You Need The Money, Don’t Play Hard To Get

The music industry is one of the toughest glasses to break through in Kenya. If you are a budding artist, you could use some visibility tips. Make yourself available; that means, easy to reach and also easy to recall. As a writer in the entertainment industry, I am best placed to advise artists on how to brand themselves in the simplest of ways. You’d wonder why this applies to you even as a big fish artist.

You need to understand that for writers and digital marketers in music to efficiently promote your content, we need to find info about you easily. Yes, it’s our job to research, but also we have 700 other artists to write about in a single day, trust me, it does not matter how big a deal you are, we have priorities.

2nd and the best reason why you should be available, it’s great to brand yourself so that people get to know about you from you. If not we are left with only what the tabloids have to say. Be sure, it does not go up on a tabloid if it isn’t dirty. The choice is yours.

Let us begin with the simplest of things.

Social Media

Social media is the cheapest and most effective branding and marketing tool in 2019. The main ones are Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Rule number one;

Consistent Brand Name: Make sure you have a consistent user name across all social sites. You can use @orawoolave on any site to find me. If your name is not unique, add a consistent suffix or prefix to it, across all networks. So maybe @orawoolaveKE or @Officalorawoolave. That way, if I master just one of your usernames, I won’t have a problem referring fans and potential clients to any of your sites.

Clear Profile Description: In correct grammar, English, Kiswahili or Mother-tongue. Describe what it is you do or offer. It should be brief, precise and accurate. ‘Digital Content Marketer, Lifestyle Blogger offering Copywriter and Digital Branding services.’

Contact Info: As part of your profile description, give official functioning contacts people can reach you through. E-mails are safe. Phone numbers are faster but it is not recommended for purposes of blocking out spammers, stalkers and fraudsters. If you are easily reachable through social media inboxes, do indicate the same. Check e-mails, inboxes, missed calls every 5 minutes. So media coverage and gig organizers can reach you easily.

Profile Pictures: Upload good professional high resolution pictures. Use them as your profile picture and also randomly upload these good photos of you on your account. We want to publish our stories alongside good photos of you. Do both us that favour.  Please just pick a day, dress well and walk into a photo studio. I can recommend affordable good ones.

An Active Account: Upload at least one thing relating to your brand everyday so that your page is not idle. A photo of an activity you are up to, your quote of the day, an experience you’ve had. Just make sure your page is always active. If you have gigs coming up ...continue reading

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