17 Mar Turn Your Online Followers Into Live Paying Fans With These Simple Tips!
Social media has become a Mecca for artist promotion and fan engagement. The interactions and relationships you build with your following and fanbase will, in turn, result in having more ticket sales and larger audiences when you start performing live again. Here are some tips for growing your following and promoting fan engagement on social media so that you can turn your online fans into live paying fans!
1.) Create a schedule. Designate certain days to post on different apps and sites. Dedicate this time to post about your upcoming shows and past shows. You can use popular hashtags like #newmusicmonday, #newsong, #musiciansdaily, and #musiciansofinstagram to have higher chances of being discovered by bigger audiences.
2.) All of the apps! Many apps like Canva, VSCO, InShot, Facetune, and more have simple follow-along steps that will help you edit photos and videos to post.
3.) Don’t only promote your music. Find a balance between posts where you can build a relationship with your following. Appeal to your followers as a human, reply to their comments, if you see them post a video or picture listening to your music or at your show, show some gratitude and send them some love back. These online interactions often leave fans feeling excited and like their opinions and ideas are valued.
Creating fan engagement is crucial because the more people that feel connected to you, the more inclined they are to become super fans, thus helping spread the word about your music and build relationships with your other followers. Once you feel comfortable with your following and know that you have supporters who will want to see you play live, hit up FanFlex to book a show, and you’ll be turning these virtual interactions into in-person ones in no time.