Sarah Palin the Marketing Guru!!!

I do not want Sarah Palin to be any government official anywhere near me. I do

want Sarah Palin to be my President nor Vice-President. I do not want Sarah Palin

making any decisions for me. So what is this Ex-Governor good for? I had to ask that

question so many times. But I finally found out what shes good at.    Marketing!!!

Today at the CNN Political Ticker and the Daily Beast Sarah Palin changed her

username to @sarahpalinusa. So she tweets, and she also has a very active facebook

account. She received 3000 comments just with in 24hrs for a note about

“death panel.” Her messages are retarded in so many ways, I wouldn’t advice anyone

to listen to her.

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But she is the first politician, I know of, to fully understand how communication works

in the 21C and the power of it. Politics is all about getting your message out, and getting

as many supporters for you. Just like how musicians create their fan base. Constant

updates about you and your career reminds your fans that you are still

alive and interesting. Through this stream of updates, you and your fans create a

bond beyond rockstar and fan. With this bond, your fans are more likely to donate for

your fundraiser, volunteer for your campaign, go to your shows, buy your

merchandises, and many more.

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But the greatest part isn’t described yet. You, as a fan, can make meaningful input to

ones career. As a politician, you can hold them accountable for their campaign

promises. As a musician, you can tell them which venue they should play next. The

opportunities are endless.

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Sarah Palin you are the marketing guru in politics.

 

Listening Music FOR REAL!

There are many ways to listen to music but this is how I listen to music these days.

1. Listening to Albums not Songs

When one buy/download music, I usually don’t get them by song. I get them in

units of album. The reason behind this is to get to know the artist better. A band

might have the hottest summer track, but can he back it up? Is there more to this

band? or was it a one-hit-wonder. I’m talking about you Passion Pit!

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2. Background Check

How did they become a band? I go to wikipedia to do a little bit of background

check about the band. Bands like BLK JKS, and The Vanguard has a unique story

makes their music more exciting than the rest of the gang.

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3. Memorization

If you were like me in the old days, I enjoyed music for the sound of it. But I never

tried to memorize the album name or even the song name. Once you get a habit of

memorizing album names, title names, genre, and published year your brain will

have an organized database of sounds.

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4. Knowing the Influences

We live in a world where music is no longer original. A different perspective of old

music, a mix of old music is all we got in today’s world. Knowing which band

influences who, and what song did they sample from is not only fun, but gets you

to have RESPECT for the musicians before your time. Influence comes

from all the way back to classical music, to the recent hit of the summer. If you

listened to MSTRKRFT’s recent album, Fist of God, you see a lot of the sounds used

on the Justice album.

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5. Please see them LIVE!

The only way to listen to music at it’s full potential is listening to it live.

Don’t judge a band before you see them live.

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QUICKIE. Allmusic.com

If you are like me and have too many albums to listen to, here is quick way.

Allmusic.com is an internet database of all published music. Most of the albums will

be reviewed by the staff of allmusic.com. But the feature I love the most is the

recommendation feature. Once an album is reviewed, the staff chooses 3 songs they

liked the most. Listening to these 3 songs will give you an idea if you dig this band or

not. If you do, please proceed listening to the entire album.

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DJ Lesson #8 + Jangula at Trash Bar

{$56.00/$719.88}

 

The Solution is Jangula (internet present)

DJ Lesson #7 + DJ Needles + Jangula at Lit Lounge

{$106.00/$663.88}

How do normal citizens become fans of your band? For an indi band back

in the pre-napster era, word of mouth, flyers, and stickers were pretty much the

only method to get your music out. The rate of accurate information transaction

were not perfect. Some will forget the name of the band, some will forget the name

of the venue your band is playing, some will simply forget the TIME you are

playing. This transaction is crucial for those fans who aren’t your friends, your

first true fans.

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Jangula is a band I heard through word of mouth. If I haven’t known the drummer,

I wouldn’t been able to catch them live yesterday.

I had one big problem with this band. Their internet present was sloppy. Check

out their myspace. The picture is not put up right, texts are all over the place, and

the background is a plain white color background. I can’t really tell from one show

how serious they are with their musical career, but the impression I get from

myspace is very unprofessional. Most bands list their tour dates on myspace.

Jangula does not even have that.

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The reason I stress the internet present is because our generation of music listeners

no longer rely on flyers and stickers to get information about a band. All the

information we need should be on the internet. This is what we are used to

and what fans are used to. The better you understand how your fans

communicate, the easier it will be for fans to understand you.