Hey You!
(Thursday, 24 April 2008) Written by Helen Sventitsky
Yes you! Instead of sitting here pinning away, waiting for some dude from NPR to come by and discover you, get up off your butt and market yourself!

A press release would be a good way to start.

If you are on Soundclick, they have a partnership with myprgenie.com, where if you issue a press release and send it to MyPRGenie, it WILL get published there, and if you pay them a nominal fee, they can get it elsewhere.

Until the end of April, PRGenie has a half-off deal for Soundclick users to get their PR going onto one or more press contact lists. I spent two hours crafting a release one night, and even though I still don't think it's the best ever done, I'd say the result are well worth it. Not only was the piece placed in MyPRGEnie's PR Repository:

http://www.myprgenie.com/item/1341/

But it also got picked up for distribution elsewhere:

http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=109112

I've already gotten several requests for CD copies from journalists and college radio stations (because, even in this day and age, people will ask for this sort of thing, even though a full download is available), and an offer to link to my page from a rather popular German music gear site (provided they ultimately like what they hear; which I really hope they do). So, I'm pretty psyched on what may possibly come!

Now, the reality check:

1. All this PR activity has caused my personal site to exceed it's monthly activity quota. GRRRRRR!!!
2. I got a Certified letter from the DMV over something I thought was taken care of a LONG TIME AGO!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!
3. I need new front tires....GRRRRRRRRR!!!!

Those discs from Discmakers can't come soon enough...
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  Comments (3)
 1 Written by Sister Savage, on 04-25-2008 14:51
Wow, coolness! Sounds like you've got loads going on! (I downloaded your album a couple of days ago - very witty and well put together! Love it!)
 2 Written by Helen Sventitsky, on 04-25-2008 15:56
Thank you, sweetheart! 
 
It's all these things I'm picking up from the Myspace Generation, as well as from these emails I occasionally receive from CD Baby. Someone else's blog post here inspired me, as well.
 3 Good to know
Written by Babys First Ride, on 04-28-2008 12:08
I had considered a press release, but I'm not accessible in enough places either. I'm just on Virb and for some reason, I'm not searchable. Grrr, oh wait, that's your tag line. I was going to flip the script and just send my finished CD to college radio stations and Jounalist, but I guess ideally, it would be better if I had a name to send it too. Food for thought.

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