Creative Juice Indepreneur

Are you gearing up to release your next single? Don't pick your release date until you maximize your efforts in the stages before, during, and after the launch!
 
In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa pick apart the foundations of single releases so that you can plan your waterfall releases to have the biggest impact. Learn about the myth of fast releases, dive deep into what assets and content you should have ready for both pre-release and ongoing marketing efforts, and best practices for distribution and effective pitching to playlists!
 
Before dropping your next song, let this episode be your checklist with strategies and tips to make it your most successful release yet!
 
DISCOVER:
What Assets And Content You Need For An Impactful Pre-Release And Post-Marketing
Best Practices For Distribution And Timing
How To Utilize Spotify For Artists For Playlist Pitching
What Spotify's Audio Profiling Means For Your Tracks In The Recommendation Engine
When To Consider Pre-save Campaigns
Why Post-marketing Is The Most Critical Phase Of Your Release Strategy
When To Consider Using Paid Traffic To Boost Your Visibility
 
RESOURCES:
Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO
How To Kick Start A Fanbase With Content
Looking to expand your team or need marketing help? Apply to work with IndieX!
Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server!

Are bottlenecks in your creative business slowing down your progress? Identifying and removing these barriers can be the key to unlocking your creative output AND fan base growth...
 
In this special episode of Creative Juice, Jack is joined by Jonah McLean (aka DUX), a lead strategist and coach from our IndieFounder program, to dive into the most common bottlenecks he finds in artists' creative businesses! Learn from Jonah's experience consulting and coaching hundreds of artists and explore the three biggest bottlenecks he's observed in music marketing, from the challenges musicians face after an initial burst of audience growth to the paralysis caused by indecision and overthinking!
 
If you're stuck in your music career growth and not sure why, this episode covers it all. From simplifying your music business systems to managing your work and failing forward in your marketing, use these tips to get yourself back on track!
 
DISCOVER:
How To Tackle The Three Biggest Bottlenecks Jonah Sees Musicians Face
Where Artists Struggle After Initial Audience Growth
How To Handle Indecision And Overthinking To Keep Your Projects Moving
Why Failure Your Most Powerful Marketing Tool
How To Simplify Your Music Business Systems
What You Can Learn From Tim Ferriss and A Simple To Do List
 
RESOURCES:
Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO
Work With An Indepreneur Coach To Build Your Music Career!
How To Run Your Music Business and NOT Burn Out w/DUX
Looking to expand your team or need marketing help? Apply to work with IndieX!
Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server!

Feeling stuck in your music career? Not sure what roadblock is holding you back? If you're at a standstill, diagnosing the root cause is the first step...
 
In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa dissect the major reasons why artist careers slow down and how to diagnose and avoid these pitfalls. Learn about maintaining a consistent release cadence, keeping your enthusiasm to engage your fans, navigating the honeymoon phase of music marketing, and the common breakdowns in artists’ traffic systems!
 
Don’t let your music career falter without a fight. This episode will give you a diagnostic approach to help you keep your career on a growth trajectory with strategy, tactics, and stories from our agency and coaching clients!
 
DISCOVER:
What It Takes To Maintain Momentum With Your Music Releases
How To Keep Your Engagement High And Your Fans Excited
Why Navigating Past Early Success Is Crucial For Sustainable Music Marketing
What Causes Most Music Career Stalls And How To Overcome Them
Where Email Marketing And Tour Marketing Collide
How To Overcome Revenue Slowdowns With Offers
 
RESOURCES:
Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO
Looking to expand your team or need marketing help? Apply to work with IndieX!
Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server!

For artists and bands looking to fuel their growth with effective music marketing strategies, there's a dizzying array of options constantly being advertised to you...how do you know what opportunities to focus your time, effort, energy, and budget on?
 
In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa break down opportunities in the industry for marketing your music so that you can choose the best vehicle for your growth! Learn about the differences between digital marketing, influencer campaigns, playlisting, and PR and the pros and cons of each strategy.
 
Whether you're looking to work on your own music marketing or build a team, this episode will help you you survey your options and choose the most effective ways for you to grow your fan base, revenue, and business from top to bottom!
 
DISCOVER:
Why Having a Large Fan Base Offers More Leverage for Monetization
How We Structured Our Agency to Seize Music Marketing Opportunities
How Email, SMS Marketing, and Paid Ads Can Predictably Grow Your Career
The Pros and Cons of Influencer Marketing
The Risks Associated With Playlisting and How to Navigate Them
Why PR Is Effective for Building Brand Authority
 
RESOURCES:
Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO
Looking to expand your team or need marketing help? Apply to work with IndieX!
Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server!

Visit the websites of your favorite artists and bands and you'll probably find a form with the call to action "Sign Up For Updates". Tough question: how many fans do you think actually sign up just for updates?
 
In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa answer one of the biggest questions on growing your list of fans...how to actually get fans to sign up! Learn about the top email list-building offers we use with our IndieX agency clients right now, choosing the right offer based on your audience size, and what emails to send to your fans after they sign up for an offer!
 
If you've tried email marketing before and want to give your fans a solid reason to sign up, this episode unpacks everything that we see working for artists in the wild today!
 
DISCOVER:
Why It's Important To Properly "Bribe" Your Fans
How To Build A Permission Offer Based On Your Audience
Why Early Access Offers Perform For Email List Growth
How To Craft An Effective Giveaway Campaign
Where Email Marketing and Tour Marketing Collide
How To Create The Ultimate Offer Around Your Album
 
RESOURCES:
Learn Top Music Marketing Strategies Inside IndiePRO
Looking to expand your team or need marketing help? Apply to work with IndieX!
Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server!

Will 2024 be the year that email marketing proves to be dead, buried, and useless for artists? The answer might surprise you...
 
In this episode of Creative Juice, Jack and Circa spill the beans about the future of email marketing for musicians with facts and figures, case studies, and client stories showing how email is one of the highest ROI channels! Learn why music industry folks think that email is a thing of the past, why poor strategy ACTUALLY makes email marketing appear dead, and how we've used email marketing at our agency IndieX to drive five, six, and seven-figure e-commerce campaigns and operations!
 
Want to make email marketing work in your business? This episode dives deep into stories, strategies, and automation tactics so that you can transform your email marketing into a powerhouse!
 
DISCOVER:
Why Email Is NOT Dead In 2024
How Poor Strategy Leads to Unsuccessful "Dead" Email Marketing
What Makes Email Marketing a 4200% ROI Channel
How An IndieX Client Did $40k in Vinyl Sales In One Day Through Email Marketing
Why Owning Your List of Fans Is Critical for Success
What Offers and Email Automations To Use In Your Marketing
 
RESOURCES:
Learn Email Marketing For Musicians Inside IndiePRO
Looking to expand your team or need marketing help? Apply to work with IndieX!
Join Us In The Indepreneur Discord Server!