How to build your band's fan base and promote your gigs on social media

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My presentation at the Musicians Making A Difference Conference - Access All Areas - in February 2011 at the Seymour Centre. The presentation is on how to build your band's fan base and promote your gigs using social media.

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MMAD Conference – Access All Areas

Seymour CentreSaturday 26th February 2011

How you can use social media to build an event or fan base

Australians love social networking.

Australians love social networking.

1 out of 2 Australians use social networking on a regular basis.

1 out of 2 Australians use social networking on a regular basis.

On average, Aussies are members of 2 different social networking platforms.

Two topics today:

• Building a fan base• Promoting gigs and events

Building a Fan Base

Building a Fan Base

BlogFacebookTwitterYouTube

Building a Fan Base

BlogFacebookTwitterYouTube

Blog

Short for web-log.150 million blogs circulating the internet.Free blogging platforms.Host your own blog.Secondary revenue stream.

Building a Fan Base

BlogFacebookTwitterYouTube

Facebook

The most popular social networking platform in Australia and worldwide.More than 550 million users.Works in 75 languages.9.7 million users in Australia alone – that’s almost half of us!That number has more than doubled in the last 12 months.

Facebook

29% of all time spent online by Australians is on Facebook.Over 60% of people check Facebook everyday.49% of 18-34 year olds check Facebook when they wake up with 28% doing so before even getting out of bed!If Facebook were a country, it would be the 3rd most populated on Earth.

Facebook

24 million connect with Facebook Pages every day.

Who has the biggest?

Facebook

Michael Jackson 29,152,206Eminem 28,917,066Lady Gaga28,892,176Rihanna 23,394,349Shakira 22,132,433Justin Beiber 21,885,412Bob Marley 20,307,944Katy Perry 19,436,510Taylor Swift 17,890,427Beyonce 16,328,174

Facebook

How do you use Facebook to build your fan base?

Facebook

How do you use Facebook to build your fan base?

Do something differently

Facebook

How do you use Facebook to build your fan base?

Do something differently Fan-only content

Facebook

How do you use Facebook to build your fan base?

Do something differently Fan-only content Give them what they want

Facebook

How do you use Facebook to build your fan base?

Do something differently Fan-only content Give them what they want Let your fans find/make other fans

Facebook

How do you use Facebook to build your fan base?

Do something differently Fan-only content Give them what they want Let your fans find/make other fans Target your audience

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Australia9,775,100

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Australia9,775,100 Women5,112,840

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Australia9,775,100 Women5,112,840 Engaged 201,300

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Australia9,775,100 Women5,112,840 Engaged 201,300 NSW59,760

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Australia9,775,100 Women5,112,840 Engaged 201,300 NSW59,760 30-40 years old 32,980

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Australia9,775,100 Women5,112,840 Engaged 201,300 NSW59,760 30-40 years old 32,980 “Travel” 520

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Estimated Reach 520

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Estimated Reach 520 Budget $50 per day

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Estimated Reach 520 Budget $50 per day Sales $16,240

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign - Honeymoons:

Estimated Reach 520 Budget $50 per day Sales $16,240 Spend $27

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign – Skin Care:

Australia9,775,100

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign – Skin Care:

Australia9,775,100 Men4,431,020

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign – Skin Care:

Australia9,775,100 Men4,431,020 Single1,027,720

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign – Skin Care:

Australia9,775,100 Men4,431,020 Single1,027,720 13-20 years old 703,440

Facebook

Facebook Ads Campaign – Skin Care:

Australia9,775,100 Men4,431,020 Single1,027,720 13-20 years old 703,440 Birthday 30

Facebook

Facebook Ads Targeting: Location Age Gender Likes and Interests Connections Interested in.. Relationship Status Languages Education and Workplace

Building a Fan Base

BlogFacebookTwitterYouTube

Twitter

Twitter grew by 1150% in the last 12 months.300,000 new users are added everyday.75 million ‘tweets’ each day.Only 4 out of 10 new users continued to use Twitter and many of them quit Twitter within a month of signing up.

Some Aussie(ish) Tweeters

Guy Sebastian 33,682The Temper Trap 31,690Ladyhawke 13,269Kate Miller-Heidke 10,842John Butler Trio 10,924Hilltop Hoods 9,073Megan Washington 8,750Clare Bowditch 8,509 Bliss N Eso 6,834Cat Empire 6,709

Twitter

80% of Twitter usage is on mobile devices which means when someone has a bad live music experience, they can tell everyone – right there, right then.Twitter Search.

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justin beiber

Twitter

Twitter Advanced Search:

You can search: WordsPhrasesGeographic

LocationDatesAttitudesQuestions

Building a Fan Base

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YouTube

YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world after Google.

In 2006, Google paid $1.65 billion to acquire YouTube.

24 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube every minute.

46 years of video is watched on Facebook every day.

YouTube

2 billion videos are watched on YouTube every day.

That’s 2,000,000,000 …

Promoting Gigs and Events

Promoting Gigs and Events

Facebook Ads

Promoting Gigs and Events

Facebook Ads

Promoting Gigs and Events

Facebook Ads Facebook Events

Promoting Gigs and Events

Facebook Ads Facebook Events

Promoting Gigs and Events

Facebook Ads Facebook Events YouTube Video

Promoting Gigs and Events

Facebook Ads Facebook Events YouTube Video Twitter including hashtags

Promoting Gigs and Events

Facebook Ads Facebook Events YouTube Video Twitter including hashtags FourSquare and Facebook Places

Promoting Gigs and Events

Facebook Ads Facebook Events YouTube Video Twitter including hashtags FourSquare and Facebook Places Posse

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