subject: Popularize Your Music On Youtube [print this page] While there is actually no problem with making your own videos and releasing them on YouTube - in truth I completely advocate that you do - there's a very powerful way to get thousands of visitors, either to your own videos, your band's web site, or even better a promotional offer like "sign on to our mailing list to get our new single for free", or some other such thing, by simply paying other YouTube users to incorporate a link to your site within their description box.
If you don't quite know what I'm talking about go to Youtube and search the most viewed videos. You need to find a few examples of videos with the link in the description box.
To the right of the video you should see a link. This is an example of what I'm talking about.
To do this you simply take these steps.
Search YouTube with keywords that relate in some way to your song or your band. For instance, if you had done a cover of smells similar to teenager Spirit you may search words like Nirvana, smells like teenager Spirit, Grunge, etc .
Next, sort the results by "view count". You're looking for videos with many thousands, or perhaps millions of perspectives. Disregard any videos that are posted by the artist themselves or any videos that already have a link in the outline box.
Then all you have to do is send the users of applicable videos a message explaining that you would like to pay them on a once per month bases to place your link in there outline box.
You may possibly only find that one in every ten or twenty people are interested in your offer, but if even one link on a highly viewed video can imply thousands of new visitors, and potential new fans every month.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
*Note* I would suggest that you use this method with 2nd tier record companys initially and then try your hand with he bigger boys once you have a few singles and a good sales previous record under your belt. Perhaps even try to get a music publishing contract first.
Most major labels want to see that you've had some success on your own before taking the chance and offering you a massive advance.
But to be completely truthful with you for an instant, the idea of getting a record deal for me is a real turn off today. I have discovered a simple system to build a list of fans and sell my music that's completely new to the music industry.
This stuff is actually cool and you must definitely examine it below.
With that said I am doing hope you enjoyed learning how to get a recording contract and if you have got any feedback or questions please tell me. You'll be getting lots more free music marketing guides form me over the coming months.
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