Facebook or YouTube? Which is the Best Platform for the Online Musician? - SMS105

The Savvy Musician Show

If you are building a music business, should you focus on YouTube of Facebook? Well, both honestly! But as C.J. explains the pro’s and con’s of both, you’ll find that Facebook by far has the advantage.

Would you rather have 1,000,000 video views on YouTube or 100 superfans that would buy anything in your store? If you’re serious about earning a living from your music, and not just doing this for vanity, the answer is obvious and C.J. tells you how and why Facebook is the answer.

Key Points From This Episode:

• Getting a plan for your music business
• How YouTube is favoring mainstream media
• YouTube is a search engine
• Facebook is a share engine
• How Facebook is true social media
• How to find your superfans with Facebooks ad manager
• Uploading videos directly to Facebook vs. sharing from YouTube
• Connecting your Instagram and Facebook business profile
• Personal vs. business profile

Tweetables:

“You need a way forward to how you can find your place in this online busy world, stand out, gain a following, build your little musical empire, and earn a living making music.” - @metalmotivation [0:02:18]

“You can get millions of views on YouTube and it not make a single dent on your bank account.” - @metalmotivation [0:04:03]

“YouTube is a search engine. Facebook is a share engine.” - @metalmotivation [0:05:20]

“Unless somebody is specifically sitting down and looking for you, it’s not likely that they’re going to stumble upon you.” - @metalmotivation [0:05:45]

“Facebook is true social media. Social media, it’s the broadcasting of person to person.” - @metalmotivation [0:07:12]

“The first step now to building a successful online music business is going to be connecting with your ideal superfans, and the best way to do that is going to be with Facebook.” - @metalmotivation [0:10:03]

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

The Online Musician 3.0 — https://theonlinemusician.com Book a Call With Us — http://www.CallSMA.com The Savvy Musician Inner Circle — https://savvymusicianacademy.com/innercircle