101 Ways to Promote your Band Online

1. Create a Facebook Fan Page
2. Create a Band Website
3. Write a blog once a day
4. Upload pictures of your show
5. Create a twitter account
6. Make a band documentary video and upload it on youtube
7. Build an electronic press kit
8. Order promotional song download cards
9. Tweet about what you are working on
10. Organize a tour
11. Join a musician forum to network
12. Ask fans their opinion on your music
13. Create a newsletter
14. Install sharing and commenting system on your band site
15. Install Google Analytics to track where your fans are it's free! - www.google.com/analytics
16. Upload all of your music across every social network you are on
17. Theme your band site to reflect your music
18. Update all of your social networks and be sure to have a consistent image
19. Update and use consistent colors on all online marketing material
20. Create different promotional web banners
21. Schedule an online promotion via facebook
22. Work on producing and telling interesting stories to tell your fans
23. Recruit and seek fans to help you promote your music
24. Reply to a fans positive feedback on your band
25. Upload an exclusive song just for the internet
26. Find competitive CD replication and duplication services
27. Find competitive and unique merchandise services
28. Recommend your songs to friends and family
29. Design and share the next album artwork
30. Find and research potential venues that you may like to play at
31. Share your music experiences with your online peers
32. Get music bloggers to mention your band
33. Send out electronic press kits
34. Announce and post where your next show is going to be
35. Let your fans know where to download your music
36. Create a way for fans to subscribe to your newsletter
37. Create an exclusive offer
38. Discipline yourself to recruit one fan a day
39. Discipline yourself to get atleast 10 plays for a song a day
40. Host and perform a live internet concert stream
41. Give away an exclusive free song
42. Help promote another band and get them to help you
43. Show your fans a different side that they would not normally know at a show
44. Pre-write additional blog entries
45. Organize an online chat for fans
46. Find an online band competition
47. Request your song to be played on the radio
48. Run an online giveaway
49. Add your social networks in the signature of your emails
50. Make your site immersive with pictures, videos, and of course your music
51. Create a ringtone
52. Upload your music in a large lossless format for online audiophiles
53. Arrange and offer to play at a charitable event
54. Write an actionable promotion message - "Refer 10 Fans, download a free song on us!"
55. Submit your band blog to an RSS directory
56. Submit your band site to search engine directories
57. Research and optimize your band site for best Search Engine Optimization (SEO) practices
58. Brainstorm and start a Search Engine Marketing (SEM) campaign
59. Engage your fans by asking questions in status updates, blogs, and other content
60. Make a music video and upload it on youtube
61. Run an online contest
62. Update and create a good band biography
63. Correctly tag and post lyrics for all of your music online
64. Write articles to help the music community which in turns builds credibility for your band
65. Open an online band store
66. Open a paypal account to accept online transactions
67. Have a variety of different band merchandise available to purchase online
68. Have atleast one free song download to draw new fans in
69. Get your band listed on Wikipedia
70. Follow where your fans go, join related genre specific forums and music communities
71. Create an online viral message ie photoslide show, commercial, email message, and etc.
72. Tie emotion and art into your science through the communication to your fans
73. Be respectful of angry fans and online trolls to uphold your reputation
74. Promote not just your music, but also your cause online
75. Be creative ie: online scavenger hunt, solve a mystery, or make an online game for your fans
76. Find and innovate new sounds to share and surprise your fans online
77. Ask for online reviews of your music
78. Secure online interviews for your band
79. Create special landing pages for special promotions, events, and/or annoucements
80. Distribute your music to major online retailers like iTunes, emusic, Amazon, or Rhapsody
81. Acquire UPC barcodes for your songs online
82. Trademark your Band Name online
83. Enable a way for your current fans to easily tell friends
84. Measure, record, and compare your marketing results day by day
85. Use and join a social networking monitor to listen to what your fans are saying about you
86. Send your demo music to potential talent scouts via email
87. Create an electronic band business e-card
88. Start an online portfolio of venues your band has played at
89. Brag about different accomplishments and milestones your band has achieved to your fans
90. Reach out to recruiters to book gigs at music festivals
91. Upload and create podcasts or an audio blog
92. Start a weekly video blog or series
93. Seek bands to put together a bill to fill a show
94. Create and share a timeline of your plans and direction as a band to your fans
95. Start a forum for fans to share and discuss their experiences about your band
96. Contribute and provide solutions when the opportunity arises for fans or artists to gain reputation
97. Start small by using the internet to find and build a local fanbase following
98. Affect the online music community positively by sharing insightful and useful opinions on topics that pertain to your genre to your fans
99. Build a trusted e-team to help manage and fill merchandise, show leads, and other inquires
100. Share your music expertise to help other bands define you as a go-to resource
101. Add social bookmarking links to all of your web content for people to easily share