Performing live can be intimidating, but also well worth it. Here are 3 benefits gigs provide for a rising musician. 1) Immediate feedback – When performing live, you visually see which parts...
Facebook Tips: Increasing Page Engagement
Getting comments and responses from fans on Facebook can be hard work, especially when news feeds are more overloaded than ever. Here are 3 tips to help you get more engagement from your fans. 1) Use...
Ok Go: Onto 10 Years of Viral Music Video Hits
Ok Go is a alternative rock group famously known as “the treadmill guys” for their viral music video in 2006, “Here it Goes Again” where they performed a dance routine on treadmills. Their...
Soundcloud Hack in 2 Easy Steps
Hey Soundcloud users! Here’s an amazing Soundcloud hack that can get more attention to your tracks 1) Go to a track you have on Soundcloud and make it private. 2) 10 minutes later go back...
Promotion Tip Wednesday!
Last week, beloved musical humorist “Weird Al” Yankovic dropped his new album Mandatory Fun. Propelled by a set of eight viral videos, it quickly rose to the top spot on the Billboard charts...
Promotion Tip Tuesday! How To Sell Music and Network
Everyone in the indie business wants to know how to sell music, at least to more people than their immediate friends and family. Like in most areas of business, a lot of it boils down to who you...
Avoiding Bot Websites!
This website () is determined to create an approach to avoid bot websites and help advertisers, musicians really ANYONE avoid them! Promolta is an example of a website that is the complete opposite...
Infographic: Global Social Media Usage
Today, 40% of the world is connected to the internet and 73% of online adults are using social networks. As digital professionals you may well have asked yourself where are they and who are...
Some Artists Who Are Amazing At Twitter – And What You Can Learn From Them
So it’s true that tweeting is easy, but using Twitter as an effective tool to engage with your fan base and build your career – is hard. Lucky for you, there are a few musical artists who...
1,000 True Fans
This article came out a while ago, but it’s worth posting again, as the idea behind it rings true for us music experts at Promolta. We don’t try (as a Bot website may) to get you millions...