FULL GUIDE - How To Sell More Beats

2. How To Sell More Hip Hop Beats Online
SEO TIPS
I hope you have your website up and running? I bet you’re really excited about getting it finished
and your ready to get selling straight away. Only one problem, you actually have to get people to
come to your website. There are so many ways to get people to visit your website, I can’t talk
about them all, but what I will share with you is information that some companies pay thousands
upon thousands of dollars for. That of course is Search Engine Optimization, or SEO for short.
SEO is the process used to get your website higher on the search engines. SEO is like an art. It’s
something that the more you do, the better you get at it. But it’s very simple to start doing and I
will help you get started by giving you the most crucial essence of SEO.
Now before I start, I want you to goto Google.com and search for 3 different terms, “sell beats”,
“selling beats online” and “how to sell beats”. Now you’re probably thinking why on earth
would I ask you to do that? Well, because I want you to see that my website myflashstore.net is
actually listed on the first page of all 3 of those very popular search terms. Now apart from me
obviously showing off, I wanted to let you see that the information i’m going to give you is all
for real and I wanted prove that I am an SEO expert.
The essence of SEO is back links. Back links are HTML hyperlinks from other websites that link
back to yours. Google see’s each back link to your website as a vote for your site, and just like
any competition, the more votes you have, the better you are.
First you create an anchor link that the person clicks on initially. Here is the HTML code for the
anchor link.
<a href=”your-website-adress”>Your Anchor Text</a>
For example, if I wanted to allow folks jump from the words “Hot Rap Beats”: <a href=”your-
website-adress”>Hot Rap Beats Beats</a>
Now if you want to appear high up in searches on Google for the term “hot rap beats”, you must
make sure you get as many links to your website with the anchor text as “hot rap beats”, so your
link would be;
So many people get wrong and I don’t want you to make the same mistake. The anchor text
MUST be the term for which you want to appear higher on Google for. Most people put their
website name as the anchor text and that’s all wrong. You will automatically appear high up on
searches for “yourwebsite.com”, so use the links for more important terms.
So, how do you get back links? Simple, you just go around the internet emailing other website
owners, asking politely if they would exchange links with you. You’re going to want to set up a
links page somewhere on your website, so every time you find someone who will exchange links
with you, you can place their link on your links page and they will do the same.

3. Although there is so much more involved in the whole process, and there are so many other
(secret) ways to help you get better search engine placements, the whole essence of it is simply
to getting back links. Get as many as you can and you might meet me at the top of Google one
day.
Google Analytic
If you don’t know already, Google Analytics is an amazing tool to help you keep track of all the
visitors to your site. It gives you an unbelievable amount of information that will help you in
marketing your website.
Google Analytics is absolutely free, you can sign up here http://www.google.com/analytics/.
When you sign up you are given a small piece of code which you have to copy and paste onto
every page on your website. This will help you keep track of what pages people visit and what
websites they have come from.
It is important to know which website people come from because this is a great way to test out
any advertisements or banners you have on other people’s website. You can see how many visits
you have from this website, then you can decide whether the advertisement or banner is working
for you.
There are so many more advanced features of Google Analytics like setting up sales goals, and
tracking how many sales you have made. You can even see which website someone came from
before they purchased from your site. This is amazing information because you can see which
websites are bringing in the most sales, so you can push yourself more on whatever website that
is.

4. To get all these advanced features, it takes a bit of time to set up, but it is really worth your time
to do. You can find loads of useful Analytics videos here that might help you understand it a bit
more http://www.youtube.com/googleanalytics.
Analytics is an amazing tool that when used properly can help you fine tune your marketing
campaign for maximum effectiveness.
Get on FORUMS
The most important thing about being in the music industry is to get as much exposure as
possible. The great thing about selling beats online is that you can get so much exposure for free.
One great way to get exposure is utilizing forums.
Now I know we spoke before about having your own forum, but this is different, this is actually
making yourself known on other people’s forums. For example, one of my favorite forums is
FutureProducers.com, I post on here regularly helping other people and adding real value to
discussions.
Search around Google for forums where you think artists may hang out, then make some really
valuable posts on that forum. Posting valuable information does not mean spamming the hell out
of the forum, this is unethical and just doesn’t work. Spamming is counteractive and will only
lose you respect.
When you join a forum, you’ll want to set a signature which appears at the bottom of every one
of your posts. In this signature you can post a link to your website. People only tend to click on
this link if you are active in the forum and post valuable information so make sure that’s exactly
what you do.
Staying active on as many forums as you can possibly manage is priceless to your business and
will bring you in huge amounts of traffic and cost you absolutely nothing. Don’t underestimate
the power of this technique.

