you may be an established singer or you're just starting out irrespective of how big or small of a musician you are just the way you need your musical instrument to create great music you need social media to promote this music but in the chaos of music recording live performances and other business deals how do you plan out your social media marketing strategy hi my name is some tips and strategies for you musicians suggested by trainers and experts at IID firstly if you are producing original music then you definitely need to upload your songs on music streaming sites like Spotify Apple music and others this will help more and more number of people discover your song let's talk about the social media marketing strategies to begin with pick the platform that you want to be active on you need to decide which social you want to promote your songs social media may seem easy but it takes a lot of efforts so in the start rather than me everywhere try focusing on few platforms you have to be on Instagram and YouTube you can go for Twitter to give live updates and Snapchat for filters but LinkedIn or quora may not be that relevant whichever platform you have a same profile photo and profile name so people don't get confused and also add the links for your upcoming shows concerts music videos and other links in your bio and you can use linkery to multiple links you know where you want to be but what to do there so let's discuss the what and how of social media when on YouTube or Instagram talk about your upcoming shows concerts new music videos and other releases also post behind the scene videos Snippets from your from youngsters and other such videos as reads or YouTube shots you can even share some personal pictures because fans are eager to know what artists are up to and while doing all this make sure you reply to your comments and even comment on the post of your fans basically engage with your audience consistency and creativity are your key for social media success but as a content creator myself I know how difficult it is to come up with new content every day for that I have a hack for you before that if you're enjoying this video then do hit the like button one way to wait use user generated content someone click the picture of you in a show post it on your Instagram people are making reels and Tech talks on one of your songs post it on your stories just release the new song Start The Challenge or contest on social media tell people to make cover of it or use your hashtags and nominate other people to join the challenge and whoever wins can get an opportunity to meet you or win tickets of your upcoming shoes with very little efforts you will have your followers creating content for you and your song will have a wider reach another way to get more reach is to tag and collapse smartly tagging people and collaborating with others will help you grab the attention of their followers it will not just get you more visibility but it will also help the other person you can create a collab Reel with a musician you are performing with or you can even tag them when you you are performing at you can even tack the brands of the instruments that you often use or the equipments that you use for recording music videos anything you do to get more and more number of people to visit your profile do it because this will help your music reach a wider set of audience the last strategy is super important for every musician but before that if such tips and strategies interest you then do subscribe to our Channel as a musician you need to put dedicated efforts into YouTube as compared to Spotify Apple music and other streaming platforms YouTube is the most popular when it comes to streaming music YouTube may not be the best way to earn directly money out of your music just like Spotify surely it is AD Revenue has a very I mean very wide range let's say you come across a really nice song while scrolling through reads you're surely going to YouTube it same is the case with your audience so be active on YouTube right from the start here again don't forget to engage with your subscribers reply to their comments and also be active on stories and YouTube posts and that's it from my side guys these are some of the strategies that you should surely try out but as I always say social media is ever evolving so try out new things and be with it also don't forget to like this video and share it with your musician friends [Music]