Starting Your Career As A Musician

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your act should have a presence and also a site to definitely keep an eye on as their re-
branding and upgrades continue.


Social Media Tools for Artists
As mentioned earlier, there are several automation and other tools to enhance and expe-
dite your social media presence. Some of these include:



  • HootSuite.com
    Hootsuite is a tool that allows you to manage several social media accounts and post
    to them at scheduled times. It will also provide link shortening and analytics for your
    tweeting efforts.

  • Social Oomph.com
    Similar to HootSuite, Social Oomph also allow scheduling of posts; tracking of
    tweets; unlimited accounts; auto-following and auto direct messages to new followers;
    Facebook integration; scheduling and publishing of blog posts and much more.

  • ReverbNation’s My Band for Facebook
    Allows for band photo additions; streaming songs and performance information.

  • Twiturm
    Allows you to tweet your music without sending a fan to a third party site such as
    MySpace.

  • FanBridge
    FanBridge lets you keep in touch with fans via e-newsletters and other communica-
    tion mediums through one handy source.

  • BandCamp

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