In order to increase your music's streams, it is highly encouraged for you to promote your songs, for example on social media platforms, playlists, your friends and family, for starters. Here are some specific steps that you can do to enhance your release and increase your reach:
- The Starmony Boost Promo
A super easy way to supercharge your song, with the goal of increasing streams, is to get our Boost Promo. As soon as your song goes live we'll send you an email thats includes your personal offer. So go and check your inbox and tap the button to get a Boost Promo! Sounds interesting? Here's more about how the Boost Promo works. - Claim your Artist Profile.
In order to claim your artist profile, make sure you have several social media accounts with your artist name. Spotify/Apple Music will check that it is indeed you that wants to claim your artist profile. The more information you give them, the faster the process will be. After you've successfully gained access to your artist profile, make sure to change your profile picture and personalize your profile with a paragraph (or more) about yourself. Listeners like to know who they're listening to, and a complete artist profile can do your streaming count wonders!
How to claim your artist profile on Spotify
How to claim your artist profile on Apple Music - Share it on your social media platforms
It’s time to share, share, share! Tell everyone you know to stream your song. Use it on your next TikTok videos, share it on Instagram, and everywhere else. TikTok will also pay a small amount for every video that uses your song, so try to get as many people as possible to share it! - Promote your playlist, not just one song.
Add your song to a playlist with all of your songs, and promote the playlist. This way, you get to increase your chances for listeners to check out your other songs. If they listen to one song, they are more likely to listen to more, leading to doubling or tripling your streams instantly.
- Focus on one streaming platform only
In the early stage after the release of a song, it’s difficult to get a large number of streams on multiple streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, etc). It’s much better to choose only one and focus your efforts on growing it.
Adding a link to your Spotify playlist in your bio on all social platforms directs the traffic to one place and increases your chances of gaining more streams. It’s also important to be active! Spotify algorithms track your activity constantly and active users are more likely to get their music into top playlists.
- Pitch your song to playlist curators
Curated Spotify playlists are usually owned by Radio Stations, influencers, content creators, and more. When pitching your song, make sure you target the playlists that match your song’s vibe (pitching your pop song to a Country playlist is a big no no). You can also target a specific geographical location to reach curators who might be looking to feature local talents on their playlists.
After deciding on your target, you need to approach the curator. Start with an introduction and let them know who you are. They get approached by a lot of people like you who want to get their songs featured. Think about how you present yourself and your story. Tell them about the song’s creation process, what you stand for as an artist, or if anything crazy or funny happened while creating the song. Get them curious and interested. Think outside the box and be intentional about the way you tell your story.
The curator’s job is to get people to listen to their playlists. Giving them a good story boosts your chances of being included in their playlists.
Once you have a lot of activities to promote and push your music, the royalties will come naturally. With increasing number of streams and listeners, your songs will generate more royalties. This is why it is very important to promote your songs in any way you can!
Because more listeners = more streams = more royalties.
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