Secrets

 The phrase "starving artist" has become a cliché because it is often true. In fact, it can take a long time for an independent artist to start making enough money from their music to support themselves. Musicians often find themselves in the proverbial "catch 22" where they have to take a regular job to fund their music, but at the end of the day, they don't have enough time or energy left to devote to their musical endeavors. The good news is that there is a way!

Secret #1:

You need a system that does the heavy lifting for you. Think of the word SYSTEM as short for "Saves you some time, energy, and money." This is because a good system once set up will continue to do the work for you while you focus on your music. To succeed as a musician in making money online, you need to use a special type of system known as a "funnel". You may have heard this term before and are scratching your head as to what it is. A funnel is a system that collects the contact information (email and/or phone number) of someone who is interested in whatever you have to offer and then “leads” them through a follow-up sequence. The ways are always used by top online marketing gurus because they are proven to work.

Secret #2:

Your funnel system should focus on affiliate programs where you don't have to provide any product or service. You are only recommending certain tools to others like you who will benefit from them as much as you. In return for your referral, you will receive a commission. However, you can't pick any old 'affiliate program' to plug into your funnel. This is one of the biggest secrets to making money online as a musician. You need to be selective and focus your efforts on promoting high quality tools that will pay you recurring monthly income. Did you catch it? This is crucial and bears repeating: the secret to funding music is recommending tools that will not only benefit other musicians, but also earn you recurring income month after month. You don't want to spend time searching for new sales every month. You need to be able to earn from your funnel system referrals month after month, year after year. Recurring monthly income is the key!

Secret #3:

You need a funnel system that will track those who entered your funnel system for you. Again, you can use email, or for added emphasis, you can also use SMS text messages, which have a much higher open rate. Are you starting to wonder how your system will do all the hard work for you once you've set it up? That's the magic lever of having a funnel system!

Secret #4:

Your system should provide training on how to use the tools you promote. While setting up a funnel is something anyone can do, it can be helpful to have step-by-step training videos to make the process easier, especially for those who are less tech-savvy.

Secret #5:

You can then use the music funding route and the skills you've learned from it to create other routes to promote your own music, merchandise, virtual or live concerts, "upfront savings" on streaming platforms such as Spotify and on and on it goes! As with your music funding system, you can create a sequence of follow-up emails and SMS messages to engage your new potential fans and drive them back to your music, video, social media profile, merchandise or whatever else you want them to be check