Part Six

This the sixth of ten tips and chips I plan to impart for any interested listeners, starting out on his/her journey to work in the music industry. There are a lot of people providing access to joints that help to build your skills, and most do a great job. My goal there is not to try and compete them. I will stay in my lane. From time to time, I might suggest and recommend others, these tips and chips are aimed at your mindset, and behaviors that will either make you or break you. Whether you aspire to be a songwriter, an artist, a musician, and or producer, these tips and chips apply:

Some Chips To Dip Into:

1. You got to put in the time.
2. You can only do two or three things very well, so focus.
3. Once you are focused, decide on what value you offer to others.
4. Determine how you fit in.
5. Determine how you can market what you offer.
6. Develop a marketing strategy. (See Below)
7. Provide quality service or products.
8. Follow up and communicate with your customers.
9. Always try to anticipate what your customers, followers, or clients need.
10. Keep trying, you can always do it better.

DEVELOP A MARKETING STRATEGY

Now that you have determined how you can market what you offer, you have to put other actions into play to further expose your intellectual property. In today’s world, advertising is a very important aspect of your marketing strategy. The act of making music alone will not get you heard or known, or develop a fanbase for your music or product. The metaphor of just build it and they will come will not work, and is not true reality in music.
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