Want to Increase SoundCloud Plays? Here Are 6 Great Tools | SMMSUMO
Get Social
Being a part of all the major social media platforms is essential. Soundcloud and Hypeddit.com have social tools for you to easily connect to your existing social accounts like Facebook and Google +. Also, don’t be afraid to experiment with other social media: Twitter, Tumblr, your own website if you have one. Simply put, once you’ve got a new track, get it out there, get people jacked.
Listen, Comment, and Repost
The lifeblood of the Soundcloud communities is interaction. If you find a track you like, comment, provide positive feedback—try to avoid single word comments like nice, cool, awesome, etc., because they appear spammy or robot generated— and repost. The number one thing to remember is that Soundcloud is a community where you can make friends and network with fellow performers. Do this, and in the longterm you’ll neither have the desire or the need to buy listens on Soundcloud.
Play Out
If you’re a performer and making music is your life, getting in front of a room full of people should be who’ve all paid to listen to your music should be your #1 goal. And it really should be. Playing out is the most important aspect of recording and gaining new fans, because not only do people get to hear you live, but you also have the chance to interact face-to-face both before and after your set. It’s your chance to have fun and sell yourself and your music. Along with having some drinks and conversation, maybe invest a little money on some business cards with the QR Code to your latest track printed out on a business card so new fans either have it for later, or so they can scan it into their phones right then and there.
Collaboration
Yet another benefit to listening, commenting, and reposting other artists tracks on Soundcloud the potential of networking and creating artistic opportunity with other artists. Through discovering new music and artists you could very well be developing connections that could lead to working with more experienced performers who’ve developed a larger or different audience than your own. Collaborating on a few tracks with another artist may be a way of taking yourself to the next level.
Create an Email Newsletter
So you’ve been collecting data from social media, your website or blog, from gigs, from family and friends, and now it’s time to put that data to use. Email marketing is perhaps one of the most effective means of communicating with your fans, it also happens to be one of the easiest. With easy to use and FREE (Or pratically free)services such as Mailchimp and Constant Contact you have have a means of having direct contact with your fans on a monthly or quarterly basis, or whenever you have a new track that you want to receive immediate listens to. The plus side with both services is that you don’t need to know how to write HTML in order to create brand specific emails, because both services will mirror the look and feel of your website, blog, or Soundcloud page.
Comment on related SoundCloud tracks
Connecting with other SoundCloud artists within your niche is an effective way to build a network for attracting more followers. Commenting on their tracks is one of the easiest ways to do this. It also makes you more visible to other artists’ listeners, drawing them to your tracks.
The key to making this strategy effective is leaving high-quality comments that would lead to a conversation between you and the track’s owner and fans. Feel free to comment about their track’s technical aspects or other topics that would be of interest to them. Do it in a constructive manner to leave a positive impression and encourage them to respond.
Once you have established an ongoing conversation with other artists and their audience, you will inevitably draw them to your own music. When directing them back to your tracks, make the action a part of your conversation. You can, for instance, present your tracks as a reference for them. This encourages them to see what you offer.
