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Google Hijacks Press Clipping Services
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Bard Marc Gunn
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Aug 04, 2004 18:39 PDT
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Bards Crier's Music Marketing and Promotion Tips
http://www.bardscrier.com/
A free guerrilla music marketing and promotion ezine for
unsigned bands by Marc Gunn of the Brobdingnagian Bards,
The Original Celtic Renaissance.
IN THIS ISSUE
- The Bards Crier News
- Google Hijacks Press Clipping Services
- Recommended Reading
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1. The Crier
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Bob Baker's at it again with some great new products, including
two brand-new spoken-word audio CDs called "What Every Musician
Should Know About Self-Promotion" and "Guerrilla Music Marketing
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Stuff you might've missed:
1. Your CD Cover to Advertise Your Music, Another Opinion
2. Presidential Campaigning Offers Emotional Insight to Growing
Your Fanbase
http://www.bardscrier.com/musicbiz/
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# Indie Music Forum
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2. Music Marketing Lesson
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"Google Hijacks Press Clipping Services"
by Marc Gunn, Bard
Read the full article online at
http://www.bardscrier.com/musicbiz/
A few years back, I wanted to find out if my press releases got
any media coverage. Media folk don't have the time to tell you
if they're publishing a story about you. So I was excited when
I heard about services that monitor publications and notify you
when you make the press. The problem was it cost way too much
money for the average unsigned band.
Enter Google.
Google has a couple o'killer services that do the same thing,
but they notify you by email... as often as you want... and
for free!
Google Alert is the primary service. You can set it up to do a
search for "Brobdingnagian Bards" and will notify you daily or
weekly whenever that term is added to a webpage online. Google
News Alert does the same thing, but focuses on web-based media
publications, which just about includes every daily or weekly
magazine online.
It's simple to use and absolutely free, another part of the
Google magic. Course, the basic service allows to only search
for a few keywords. But if you want more searches and services,
you can always sign up for their paid service like I have.
Google Alerts are a great way to find out who's linking to you,
and find out how effective your publicity efforts are.
Or more practically, you can
· find out if MusicSubmit's music submission service is helping
your online music promotion efforts,
· find the latest reviews Bob Baker's Guerrilla Music Marketing
Handbook
· to learn about the latest breaking MP3 news, or
· find out if other musicians are turning a viral music
marketing secret into a goldmine.
The possibilities are endless. So give it a shot. You have
nothing to lose, but wasted time.
Referenced:
Google Alert
http://www.googlealert.com/
Google News Alert
http://www.google.com/newsalerts/
musicSubmit Submission Service
http://www.bardscrier.com/cgi-bin/music_promotion/jump.cgi?ID=198
Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook
http://www.bardscrier.com/cgi-bin/music_promotion/jump.cgi?ID=15
Viral Music Marketing - MP3Postcards
http://www.bardscrier.com/cgi-bin/music_promotion/jump.cgi?ID=548
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3. Recommended Reading
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HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR MUSIC SUCCESSFULLY ON THE INTERNET
by David Nevue
Learn the marketing and promotion methods that one musician uses
to bring in over $5000 a month in income from the Internet! There
are no 'pipe dreams' sold here. The author details step-by-step
how he finally said good-bye to his day job and starting spending
more time on his music.
http://www.bardscrier.com/cgi-bin/music_promotion/jump.cgi?ID=16
THE GUERRILLA MUSIC MARKETING HANDBOOK by Bob Baker
This hefty manual delivers 11 chapters and 7 best-selling
reports -- over 120 pages of tips and tools you can use to
turbo-charge your music promotion activities.
http://www.bardscrier.com/cgi-bin/music_promotion/jump.cgi?ID=15
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Fine Tuning
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Marc Gunn, Bard
P.O. Box 4067
Austin, Texas 78765
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