ReverbNation.com is a remarkable marketing and promotional tool for indie artists that want to manage their careers the way professionals do.
They offer turn-key solutions for online marketing, digital distribution, fan-relationship management and assessment, e-commerce, and more.
ARTISTS CAN MAKE MONEY ON REVERBNATION
1. Digital Distribution – For under $60/year, artists can distribute their music to most major online music retailers. This includes iTunes, iTunes International, Amazon, Zune, Last.fm, Spotify, Rhapsody, Wal-Mart, and many others. Artists get paid for downloads and streams, keep the rights to their music and 100% of their royalties. With this service, artists also get access to free trending reports to determine a return on investment and monitor how sales are performing.
2. Electronic Press Kits – Press kits are a like resumes. Managers, booking agents, and record labels ask for press kits when they want to review or pitch a band. ReverbNation’s press kits are professional, easy-to-use, and inexpensive.
3. Sell Merchandise Online – ReverbNation’s store operates like an on-demand merchandise store (similar to Zazzle and CafePress). This means artists can sell t-shirts, hoodies, and other products without any upfront costs.
4. Song Licensing – Like the sound of securing long-term royalties? With ReverbNation, musicians can submit their music for an opportunity to get sync’d in TV shows, film, commercials, video games, and there’s no submission fee. Currently, this program is only being offered to a select group of artists.
Full list of money-making opportunities for artists on ReverbNation can be found here:
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
1. ReverbNation is Facebook-friendly – ReverbNation offers the MyBand application, which is the #1 musician app on Facebook. Place music, songs, a mailing list sign-up form, show calendar, and photos right into any Facebook Fan Page. The application also has viral marketing features so users can share content with fans and friends anywhere on the web. Music can also be placed right into Facebook’s news feeds and fans can listen/stream music without leaving Facebook.
2. Variety of Widgets – Create music players for any website or blog, embeddable tour schedules, YouTube video galleries, mailing list sign-up forms, and customize them all to fit any style. All widgets have a built-in tracking system and measures impressions, placements, and click through rates.
3. Statistics – Stats on ReverbNation are automatically generated when using their promotional tools. Find out how many fans you have, know their age, location, and discover which fans are listening and promoting your music.
4. Gig Finder – ReverbNation’s GigFinder is a directory of music venues with more than 100,000 listings. Find venues using their search form and filters to find the perfect venue for gigging.
5. Street Teams – Gather fans and reward them for completing missions. This is the best way to activate grass-roots and word-of-mouth marketing online and offline.
Full Feature List Available Here:
http://www.reverbnation.com/#/main/overview_artist
ReverbNation.com offers a convenient way to manage fans, a mailing list, street team, earn money, track statistics, book gigs, promote a tour, manage online presence and run web promotions all from one website.
It’s an excellent resource to take a career in music to the next level without the help of a record label or manager.
Dimple Thakkar
Owner & Impresario at SYNHERGY ENTERTAINMENT
www.synhergyentertainment.com
@dimplethakkar
July 3rd, 2010 at 9:48 am
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July 3rd, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Nice writeup.
I selected ReverbNation because it was so full-featured. I don’t like the way their “Band Equity” works or the fact that their widgets are flash-based and don’t show up on smartphones without flash, but I think it’s a great tool for artists that don’t already have their own social network in place.
Also, the Facebook integration is a real PLUS to going with ReverbNation.
July 3rd, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Bill just a tip since you like Facebook integration,
I have used Reverbnation for a while and it works alright. Just wanted to comment on the “Facebook music” side of things there is a great company that does it the best for musicians. They are called RootMusic.com and have an app called “BandPage” for facebook. Brings everything into one page, lets you customize, and the sharing functionality is amazing. Hope that helps,
Jan
July 5th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Thanks Jan. I’ll check out RootMusic.
July 6th, 2010 at 6:24 am
Thanks for the writeup, Dimple. The Facebook integration discussion is actually quite timely.
ReverbNation’s facebook app, ‘MyBand’, just got a huge makeover and looks even better than before. And for serious marketers, it does some critical things that RootMusic can’t do, like:
1. Collect email addresses from fans.
2. Provide a storefront and checkout process that lives inside of Facebook (for selling merch and music to fans).
3. Allow fans to share all of the content with their friends via the Facebook sharing widget.
And ‘My Band’ is 100% FREE. Unlimited content, unlimited downloads for fans, unlimited email collection, full use of the product.
To use RootMusic, you need to pay for a separate account at SoundCloud (minimum $35/year to enable just 1,000 song downloads for fans), and you need to also pay RootMusic to have a custom banner on your page.
July 6th, 2010 at 7:22 am
I don’t think RootMusic will stand the test of time against ReverbNation, Reverb’s too big and quick, they’ve already updated their My Band app with an entirely new awesome look that’s even better than Band Page.
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July 6th, 2010 at 11:39 am
Thanx for the info on ReverbNation updating the MyBand app. We’ve been testing RootMusic for several weeks now, but might get back to MyBand.
Both apps are a great asset for every musician, though!:)
July 6th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
Thanks for the update, Jed! I’ll check that out too.
The Facebook integration is definitely great and you can’t beat the convenience that ReverbNation offers — everything is literally “under one roof.”
@dimplethakkar
@synhergyent
July 8th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Useful widget it is thanks for sharing here!!
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martin
July 9th, 2010 at 7:00 am
Really cool post… oddly enough I purchased http://www.idahoindyarts.com a few months ago. I need to do something with it. Feel feel to collaborate!
August 17th, 2010 at 7:41 am
Hi,
Like what I’ve read and I’ve already posted a song sample; “NO MORE WARZ, for Nation Records, Inc. I’d like to snail Mail in a physical CD, etc. Where do I mail it?
Thanks, Amir Wadud