Ariel Publicity

The second Music Success in Nine Weeks Blogging Challenge will kicked off on July 5^th! For this blogging challenge I will again be awarding a grand prize of a 3-month Cyber PR campaign to the artist who blogs all 9 weeks.

33 musicians participated in the first blogging challenge, 18 completed it, and I was so inspired and moved I could not choose so 10 contestants won a campaign!

A complimentary campaign isn’t the real reason why you should take the challenge. The real reason why you should participate in the blogging challenge is we will work with you as you spend 9 weeks taking yourself out of your “musician” head and spend 9 weeks focusing on your “business” head and see how attention to your marketing and promotion and social media will transform your relationships with your fans forever.

The rules are easy…

STEP 1: YOU PICK UP A COPY OF THE BOOK!

If you do not already have it, Pick up your copy of Music Success in Nine Weeks here:www.musicsuccessinnineweeks.com

On this site you can download the ebook version instantly or we will mail you a copy of the physical book

Post here on this blog
http://musicsuccessinnineweeks.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-challenge-20.html

1. Your Name / name of your band or project
2. URL where you will be blogging the 9 week challenge
3. Your Twitter & Facebook links so we can connect with you there too!

STEP 2: YOU BLOG IT!

Crack open the book and start with week one. In order to qualify for this contest, all you need to do is create nine blog entries, taking your readers through your experience and blog about what you are learning, how it is helping, where you where you are getting stuck, etc. etc.

Don’t have a blog on your site, you say?

That’s okay! You can blog on your MySpace page, at your Last FM profile, on your Facebook Fan page, or just set up a quick, easy, and free blog at Wordpress.com or Blogger.com.

STEP 3: WE JUDGE IT!

The artist who has come the furthest using the techniques in the book will receive a complimentary Headliner Cyber PR campaign for three months

Who Judges This Contest?

Ariel, the Cyber PR staff, and the moderators of the Cyber PR Mastermind site (which you get a lifetime membership to when you buy the book), will be reviewing your posts.

STEP 4: YOU WIN IT!

If you are selected as the winning blogger, you will receive one full Headliner Cyber PR campaign from Ariel Publicity.

This campaign is worth $1,595 and will get your music into the hands of bloggers, podcasters and online radio station DJs.

So, get started right now post here and let us know where you’re blogging so that we can begin to watch your progress.

See some of the winning bloggers posts from the first challenge here:
Johnny Only | Kelly Greene | Tobias Tinker

Judging Started JULY 5, 2010 – But its not too late to start! You can qualify as long as you get nine blog posts written by the time judging closes on SEPTEMBER 6, 2010.

Still Not Sure You Want To Do All The Work?

Here are a few quotes about our Cyber PR campaigns from artists who paid full price

“Ariel has incomparable reach. Less than one month into my campaign, I’ve already been played around the world, in Australia, England, the US, the Netherlands, and more. I’ve already come across in-depth reviews of my debut album from widely-distributed bloggers to which I would otherwise have no contact. No effort is wasted, and I can follow the campaign, in detail, in real time. It’s incredible, and it’s working.”
- Trey Green

“Hiring Ariel Publicity was by far and in large the best money my band ever spent. Ariel starts right away and within days we had more publicity than our record label’s publicity company had gotten us since we signed… worth every penny.”
- Jeffrey Todd, Fort Pastor

“Ariel and her staff are simply the cutting edge of cyber publicity. It’s not that Ariel has enhanced my music’s exposure. She’s put it on the map.”
- Beth Hirsch

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www.womenofsubstanceradio.com

Featuring female performers who deliver vocal excellence, depth of character, and lyrics that leave a lasting impression.

Q) Tell us a little bit about your blog. What inspired you to start it?

A) Women of Substance Radio is a streaming, online radio station which airs 24/7 on the Live365 Network. Our tagline is “Whether you’re a label artist or an Independent, if you’ve got great music, you’re on Women of substance Radio.” Substance can be defined as “significant quality with the implication of a hidden or special significance.” Music of Substance is not just entertainment or fluff, but has an essential “core” brimming with heart, soul, and spirit. Women of Substance Radio plays music by female performers who deliver high quality music that speaks to the listener through vocal excellence, depth of character and emotion, and lyrics that leave a lasting impression.

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The First Round Of Contestants Are Announced!

Congratulations to all of you who have opted in to participate in the Music Success In Nine Weeks Blogging Challenge!

Our judges may be watching you and commenting on your progress as you go along!

