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Marketing for Music Stores

Actionable insights created specifically for musical instrument retailers, with highly usable steps to reach and win with musicians.

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Marketing For Musicians

Helping musicians find the best marketing methods to grow their audience and get their music heard

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Instagram Reels Specs: Video Size Ratios, Safe Zones and Optimization Tips

Instagram Reels — Feed View One of the nice benefits of Instagram Reels is that you can also choose to show your Reels to your followers in the standard Instagram Feed. In most cases, I recommend that you take this option. But when you do, you need to understand that the default view is not […]

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Instagram Reels for Business: 32 Easy, Effective Video Ideas

Instagram Reels is the new top social media priority for businesses. The big question is how can a business consistently and efficiently create content that will work well on Reels? We put together 32 specific ideas on what you can post and how to approach it, so you can grab this opportunity while it is […]

Amplified Marketing, Marketing for Music Stores, Marketing For Musicians

Why You Need To Make Short Vertical Videos Now

Why Instagram Reels, TikTok and YouTube Shorts Should be your priority now! STOP what you are doing and focus on Instagram Reels! More specifically, the time is now to learn about and get great at short vertical videos. This is a format most credit Vine for creating, but TikTok has made it the talk of […]

Marketing For Musicians

Instagram for Musicians: Posting Success Strategies

With its combination of massive reach, engaged users, and ideal content options, Instagram is a critical platform for every musician. In this guide we share 8 Instagram-specific tips on posting for musicians. Don’t miss the bonus section outlining how you can win using each of the platforms within Instagram (the Feed, Stories, Reels, Live and […]

Marketing For Musicians

Hashtags for Musicians: Best Hashtags and Hashtag Strategies

Hashtags are the key to helping new fans find you on social media. In this guide, we give you all of the info that you need to use hashtags to their maximum potential for musicians and bands on Instagram. We give you insights on how to select a hashtag and why and at the bottom […]

Amplified Marketing, Marketing for Music Stores

Top Priorities on Instagram in 2021

The 5 things you must do to step up your game on Instagram in 2021.

Over a billion people use Instagram each month and as we enter 2021, it is the priority social media network for most businesses. We are all watching TikTok, Snapchat and other rising stars that might be the next big thing, but for most businesses, those are not there yet. Instagram, however, has a large and […]

Amplified Marketing, Marketing for Music Stores

Marketing to Musicians on Facebook

What we learned running over 100 million Facebook Ads Per Year

As a marketing agency that specializes in marketing to musicians, we get a unique insight into what musicians want. Each month we run well over 10 million ad impressions on Facebook and Instagram that specifically target musicians. Thanks to our varied customer base, that included some ads targeting musicians by specific instrument and others that […]

Amplified Marketing, Marketing for Music Stores

The Secret to Discounts on Facebook Ads

6 Tactics to Increase Your Facebook Ad Relevance Score

Would you like a 20% off coupon to buy Facebook ads? Facebook does offer nice discounts to smart advertisers, but it does not come in the form of a coupon. Rather, discounts are all about how you manage what Facebook calls Ad Relevance. To quote Facebook directly, “People prefer to see ads that are relevant […]

Amplified Marketing, Marketing for Music Stores

Is your site ADA compliant?

Chances are that you have had to learn and apply ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) regulations to your brick-and-mortar store — but what about your website? Many businesses do not realize there are rules that govern their websites and, unfortunately, a number of companies have only learned about Website ADA Compliance thanks to demand letters […]

Marketing for Music Stores

Digital Ads for Music Stores: Where & Why

Running the right ads in the right places for the right reasons

We are in an exciting time for music retailers. Never have there been so many tools for you to reach your target customers affordably. In many cases, the biggest challenge is too many options and understanding which to use and when. Understanding the key ad platforms and how they can best be utilized for marketing […]