5. Tony Perez – 5 Steps To Sell Your Beats
Straight from Scratch Magazine. Tony Perez manages over 15 music producers. Here is his top
5 steps to sell your beats.
1. Have Quality Beats
It doesn’t matter if you’re a known producer, or you’re a new guy. The music has to be good. It
just can’t be good for the cats that you play it for in your neighborhood. It has to be good for
everything. It has to be structured like a real song.
2. Know Your Audience
Once you have the record, the next step is to understand where you could go with this record.
You cant play a rock record for Tyrese. You can’t play a ballad for 50 Cent. You have to
understand what you’re dealing with, and know where to play it.
3. Network
The third is relationships. You need to know who you gotta give your beats to, ’cause that’s
gonna be the starting point for a meeting. You get so many demos from producers, and artists
that if they don’t come from someone credible, its not gonna get listened to.
4. Get Representation
I also think you need a manager or a lawyer. Whoever that is going to run with your beats has to
be someone credible. At the end of the day, it boils down to who’s representing you. Do
research, when you read an album, see who’s the manager behind these artists, and reach out.
5. Work Hard
Be relentless, on call 24 hours, and go with different ways of selling records. You could give it to
an artist, a manager, a lawyer, and A&R. If you’re shopping beats without a manager, what is
gonna make an A&R, manager or a lawyer pick up your CD? Be Creative.

6. How To Sell Beats Online by M.G. Kidd
Join one or several web-based companies that will serve as a middle man between you and
artists wanting to buy your beats. Use your favorite search engine and type in “beats online”
and hundreds of these companies will pop up. Many of these companies have a free membership
option but recommend a higher grade of membership by paying a fee for more exposure of your
beats and better chances for sales. The advantage of joining these companies is the high traffic of
potential buyers. Just as a person who needs sports equipment will go to a sporting goods store,
an independent artist who needs beats will go to a website that sells beats. Be sure to read all the
fine print of doing business with these companies to ensure you are ok with their legalities,
ownership, and payment stipulations for your work.
Create your own website showcasing and selling only your beats. You may feel your work
can get lost in the sea of producers on beat-selling websites. This is a great and recommended
option or addition to that. Your own website can give you, as a producer and company, an
identity and personality. This is important if you have high aspirations for a career in music
production. It’s never too early to begin establishing your brand. As with finding a beat-selling
website, your search engine can find you a number of different web templates and hosts for your
website. For this option, you will be running your own web-based business so you’ll need a tax
ID. You should also set up a PayPal account and use this as your primary payment option for
your customers for secure, worry-free transactions. An advantage to this option is having more
control over legalities and stipulations for how your work can be used by your customers.
Expose your work for free using MySpace . It’s not just for socializing. Contrary to the belief
that Twitter and Facebook have outdated the pioneer networking site, MySpace still remains
number one for all things music. Sign up as a musician and use their very easy to navigate
templates to format and decorate your page, and upload samples of your music. Make your own
rules as to how you’ll sell your beats to interested artists. An advantage to this option is the
ability to be proactive in finding independent artists to introduce yourself and your beats to
through friend requests. MySpace is a great mixing pot for connecting artists with producers and
bands.
Tips:
Copyright all work before uploading online. Never upload an entire beat–only a sample. Always
record an identifier of your production name or company that repeats on samples to prevent
savvy thieves from using your work without your consent.
By: M.G. Kidd
Break Studios Contributing Writer

7. 21 Video Sharing Sites to Promote On
Whether you’re promoting a CD, a music video, beat videos, or even your beats. You should
take advantage of all the free marketing tools that are available.
All of us know about Youtube, but many more video sharing sites exist. Just because you may
not use them, doesn’t mean potential fans, or buyers of your products don’t.
So here are 21 sites you should look into:
1. Youtube – The most popular
2. Google Video – Search and browse all kinds of videos, hosted on sites all over the web, including
Google, YouTube, MySpace, and more.
3. Yahoo Video
4. Myspace Video – Run by Myspace of couse
5. Photobucket – Upload photos and video
6. Vimeo – Flickr for video
7. Revver – YouTube like, but with monetization, you get paid 20% of what the advertiser pays
Revver.
8. Daily Motion
9. Flixya – Share Videos, Photos, Blogs, Make Money
10. luluTV
11. MetaCafe – Offers incentives for user generated content.
12. Soapbox – Run by Microsoft
13. Blip.tv
14. Uncut – Under AOL
15. Break
16. You Are TV
17. Webshots – Upload photos and video
18. Zippy Videos
19. Eyespot – Easy-to-use video uploading and remixing.
20. Grouper – YouTube with a file-sharing application built on top.
21. Clip Shack

8. Where to sell beats? How to Sell Beats?
A lot of people find this site searching for a place to sell beats or information on how to sell
beats. Here is a list of sites that we recommend.
These sites top our personal list and meet the criteria of pitching beats to the industry. The
amateur sites will get touched on later.
ROCBATTLE Buy Beats. Battle Beats. Sell Beats. Network with thousands of Producers
worldwide, hosted by Grammy award winning Producer Rockwilder!
BEATSLAB If you are looking to buy rap beats online or sell your beats this is your site. Here
you can buy quality rap beats or hip hop beats of any genre. Once you purchase a beat you can
instantly login and download it! We also provide opportunities for music producers to sell beats
online and download free sound kits & drum kits Join our production team and start making
money by selling beats today. Sign up for a free producer account!
BUDGETBEATS Buy and sell hip hop and rap beats and instrumentals online from music
producers around the world. Instantly download hot beats for sale from crunk to dirty south.
MYFLASHSTORE Sell beats online using the most innovative Flash store in the world. 0%
commission, automated order delivery and multiple designs.
Those are the 4 major players that have proven connections inside the biz that I can personally
vouch. Plus I know they all deal with urban music so you won’t be the only beatmaker in the
mix.
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