Do-It-Yourself Music Marketing

MUSC X 448.80

Learn the exhaustive process of DIY music sales and promotion from developing your brand and identifying your vision all the way to promotions and publicity while creating your own customized, low-budget marketing plan.

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What you can learn.

Explore the fundamental marketing concepts used by innovative music companies today
Learn how to solve real-world marketing problems with inventive solutions
Develop an understanding of how to engage with and build a fan base through the internet, guerilla marketing, and more
Engage with industry guests as they reveal strategies and insights into their trade

About this course:

Of interest to DIY musicians, producers, managers, startup record label personnel, and anyone interested in learning fundamental marketing concepts used by the most innovative companies today. You learn how to describe your vision; identify a market need; analyze your fans; learn from your competitors; demo your products and services; set your marketing plan goals; and find the perfect mix of new marketing strategies ranging from branding, product, price, place, promotion, and marketing information systems. The Internet, word-of-mouth, guerrilla marketing techniques, social media, mobile marketing, publicity, music licensing, live performing and touring, merchandising, face-to-face selling, sales promotions, radio, and sponsorships are all addressed in course lectures, reading assignments, and discussions with industry guests. You are provided with the opportunity to craft a customized, low-budget marketing plan of attack using step-by-step templates, and to receive constructive criticism from the instructor and fellow students. At the end of the class, student teams are asked to solve real-world marketing problems by presenting innovative solutions before a small panel of guest judges.