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MEDIA MARKET: Internet Sales
Most independent musicians just have no idea where to start when it comes to online promotion and distribution. You don't need a major record label deal in order to have a successful music career.
Promoting your music successfully has
never been more prevalent and user friendly than using the internet to get radio play, grow a fan base, create a distribution channel, manufacture & sell CDs and provide music downloads
all online.
Today’s music industry is expanding at a record fast pace with new-- Emerging
Markets, Distribution Vehicles, Format Deliveries and Technology Trending in niche-driven markets. New technology coupled with viral marketing is expanding the convergence of music
media content to be delivered via phone, cable, wireless, satellite and internet technologies.
The convergence of electronic media has created an accelerated global market ‘content demand’ for more
music intellectual properties. Songwriters, Publishers, Producers, Composers are
able to target music markets and Produce, License, Sell, Distribute, Publish their
music properties. Viral internet marketing and viral advertising enables an open market to exploit pre-existing social networks
to produce exponential increases in brand awareness in targeted music markets.
Expanding Internet Technologies Are Powerful Toolsets:
Website, Blogs, Online Press Kits, Mailing Lists, Group User Lists, Friend Lists, Audio Downloads, IPOD's, Streaming, Windows Media Player, Real Audio, Apple Quicktime, MP3, Podcasts, Internet Radio, E-zines, Flash, Keywords Search, Metatags, Site Optimization,
Web Site Credit Card Orders, Online Checks, PayPal
CD Baby.com, Apple's iTunes download
service and MySpace.com are new niche-market formats that offer alternative CD sales & marketing in point of sale distribution
in electronic media sales. Online retailer CD Baby specializes in CD music sales from independent artists. Apples iTunes allows importing
CD’s and downloading music, videos, podcasts and audio books and then syncing, sharing and streaming.
New mega sites like Myspace.com allows directing and cross-promoting traffic within a network of “friend groups”
where cross promotions, information sharing and song/artist reviews take place. This
is allowing a whole new approach to marketing and selling music for independent artists.
E-commerce sales and marketing is now accelerating at such a fast pace, record labels are projecting
internet deliveries will be the major form of music distribution over- taking CD store sales.
Below is a listing of Music Media Markets that are expanding internationally with new technology driven deliveries
and niche market networking:
M U S I C M E D I A M A R K E T S
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