Week 7: List Building Animal. #msi9w3
What got in the way?
- My first tour in a long time. Though it was more of a "mini" tour, 4 nights in a row was the best I could manage juggling a full-time job.
- Family, family, family. Visitors, visiting, going, coming, seeing, saying goodbye. You know the drill.
Week 7 is all about building the email list. At my last show of the tour I did the free CD/email raffle with great success! Before the gig, I printed up some business card sized pieces of paper that just said "Name" and "Email" on them, along with a big mason jar. One of the cafe employees offered to pass the jar around with the slips of paper and I had near 100% participation! This is WAY more effective then anything else I've ever done at a live show to get emails. If you other musicians haven't given this a try, I'd highly recommend it!
Meghan Morrison and I also did a "list swap" of sorts, by mentioning each other in our newsletters. Of course, my newsletter was kind of vanilla and her's was a choose your own adventure mini-novella. Thanks for suggesting it Meghan!
