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Ariel Hyatt

Setting Your Goals

by Ariel Hyatt July 1, 2011

In any aspect of your personal or professional life, setting goals is an empowering way to set the stage for success. In regard to your music, taking the time to visualize your goals can help you pave a personal roadmap for defining and achieving success with your career, whether you consider music your hobby or you are making a living out of it full-time. Read more…

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10 Marketing Basics for Musicians

by Scott James January 20, 2010

With the barrage of new websites and blogs targeting independent artists, it can be difficult to know where to start when it comes to marketing your music. Information and ideas are everywhere and unless you’ve got a strong marketing foundation it can feel like trying to put together a giant puzzle without being able to look at the box. With that in mind, I’ve put together a list of 10 marketing basics to help expose the underlying structure that makes a music marketing campaign successful. Read more…

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A Musician’s Roadmap To Setting Goals for 2010

by Disc Makers December 22, 2009

What They Don’t Teach You At Harvard Business School (a bestselling book) talks about a research study that was conducted at Harvard between 1979 and 1989:

“In 1979, the MBA graduates were asked, “Have you set clear, written goals for your future and made plans to accomplish them?”

Only 3 percent had clear written goals and action plans to achieve them.

Thirteen percent of the graduates had goals, but they were not in writing. Read more…

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Interlinking Your Web Properties Drives Success

by Disc Makers November 12, 2009

The Online Marketing Research PaperI recently took a fantastic journey to Australia where I spoke at a music conference called Big Sound in Brisbane. There I had the honor and privilege of meeting Dave Carter, a Dr. at Griffith University who was presenting a fascinating study called The Online Marketing Research Paper.

The Online Marketing Research Paper examines the web presence and sales data for 99 independent Australian artists distributed by Musicadium (a digital music & video distribution service) to identify whether any of the documented online activity corresponded with proportionally higher royalty returns to artists. Read more…

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iTunes Success in 12 Steps

by Ariel Hyatt October 29, 2009

How indie artist Making April went from 0 to 1,000 sales a week on iTunes in one year.
I recently was having lunch with my dear friend, music attorney extraordinaire Dan Friedman, who was in town to showcase a band he represents who he mentioned was selling 1,000 singles a week on iTunes. Read more…

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Creating The Perfect Pitch

by Ariel Hyatt September 23, 2009

ArielHere is a key lesson in branding yourself that can really set you up to have a major breakthrough for your musical career. What you will create here will define you in the minds of your fans and potential fans. Read more…

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Three Ways to Make Money While Making Music

by Disc Makers August 14, 2009

Ariel Hyatt, head honcho of Cyber PR, asks Rick Goetz what three things can actually help an artist begin to build revenue.

Playing covers, Playing Sessions & Playing Live
Rick Goetz is a kindred spirit who has just launched a brand new consulting firm for artists called musiciancoaching.com. Rick, like me, has spent his entire adult life in the music business and he is DEAD ON when he says: It is essential that you spend your time building your own business rather than asking for help from corporations based on your talent alone.

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Interview with Ariel Hyatt

by Disc Makers July 15, 2009

What can you do to build your music business or brand?

Ariel Hyatt, Indie Music Publicist and Author of Music Success in Nine Weeks is interviewed by Carla Lynne Hall of The Rock Star Life Lessons about social media, PR, and marketing for the indie artist: http://cli.gs/341reR.

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