When you drop a new song, you want your ads to perform well and drive lots of traffic to your Spotify profile within the first week. But how do you know which ad will resonate the best with your audience? 

The short answer is: you don't. 

The best way to overcome this is to split-test several different creative options at once, and let Facebook's algorithm do the heavy lifting for you. 

In this episode, I show you how to split test Facebook ads for Spotify. 

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The word "brand" can be mysterious at times. What does it mean? How does it apply to music or being an artist? And what if I get it wrong? How do I fix it? 

In this episode, I walk you through what being a "brand" actually means and how to make adjustments along the way until you get it right. 

This is branding yourself as an artist (and when to change it). 

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When it comes to using Facebook Ads to drive traffic to Spotify, I've made my fair share of mistakes. Well, maybe more than my fair share. 

But in my book, failures are teachable moments. So I want to share some of my biggest ones with the hope that it will help you avoid the same missteps. 

These are the top 10 biggest mistakes I've made with Facebook Ads for Spotify.

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Whatever the reasons, sometimes an artist's name just needs to be changed on streaming platforms. Unfortunately, most digital distributors will tell you it's just not possible. 

The common solution that is presented is to just delete your old profile and re-upload your music to a new one. 

I'm here to tell you that you don't have to do that. 

It turns out changing your artist name on Spotify (and every other store) is not only possible, it's actually not quite as complicated as you might think. 

You want to change your artist name on Spotify? Here's how I did it.

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So you've driven some traffic to your Spotify profile with Facebook Ads. Now what? What do you do with those new listeners who are excited about your music? Well, you tell them about the next song you have coming out. And the next one. And the next one. 

But odds are your fans aren't just on Facebook and Instagram. They're on YouTube too. And Twitter. 

So how do you get to them? 

I use a website called PixelMe. In short, PixelMe allows you to embed pixels from multiple sources into one clean link that you can use for your ad campaigns. This allows you to retarget your audience no matter where they are. 

In this episode, I'm going to walk you through how to retarget your Spotify listeners across multiple platforms using PixelMe.

Try PixelMe free for 7 days: https://pixelme.grsm.io/tomdupreeiii6148. 

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/GrYsB0AJGfA. 

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Staying home has never been more important than in 2020. But that doesn't mean you need to sit around twiddling your thumbs. 

As social distancing and quarantine continue to impact our lives, the creative process is becoming increasingly remote out of sheer necessity. 

As someone who has been at the remote music game for over five years, I can tell you a thing or two about what works to build your career from the comfort of your own home. 

These are my three must-haves to become a successful remote musician.

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I have long been trying to crack the code on how to legitimately grow my audience on Spotify without going through gatekeepers or playlisters and without padding my streaming numbers (even accidentally). 

It seems like most of the options out there present great opportunities to boost your numbers but don't really provide much true growth potential as an artist. 

Well, I think I've finally figured it out. 

I recently began experimenting with Facebook Ads to drive traffic to my Spotify profile, and, through much trial and error, I believe I've finally cracked the code on how to gain real fans, real followers, and real engagement. 

In this episode, I unpack all of the data, all of the results of my recent two-week experiment, and I show you exactly how to repeat what I've done using Facebook Ad Manager. 

This is how I doubled my Spotify followers in two weeks.

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The right Spotify release strategy can mean the difference between gaining fans every day and wracking your brain about what you're doing wrong. 

Trust me, I know. 

The key to growing your fanbase, especially as a new artist, is consistency. You have to consistently release good music on a regular basis. 

Sounds simple, right? In many ways, it really is. 

Flooding the market with all of your music at once, in the form of an EP or full-length album, can be counterproductive to building a lasting fanbase and, ultimately, growing your business. 

In this episode of Sounds of the Future, I share the reasons why you should be releasing singles on Spotify and not EPs or albums.

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I recently came across fellow YouTuber and absolute-gem-of-a-human-being Andrew Southworth's channel when a video of his was recommended to me in the comments of one of my own. Long story short, I latched onto his content immediately and started making my way down the rabbit hole, learning as much as I could from him. 

Less than a week after discovering his channel, he cold-emailed me and asked if I'd be interested in making a couple of collab videos–one for his channel and one for mine. 

Needless to say, I was pumped! 

In this episode of Sounds of the Future, Andrew helps me make sense of just how to win when using Facebook Ads for music promotion. He provides valuable insight into how to make the platform work best for you and what opportunities provide the highest ROI, currently. He also, at my behest, shares some of his marketing experiments that turned out to be complete disasters. 

There is a ton to learn here. I hope you'll get as much out of it as I did. 

Check out Andrew's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/andrewsouthworth. 

Watch my interview on Andrew's channel: https://youtu.be/ONelEM0-xLA. 

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So you wanna get your song added to playlists on Spotify, huh? And you're thinking about using Playlist Push to do that? Trust me, I hear ya. Here are 3 things you need to know before using Playlist Push. 

Want to try Playlist Push for yourself? Get 7.5% off your first campaign with the code: XTXL33Z 

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