Follow Them on Twitter!:

http://www.twitter.com/andrealane1

http://www.twitter.com/bigbluebarry

http://www.twitter.com/bfrankemusic

http://www.twitter.com/colinrink

http://twitter.com/fiZbandcom

http://www.twitter.com/freqtheater

http://www.twitter.com/heidihowes

http://www.twitter.com/johnnyonlymusic

http://twitter.com/mossbluffmusic

http://twitter.com/nicolago

http://twitter.com/PerfectPitchMan

http://twitter.com/irainrain

http://www.twitter.com/runawaydorothy

http://twitter.com/symetrk

http://twitter.com/DSP_ROCKS

http://www.twitter.com/seanimler

http://www.twitter.com/IckysEgo

http://www.twitter.com/KGrocks

http://www.twitter.com/mdlstweet

http://www.twitter.com/maurajensen

http://www.twitter.com/snailquail

http://www.twitter.com/tamrahayden

http://www.twitter.com/vikkiflawith

http://www.twitter.com/offering

http://www.twitter.com/monarocks

Here is the first round of participants and links to their blogger challenge blogs:

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http://www.astralaudio.net

Q: How can contemporary artists make more money on the internet?

A: Models like what Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, and Mark Mosher have given potential buyers a choice of what a particular song or album should be priced at. Their success along with keeping things drm free encourages fans to obtain works from the artists. Perhaps if artists gave fans the chance to rate individual songs or the entire album as a whole, then a higher rating could mean that fans are more likely to purchase the work. An option would be to cap the price at around $15.00 for the CD and $5.00 for the digital download. If the rating goes down, the cap should be lowered along side this.

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http://www.suchcoolstuff.net

Celebrating Independent Artists

1. What are your favorite blogs/audio blogs featuring new music do you like to visit?

You know, it’s funny. I don’t really read any music-related blogs on a regular basis. I’m a bit of a chronic Googler, and that’s how I find most new (and new to me) music, both for my blog and for my own enjoyment. I read other blogs regularly, particularly in the left-leaning political and feminist blogosphere, but I’m pretty fickle when it comes to subscribing to blogs about the arts.

2. What inspired you to start site?

I very briefly tried to run an Etsy shop, but I found I was far too lazy to keep it up. One of the biggest challenges I had was getting my name out there, so when I decided to start a blog with the idea of profiling things I enjoy in general, I quickly saw that I could use it to help other artists promote themselves and their small businesses.  Then I e-mailed a few artists I admired and got things moving. Initially I profiled only visual artists (painters, photographers, fashion designers, etc), but I really wanted to expand to include music.

I’ve been quite literally surrounded by music all of my life.  My father was a studio musician for years, and my uncle was played with Dobie Gray in the 70’s.  My sweetheart is also a professional musician, so our house is filled with music all the time.  It was only natural for me to want to expand my blog to include music.  Much like the artists I began Such Cool Stuff! with, I started by e-mailing musicians I admire, and before I knew it things really took off.  I love playing my small part in helping artists of all types get their name out there.

3. What do you think is the impact of blogs, internet radio, and podcasts on independent music?

It’s just huge. This is a frequent topic of conversation in our household.  With this new media there is a lot more access to the public than you had back in the day. Anyone (like me!) can start a blog and become an instant media outlet, and smaller artists have a greater chance to get their name out there.  On the downside, with the pool of both talent and media so large now it will take an extra measure of effort for those who do gain exposure to make it meaningful.

One of the things I mourn about the way new technology is impacting the industry is that the digital availability of music has pretty well killed the concept of the album. I’ve always been a big fan of looking at an album as a whole, as a story with a beginning, middle, and end. Now with things moving to a digital format, that’s being lost.  Every track needs to be able to stand on its own. There aren’t any B-sides now in the traditional sense.  Such a shame. My favorite songs have typically been the B-sides.

4. When you started your station, did you anticipate that blogs would have such an upscale trend as it does now?

I actually only started the blog about a year ago, so there hasn’t been that much of a change for me personally. I do think it’s astounding to look at the way the internet has changed our lives on a massive scale. Just twelve years ago I’d never even used the internet. Now I use it for pretty much everything, and whole industries have had to change everything about the way they do business.

5. What are the ultimate goals you wish to achieve through your site?

Such Cool Stuff! has always been fairly experimental. I started it without a clear idea of where it was going, and the direction has proven to be ever-changing. It’s a hobby for me (my day job is in a very different industry), so I have the luxury of letting the current take me where it wants to go with regard to the blog. I’m excited to see where we end up!

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