVERTISING NICKI MINAJ • WRITE THE RIGHT COPY FOR THE RIGHT AUDIENCE
  43. 43. IMPROVE LEAD GEN ―QUALIFIED‖ LEADS BOOST CONVERSION RATESADVERTISING RDGLDGRN • USE A CLEAR CALL TO ACTION
  44. 44. IMPROVE LEAD GEN ―QUALIFIED‖ LEADS BOOST CONVERSION RATESADVERTISING CIMORELLI • TELL FANS HOW TO TAKE THE ACTION
  45. 45. IMPROVE LEAD GEN ―QUALIFIED‖ LEADS BOOST CONVERSION RATESADVERTISING COLBIE CAILLAT • PROVIDE COMPELLING REASONS TO TAKE THAT ACTION
  46. 46. IMPROVE LEAD GENRETARGETTING LAST BISON • FOLLOW UP EMAIL SIGNUPS WITH WELCOME EMAIL
  47. 47. IMPROVE LEAD GENRETARGETTING REPUBLIC RECORDS • FOLLOW UP ON ALL SOCIAL COMMENTS
  48. 48. IMPROVE LEAD GENRETARGETTING AUSTIN MAHONE • SEGMENT ADVERTISING
  49. 49. IMPROVE LEAD GENRETARGETTING ROYAL CONCEPT • REMARKETING OR RETARGETTING
  50. 50. UNDERSTAND MEASUREMENT RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI)GROSS PROFIT = GROSS REVENUE – COST OF THE GOODS SOLDGROSS PROFIT – MARKETING COSTS / MARKETING COSTS * (100%) HEY JESSIE J, ―IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY, MONEY, MONEY‖
  51. 51. UNDERSTAND MEASUREMENTEX. BLACK VEIL BRIDES MILYONI CAMPAIGN $35,000 - $5,000 = $30,000 GROSS PROFIT $30,000 - $5,000 / $5,000 * (100%) = 600% ROI
  52. 52. UNDERSTAND MEASUREMENTWHAT IF YOUR GOAL IS ACTION, NOT SALES? COST PER ACTION TAKEN = AMOUNT SPENT / ACTIONS TAKEN ARIANA GRANDE - PROMOTION OF NEW SINGLE ―THE WAY‖
  53. 53. HOW DID YOU DO?• CONSTANTLY CHECK PRODUCTIVITY OF LEAD SOURCES AND ELIMINATE SOURCES THAT FAIL TO PERFORM
  54. 54. HOW DID YOU DO? CHRIS MANN• COST PER ACTION TAKEN IS A LITTLE TOUGHER TO EVALUATE, ANSWERS ARE SUBJECTIVE
  55. 55. HOW DID YOU DO? ROYAL CONCEPT• USE FACEBOOK INSIGHTS AS A WEEKLY REPORT CARD
  56. 56. HOW DID YOU DO? NELLY ―HEY PORSCHE‖• USE LINK TRACKING TOOLS TO CHECK CLICKS
  57. 57. COLBIE CAILLATFACEBOOK CHANGES• REMOVED THIRD PARTY APPS FROM PUBLISHING DIRECTLY TO THE WALL• ADDED A PERSONAL TONE TO THE PAGE BY A LARGE AMOUNT OF IMAGES• UGC ON YOU TUBE AND TWITTER THE DAY AFTER EACH TOUR DATE• ALERTED FANS OF UPCOMING TV APPEARANCES AND SPECIAL EVENTS• RUNNING CONTESTS AND SIMPLE ENGAGEMENT TASKS LIKE THE CHRISTMAS IN THE SAND PHOTO CONTEST
  58. 58. COLBIE CAILLATRESULTS FACEBOOK FAN COLBIE CAILLAT’S FACEBOOK LIKES 2012 INCREASES (BY MONTH): JANUARY (+63.0K) 1M FEBRUARY (+59.9K) MARCH (+38.1K) APRIL (+34.1K) 800K MAY (+26.2K) JUNE (+18.7K) JULY (+15.5K) AUGUST (+16.3K) FEB APR JUN AUG OCT DECSEPTEMBER (+10.7K) OCTOBER (+16.5K)NOVEMBER (+21.4K)DECEMBER (+29.6K) PEAK DAYS FOR ADDING FACEBOOK FAN LIKES IN 2012: 1/28/12 (+3,309) 1/22/12 (+3,287)
  59. 59. BLACK VEIL BRIDES LEGION OF THE BLACK MILYONI PREMIEREAUDIENCE REACH
  60. 60. BLACK VEIL BRIDES LEGION OF THE BLACK MILYONI PREMIERERESULTS
