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This lens is filled with music marketing tips and self-promotion ideas for independent songwriters, musicians and bands. It's all about helping you get exposure, connect with fans, sell CDs, and make more money with your music in this ever-changing era of self-empowerment and self-expression.

For more tips and tools, visit these web sites:
TheBuzzFactor.com
MusicPromotionBlog.com
MusicMarketingBooks.com

To your success!  -Bob Baker 

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Bob's Books, Audio CDs, Special Reports, and More 

Over the years I have written and published many music resources in a variety of formats, including these:
MySpace Music Marketing
How to Promote & Sell Your Music on the World's Biggest Networking Web Site
How to Use Video to Promote Your Music Online
Produce Music Videos on a Shoestring Budget, Become a YouTube Superstar!
Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook
201 Self-Promotion Ideas for Songwriters, Musicians and Bands on a Budget
Guerrilla Music Marketing, Encore Edition
201 More Self-Promotion Ideas, Tips & Tactics for Do-It-Yourself Artists
Music Marketing Crash Course CD
1,001 Ways to Promote Yourself, Make Money & Live Your Dreams
Killer Music Press Kits
The 29 Most Important Elements in Creating Sizzling Music Publicity Materials
50 Ways to Promote & Sell Your Music on the Internet
Ideas, tips and tricks you should be using to gain wider exposure online
Online Music PR Hot List
120 places to submit press releases, get reviewed, uncover PR connections, and promote your music on the Internet
What Every Musician Should Know About Self-Promotion
The 29 Key Principles of Independent Music Marketing
Unleash the Artist Within
Four Weeks to Transforming Your Creative Talents into More Recognition, More Profit and More Fun
Branding Yourself Online
How to Use the Internet to Become a Celebrity or Expert in Your Field

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Guerrilla Music Marketing Action Planner: Know What to Do, When to Do It, and How

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19 Ways to Pack Your Next Live Music Show With Wall-to-Wall Fans

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How to Create a Killer Music Web Site That Attracts Fans Like a Magnet

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7 Ways to Triple Your Music Income This Year

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Get More Music Gigs: How to Book More Money-Making Live Shows for Your Band or Solo Act

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17 Ways to Get Your Music Played on Internet Radio Shows and Podcasts

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Bob's Most Popular Music Success Articles 

Outrageous Music Marketing Ideas
Here are some creative, off-the-wall ways to promote your music.
Marketing Lessons from an 8-Year-Old Girl
What really matters when it comes to creating and promoting your music.
The Power of Personality
You have a choice: be bland and boring, or communicate with pizzazz.
What's Wrong with American Idol?
Bob Baker's updated manifesto on the popular "reality" TV show.
Four Ways to Attract More Music Fans Faster
Confused about how to find fans? Read this and you won't be anymore.
The First Question You Must Answer When Promoting Your Music
Are you committing this grave mistake with your music marketing?
Who Do You Sound Like? (And Why It's Important)
Do you hate to compare yourself to other artists? If so, read this right now.

Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook 

This is my best-selling title. The book that is primarily responsible for me being able to make a living as a self-published author. A new revised and updated edition just came out in spring 2007. I'm very fond of this book ... and so are the thousands of people who have benefited from it over the years.

You may have seen it in the major motion picture
"The School of Rock" starring Jack Black ... and in VIBE, Music Connection, Electronic Musician and American Songwriter magazines.

"The most directly applicable, start-tomorrow, creatively inspiring book I've ever seen on promoting your music!" -Derek Sivers, president of CD Baby

Top Indie Music Promotion Resources 

Bob's Free Indie Music Tips Ezine
A potent dose of ideas and inspiration -- delivered three or four times a month.
Artist Empowerment Radio Podcast
Marketing ideas and inspiration for musicians, artists, writers, and more.
Derek Sivers on Marketing Your Music
The founder of CD Baby shares his top promotion tips.
How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet
Learn how to set up a web site, create an online buzz, and sell a lot more CDs.
The Indie Contact Bible
A directory of 9,000 print, radio and Internet sources of exposure for your music.
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Bob Baker is a full-time author and advocate for the self-publishing movement. He is the author of several books, including the self-published "Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook," which consistently ranks as one of the Top 5 or 10 bestselling music business books on Amazon.com. He is dedicated to showing musicians, authors, and creative people of all kinds how to get exposure, connect with fans, sell more of their creative output, and increase their incomes through their artistic passions.

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