Let's discuss how to build a fanbase independently—whether it’s through social media, grassroots marketing, or collaborations. What strategies have worked for you? How do you engage with fans without the backing of a label? Share your experiences and tips on what’s been effective in growing your audience and sustaining momentum in the music industry. Offer advice, or share any challenges you’ve faced along the way!

Has anyone heard of the new UMG/Spotify deal to capitalize on superfans? How should we minuver around this?

Lately singing covers has gotten me some positive engagement. Is anyone else experiencing that? The only thing is you have to nail it.

Is anyone using Temple fans? It's an amazing tool for indie artist

Social media marketing has changed and it’s about to be worse in 2025. It will be WAAAY harder for artists to be discovered. My team had massive success in the Viral Era but 14 months ago, we realized that it’s come to an end. Before you could be seen by so many people so quickly if you went viral, it was worth the gamble of procrastinating on building a solid foundation. But it’s no longer about “being seen” by a lot of people overnight, it’s now about “connecting” with the few that see you. Instead of “how do I go viral???” The question is…”How do I convert streams or social media views into actual fans who will spend money on me?” For example…which of these artists would you rather be? ARTIST 1: Do you want to be an artist with 1 million streams on a song and no real fans or meaningful brand? OR… ARTIST 2: Do you want to be the artist with 90k monthly listeners and 2k real fans that give you $50k/year minimum? Artist 2 will be the one who wins in the “Connection Era”. We’ve already seen the results with several artists over the last few years, with some now generating over $450k/year. All it takes is ONE year. So stop thinking about the short term and let this be the year that you are patient enough to build something meaningful. Make this the year that changes EVERYTHING. For the holidays, we’re offering access to 12 months of marketing advising, private insider information from the campaigns we’re running AND the tools we use to do it… And we’ve made a 14 day FREE ACCESS deal for the first 100 artists who sign up! Click HERE now to claim your spot now before all spots are taken.