  61. 61. ANGEL HAZE ANGEL HAZE VS. AZEALIA BANKS: WHEN BEEF BECOMES A TRENDING TOPIC! 12/30/12 – 1/5/13TWITTER• Most active on this battle January 3rd (22K mentions) and January 4th (16K mentions) • 47K mentions and 242M estimated Twitter impressions • 46% of the mentions were re-tweets • The most re-tweeted comment was ―@AngelHaze you have an adams apple tho!!!...‖ by @Azealiabanks (688 times) • Angel Haze’s most re-tweeted comment was ―Bitch, what advance… you’re signed to interscope…‖ (424 times) • The most popular hashtags were • #Soundcloud (452 mentions) • #angelhaze (329 mentions) • #notjusttweets (202 mentions)
  62. 62. ANGEL HAZE ANGEL HAZE VS. AZEALIA BANKS:WHEN BEEF BECOMES A TRENDING TOPIC! 12/30/12 – 1/5/13 RESULTS
  63. 63. ANGEL HAZE ANGEL HAZE VS. AZEALIA BANKS:WHEN BEEF BECOMES A TRENDING TOPIC! 12/30/12 – 1/5/13 RESULTS
  64. 64. ANGEL HAZE ANGEL HAZE VS. AZEALIA BANKS:WHEN BEEF BECOMES A TRENDING TOPIC! 12/30/12 – 1/5/13 RESULTS
  65. 65. KID CUDI KID CUDI ANNOUNCES INDICUD ALBUM RELEASE DATE ON TWITTER 2/12/13RESULTS• 47.2K mentions and 24.9M impressions• 74% of the mentions are re- tweets • Cudi’s post was retweeted 16.7K times within 13 hours of the post
  66. 66. KID CUDI KID CUDI ANNOUNCES INDICUDALBUM RELEASE DATE ON TWITTER 2/12/13 RESULTS
  67. 67. AVICIIAVICII x YOU COLLABORATION WHAT IT IS• PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD (+18) HAVE TO CHANCE TO COLLABORATE WITH AVICII• THE PROJECT IS SEPARATED INTO 5 PARTS (MELODY, BASSLINE, BEAT & RHYTHM, BREAK & EFFECTS) AND EACH PART HAS THREE PHASES (SUBMISSION, VOTING, FINAL MIX BY AVICII)• THE GOAL IS TO CREATE A HIT SINGLE OUT OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST MUSIC COLLABORATION
  68. 68. AVICII AVICII x YOU COLLABORATION IF YOU WIN• THE SONG WILL BE RELEASED AS A GLOBAL DIGITAL RELEASE THROUGH UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ON 2/26/13• ALL CREATIVE ROYALTIES FROM THE FINAL TRACK WILL BE DONATED TO THE CHARITY FOUNDATION “HOUSE FOR HUNGER” (FOUNDED IN 2011 BY AVICII AND ASH POURNOURI TO HELP BATTLE HUNGER WORLDWIDE)
  69. 69. AVICIIAVICII x YOU COLLABORATION RESULTS
  70. 70. AUSTIN MAHONETWITTER CHATS• TOTAL TWITTER FOLLOWERS: 1,386,768 (12/7/12) • 80% FEMALE AND 20% MALE• NEW FOLLOWERS: 89,450 (LAST 30 DAYS)• TOTAL NUMBER OF RETWEETS: 161,890 (LAST 7 DAYS)• NUMBER OF IMPRESSIONS FROM CHATS: • TWITTER CHAT #1: 77.1 MILLION (10/30) • TWITTER CHAT #2: 73.4 MILLION (11/8) • TWITTER CHAT #3: 72.1 MILLION (11/15) • TOTAL IMPRESSIONS: 222.6 MILLION• NUMBER OF TWEET MENTIONS DURING EACH CHAT: 73,408
  71. 71. THANK YOU! THEDA SANDIFORD EMAIL:THEDA.SANDIFORD@UMUSIC.COM TWITTER: @ BONDGYRL REPUBLIC RECORDS TWITTER: @REPUBICRECORDS

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