subject: How To Promote Underground Beats On Internet Message Boards [print this page] Internet content boards are an a must place when dealing and advertising underground beats. They do not only give you news, instructions and a lot of valuable information. They are also a really good place to show off your beats and gather a fan base. But there is also few guides to follow when advertising on boards.
1. Don't just sign-up to several forums and as a first message tell people to check your underground hiphop beats. That usually doesn't work and people will probably just ignore you because they can see you're only there to advertise. Many people sees it as "spam".
2. Sign up to the forum, write a lot of interesting things, comment on different topics and stay active. That way people recognise you and if you have some wonderful things and recommendations to give out, they will start appreciating you. Only then you can start promoting your tracks a bit. They will be interested what you're all about if you've given some good advices and good information to the forums.
3. Always use a signature on your posts with your website on it + some other valuable information about you. But remember, keep it short and simple. No one likes to read long signatures. By doing this, every people reading your posts sees the link to your web site. And if your posts are wonderful, people will click the link and go to your page to check you out.
4. Targeted marketing. Let's say you're a hiphop artist or beatmaker, what kind of forums should you sign up to? A Hiphop discussion board of course where people listen to hiphop beats, underground beats and what not. That way you can target your marketing to the specific people that are interested in hiphop songs. I'm not saying it's the only way of course, there are a lot of forums out there waiting for you to sign up to.
Forums are a good place to promote yourself but you have to do it exactly right so people won't confuse you to a spammer. Don't sign up to forums just because you want more fans. Do it to stay up-to-date on everything that is happening in the industry and in the side you might get some more listeners, fans and even friends. Build Connectors and it will serve you well for a long time. Connections are the main thing in the beats industry.
So go and join message boards, be active. When you have build an foundation then start promoting your music, beats, hiphop beats and whatever you do. This is not a thing which is done in one night. When it comes to promotion, it needs time. You can't achieve a lot in a day or even in a week. Keep promoting your underground beats and music daily for months and I guarantee you will see some results.
