Basic outline

3. Part 2
What social should you have?

4. What social are your fans & customers on?
… these are just a few.
You need to build a community or fan base on just
a couple. Pick one that works for you!

5. In the last section web built a free Wordpress site: basic
options were to connect these below:
There are many other platforms but we will start with
these.

6. Google & Google+

8. Facebook Page (not personal profile)
it will have “LIKES” on it.
Check out Mashable

9. Linkedin Profile & Pages

11. What is Twitter Good For?
Great Mashable Article

12. Songwriters Resources:
● American Songwriter Magazine @AmerSongwriter – Stay up to date on the business, craft, and technology of songwriting.
● The USA Songwriting Competition @usasong – This Twitterfeed for the world’s leading international songwriting competition
offers tips on how to write better songs, record better demos, etc.
● Performing Songwriter @PerfSong – Music news, interviews, reviews and stories from Performing Songwriter magazine
archives and founder Lydia Hutchins.
● TAXI @TAXIMusic – The world’s leading independent A&R company offers advice and opportunities for songwriters and
performers.
● The Poetry Foundation @PoetryFound – Poetry can be a great source of inspiration for lyrics. Check out the Poetry Foundation
for all kinds of poetry resources, including poetry archives, apps, podcasts, videos, and more.
● Song Written @Song_Written – Tips on lyric writing, songwriting, and the creative process. Indie musicians welcome here!
● The Beatles Songwriting Academy @RealMattBlick – Matt Blick blogs and tweets about songwriting tips he’s learned from
every song in the Beatles catalog.
● Songwriting Scene @SongScene – A great resource of tips, links, stories, and more. For songwriters, by songwriters
● GrammarGirl @GrammarGirl – Mignon Fogarty is host of the Grammar Girl podcast. Fun tips about how the english
language works.
● Dictionary.com @dictionarycom – Free online language reference resources! Plus the “Word of the Day.”

24. … we could spend 4 hours here...

29. Connect to a website

33. Effective uses of Vine

36. Where to list your events:
Next Presentation
● http://www.straight.com/listings/music
● http://livevan.com/
● http://dms.tourismbc.com/dms/Public/ProgramDetails/HelloBCDetails.aspx
● http://www.bcmag.ca/Every_Music_Festival_in_British_Columbia_EXPOSED
● http://www.festivalseekers.com/calendar
● '
● http://www.songkick.com/metro_areas/27398-canada-vancouver
● https://tourbox.songkick.com/?
utm_medium=referral&utm_source=songkick.com&utm_campaign=tourboxforartists
● http://www.ticketstonight.ca/events/performing-arts/music
● http://www.tourismvancouver.com/do/entertainment/
● http://vancouver.eventful.com/events/categories/performing_arts
● http://www.vanmusic.ca/yourmusicscene/calendar