Many years ago, I published Bards Crier Music Marketing Tips as a weekly ezine. I compiled dozens of great music marketing tips to share with musicians. Thousands of people subscribed to my newsletter. I was one of the top music marketers online. The website is still up and now rebranded towards solo and duo musicians […]
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“A Celtic Christmas” Is Coming Early This Year
Have you been naughty or nice? Either way, I’m expecting lots of Christmas Celtic knotwork snowflakes falling from the sky thanks to your generous donation on Kickstarter. My next compilation CD A Celtic Christmas is already at 150% of its funding with six days to go. I’m getting kinda hopeful that we will meet our […]
Why My Own Blog Is Better Than Facebook Or Twitter
I must be getting old. Now I’m either a lot wiser or more fearful of change. Maybe both. When I first started promoting the Brobdingnagian Bards online in 1999, I was overzealous. I signed up to every newsgroup or mailing list that was related to our music. I spammed them constantly. I didn’t know spamming […]
GRP #5 – Music Marketing, Themes for the Celtic Music Magazine, Liberation of Character
I’m back with another Gunn Runner Podcast, rambling about all sorts of things. Enjoy! Subscribe to the podcast here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/gunnrunners http://traffic.libsyn.com/gunnrunners/GunnRunnersPodcast-005.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Negative Comments and Musical Extremism
Today, I got my first negative feedback from one of the hobbit songs. Like most people, I don’t like to hear negative comments about my art. But I want to hear them anyway, especially when they are well-thought out and not attempts to be just plain malicious. This one was regarding “A Well-Dressed Hobbit“. The […]
Marc Gunn Featured in “Guerrilla Music Marketing Online”
I got started in music marketing early in my music career, particularly online. In 2000, I started publishing The Bards Crier Music Marketing Ezine. It quickly became one of the most prominent music marketing newsletters. I continued publishing it until 2005. My techniques are still recognized by the music business. In fact, Bob Baker is […]
Save on Irish Songs for New Orleans until St Patrick’s Day
Promote Marc Gunn with Awesome Celtic CD Irish Songs for New Orleans is my latest promotional Celtic CD. It is a compilation CD featuring songs from a few my newest albums. The album is designed to promote my music. To that end, I sell the physical CD for one low, low price. Right now, you […]
Learn 8 Ways to Promote Your Celtic Community
If you are a regular reader of our monthly ezine (subscribe for free), you know I’ve spent the last year on a Celtic Crusade trying to inspire folks to get involved in their Celtic community. With just one month until St. Patrick’s Day, I’d like to kick that mission into overdrive. Supporting our community is […]
Promo Tip for Fans #4 – Link to Blog Articles
Earlier I suggested that you add a link to your favorite band’s homepage. But search engines aren’t just interested in homepages. They want great content in whatever form they can get. Your favorite band’s blog may be just the place to find it. Write a blog or add a link to your favorite band’s individual […]
Promo Tip #3 Link to Websites
Go do a search for a band you love. More than likely that band’s homepage will be the #1 search result. The reason for this is that search engines loves links. Links show how important a website is. Even without a decent title to the website, that site can become the most-popular page for a […]
