Comments on: What’s a Better Predictor of Backers: Facebook Friends or Facebook Likes? https://launchandrelease.com/what-facebook-can-teach-musicians-about-crowdfunding/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-facebook-can-teach-musicians-about-crowdfunding Crowdfunding Tips For Musicians Tue, 13 May 2014 22:17:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ian Anderson https://launchandrelease.com/what-facebook-can-teach-musicians-about-crowdfunding/#comment-1012 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 16:23:16 +0000 https://launchandrelease.com/?p=5940#comment-1012 In reply to Lauren Mayer.

Lauren, thanks for the awesome comment! Your thoughts remind me of 2 important things…

1) Definitely concentrate on people who are already in your Circle of Influence (fans, friends, family) while crowdfunding… Gaining fans during this stage of your career should be a very secondary goal and should not come before contacting your Circle of Influence.

2) When you aren’t crowdfunding is the time to work on growing your Circle of Influence! But having an intentional, focussed strategy will pay off much more in the long run ~ so, like you said, focus on your email list with a little bit of Facebook (or whatever platform one would choose) and then don’t worry about ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF.

If you are a normal person working more or less independently, trying to cover every social media platform will just dilute your effort to the point of ineffectiveness. Thanks for pointing that out!

Btw, are you going to launch a crowdfunding project?

]]> By: Lauren Mayer https://launchandrelease.com/what-facebook-can-teach-musicians-about-crowdfunding/#comment-1011 Tue, 11 Feb 2014 15:32:53 +0000 https://launchandrelease.com/?p=5940#comment-1011 Thank you so much for an extremely helpful article. There is so much advice out there about utilizing social media, how to get publicity, analytics on driving traffic, and it’s overwhelming. My gut sense was that I should concentrate on my own email list, with a little bit of work on Facebook (where I contribute content to a number of content pages), and not worry about all the other things I don’t have time to pursue. You have saved me an enormous amount of stress and panic!

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