The Inside/Out

Here is a list of the most common mistakes unsigned artists make on MySpace...

1. No Customer/Fans shown in the top 40 friends list.

The fans are the most important thing when selling your product. If you have your favorite artist in that list you are giving visitors an open door to leave your page. The most dedicated fans should "ALWAYS" occupy the friends list. You should make you fans feel like they matter because they are the ones who will spread the word about you to others.


2.Irreverent Content

There is nothing wrong with promoting your friends music, but your MySpace page should really just pertain to "YOU ONLY". You must remember you are trying to gain fans not confuse them. Before 50Cent could introduce Lloyd Banks you had to grow to know 50 first.


3.First song played

It is not usual for most artists to have the auto-play feature start their first song. Too many times artists do not place their best song first. Check it, you have one time to make a good impression so the only way your gonna know which song is your best is by doing "market research" on your material first. Most MySpace sales are not made because of this known mistake.


4. Page Layout

Your page should always reflect what your music and image is about. For example, if you are suppose to be a conscious rapper and all the images have dollar bills and hoes all over the page, you are giving true fans of conscious rap ever reason to give "YOU" the finger. Most times artist pages won't load right because all the extra junk that is on the page. Use discretion when being creative on the images you want to display. Trust me it matters. Whatever you do just don't give anyone a reason to leave your page! That's your money walking away!


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