Music NFTs are continuing to grow in popularity. Non-fungible tokens have the potential to completely reimagine how art is valued and how artists are compensated. 

Barrie at NFT Music Info has been digging into this topic on his YouTube channel for a while, and as you know, I'm no stranger to music NFTs myself. 

We recently sat down to discuss the current state of music NFTs, our favorite platforms, as well as some predictions for what the future could hold in this space. 

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I generally tend to favor Instagram story ads when I'm marketing my music on Instagram to send traffic to Spotify. But sometimes, I do like to test other placements as well. 

Rather than creating a new ad for every placement, I prefer to give each placement its own, original ad, all within one single "ad" at the ad level inside of Facebook's ad manager. 

This is a step-by-step guide to customizing every Instagram ad placement inside of Facebook ads. 

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Ethereum's high gas fees have made the blockchain all but unusable for minting, selling, and trading non-fungible tokens on the mainnet. Eth 2 promises to fix this, but when? 

If you're looking to create your own music NFTs without the high cost, there are other options out there that will allow you to mint and sell your own tokens at a fraction of the cost of Ethereum. 

Here are three blockchain alternatives to beat Ethereum's high gas fees. 

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This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, and anything else you guys wanna jam on.

Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, and much, much more.

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There is a right way and a wrong way to test new elements of a Facebook ad campaign. The right way is to duplicate what you have and make adjustments to the new version. The wrong way is to pop the hood and start fiddling with what's currently working. 

If you try to make tweaks to what's working, there's a high chance you're going to throw it out of whack and have to start from scratch. 

This is a great example of why you need to stop messing with your Facebook ads. 

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This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, and anything else you guys wanna jam on.

Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, and much, much more.

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The rise of streaming as the dominant means of consuming music has brought with it a whole new way of thinking about releasing new music. Where we once looked to the full-length album as the definitive release cycle, we've recently leaned far more heavily on singles. 

And while releasing singles is the better move in the age of Spotify, there is still a way to capitalize on that method while still releasing a complete body of work at the same time. 

It's time to talk about the Waterfall Release strategy. 

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This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, and anything else you guys wanna jam on.

Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, and much, much more.

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Tracking your performance on Spotify is crucial to understanding how you are growing as an independent artist. If you are marketing your music on a consistent basis, whether using Facebook ads or even playlisting (not recommended), you need to know how your numbers stack up. 

There are a lot of tools out there to find and view your data, but out of all the options available, there are a few free resources that I use the most. 

These are the data sources I use to track my Spotify artist and song performance data. 

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This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, and anything else you guys wanna jam on.

Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, and much, much more.

Did you miss this one? Join us next time, Fridays at 12 PM Central Time U.S.

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