FWIW some of our music that we found on YouTube was actually put there saying CDBaby was the source, which was a little disappointing. However, we also found out that it led to sales in Russia that we would never have gotten. Always a caveat.
That said, all they got on Youtube was mp4 files, not the full CD product. Apparently it enticed some to actually pony up and buy the product.

My first question for you would be, if you plan to sell CDs can I assume you're working with original songs?
Or are these covers?

Our biggest boost in sales and attendance came from radio and social media (and having a few thousand strong email list).
But we were marketing originals, hence the above question.

Getting your stuff played on a radio station that serves your target audience was huge for us, and we learned a few tricks to it, but I've posted those here before.

Not knowing your target demographic, or target market makes it a little harder to offer advice.
We also made 'almost' as much $$ off T-shirts as CDs at shows.
For an extra CD sales boost at shows, offering a signing session for any CDs bought at the show sometimes helped too.
Seemed silly to us at first (who would want my autograph), but it did increase the sales so we kept doing it for a while <grin>.

Our latest CD, which we've yet to market, has a typo on the back of it .. in our minds we will correct that, making this a first run collector issue <grin>. If you buy this one it proves you were in early.
Be creative; figure out how to turn everything into a sale!

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Last edited by rharv; 04/20/21 11:34 AM.
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