From the course: 31 Music Business Tips for Songwriters
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Follow up on your song pitches
From the course: 31 Music Business Tips for Songwriters
Follow up on your song pitches
- [Narrator] I know I might begin sounding like a broken record, but not only is looking for pitch opportunities not enough, and pitching your song is not enough, but unless you followup on your song pitches, that is in my mind, the equivalent of not even pitching your song in the first place. Hoping that someone will get back to you when you have pitched a song to them is not going to work. You have to follow up and you have to do this consistently. That is the mark of a true songwriting professional. Now, when it comes to following up this isn't something that you necessarily need to do right away. I usually use a two-week window as the time to followup. So I will submit a song for a pitch opportunity and then put a note in my calendar to followup two weeks later. That's a good rule of thumb and by the way, that two week later followup may need to be followed up with another two week followup and so on and so on. This…
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Marketing is essential21s
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Set up your social media accounts47s
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Learn how to make a lyric video1m 10s
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Look for a pitch opportunity for one of your songs45s
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Pitch one of your songs46s
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Follow up on your song pitches1m 8s
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Think outside the box for your song pitches44s
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Join a pitch organization44s
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