{"id":1720,"date":"2014-03-06T16:25:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T00:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2014-03-06T16:31:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T00:31:19","slug":"how-to-get-a-blogger-to-notice-your-music-in-8-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/how-to-get-a-blogger-to-notice-your-music-in-8-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get A Blogger to Notice Your Music In 8 Easy Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article\">\n<p>Here are eight easy steps to writing the perfect outreach email to introduce yourself and your music to a blogger.<\/p>\n<p>1.) Make sure to\u00a0<strong>target people who you think would\u00a0<em>actually<\/em>\u00a0like to listen to your music<\/strong>\u00a0i.e. confirm that their musical tastes align with your genre (more on that in step five).<\/p>\n<p>2.) Find that person\u2019s personal email address (<strong>not a generic\u00a0<em>info@mediaoutlet.com<\/em>\u00a0address<\/strong>) or @mention them on Twitter and ask them to DM it to you if you can\u2019t find it (make sure you\u2019re following them or else they won\u2019t be able to DM you!).<\/p>\n<p>3.) When composing your email, remember that\u00a0<strong>shorter is better<\/strong>. Always.<\/p>\n<p>4.) A lot of the time artists and their PR reps get too hung up on telling their story. Even if your story is touching or entertaining or incredible- if I don\u2019t like the music,<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not going to write about it or you. Save me, and you, the time by sparing that information until I\u2019m familiar with your work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cs.tlu.ee\/~meelis\/catmusic\/image002.gif\" width=\"237\" height=\"237\" \/><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5.)<strong>\u00a0What I want to read<\/strong>: a description of your sound so I can get an idea what I\u2019m dealing with before I click to listen. I\u2019m pretty opened minded and will check out 90% of the press releases that land in my inbox, but if you label your work as \u201cpop country\u201d, again, save me and you the time by letting me know up front it\u2019s something I won\u2019t like so I don\u2019t waste time clicking on it.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6.)\u00a0<strong>What I want to click<\/strong>: Soundcloud, YouTube, and Bandcamp links are all #1 in my book. Anything else that\u2019s relevant and helps me get to know you and your music better- links to press coverage, your website, your social accounts- are also welcome and appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>7.)Dress all that up with a\u00a0<strong>photo<\/strong>\u00a0or two and a\u00a0<strong>personalized opening paragraph<\/strong>\u00a0and you\u2019re good to go.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>What\u2019s a personalized paragraph?<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>So glad you asked. It\u2019s a genuine statement (i.e. something that you can\u2019t easily make up) that lets me know you took the time to figure out why you think I might like your music. This will differentiate you and your outreach efforts,\u00a0letting the blogger know you care about your work as much as you say you do.<\/p>\n<p>8.) Put your streaming link near the top; I like to listen while I read. Please don\u2019t make me hunt for it.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indymojo.com\/how-to-get-a-blogger-to-notice-your-music\/\" target=\"_blank\">IndyMojo<\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are eight easy steps to writing the perfect outreach email to introduce yourself and your music to a blogger. 1.) Make sure to\u00a0target people who you think would\u00a0actually\u00a0like to listen to your music\u00a0i.e. confirm that their musical tastes align with your genre (more on that in step five). 2.) Find that person\u2019s personal email address (not a generic\u00a0info@mediaoutlet.com\u00a0address) or @mention them on Twitter and ask them to DM it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[223],"class_list":["post-1720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-tips","tag-marketing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1723,"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720\/revisions\/1723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vakseen.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}