The rise of vertical music videos
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- Sep, 27, 2019
- Alexändra
- Cerulean Midnight, Marketing Tips, Music, Visual Arts
We constantly try to stay up to date with the latest on social media to give valuable advice to our clients. Something that has caught our eyes lately is the appearance of the so-called “vertical videos” on Youtube. What is that and what does it have to do with social media you ask? A “vertical […]
Read MoreGiveaway ideas for artistic brands
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- Sep, 20, 2019
- Cerulean Midnight
- Cerulean Midnight, Design, Marketing Tips, Motivational, Visual Arts
Giveaways represent an amazing way of giving back to the community represented by your followers. We all love freebies and the coolest part about these is that you can go from deeply personal to just wanting to express your gratitude in a more formal way! If you’re lacking ideas, here’s some inspiration with some universal […]
Read MoreHow to get started as a freelancing artist
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- Sep, 03, 2019
- Cerulean Midnight
- Cerulean Midnight, Marketing Tips, Motivational
You finally took the plunge and decided to start your own business as an artist, whether it’s a photography business, a graphic design business, or you’re a jewelry maker, the principles are the same. Now that you started your business, you need to start selling your services. But how do you convince people when you […]
Read MoreHow to prepare for an interview with your band
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- Aug, 27, 2019
- Cerulean Midnight
- Cerulean Midnight, Marketing Tips, Music
As I own a webzine and have tons of interviews as an interviewer, I have seen tons of bands pass by I ask questions to. Some of them come prepared, some of them panic, some of them give fluent answers, others reply with short phrases. There is no golden rule of how to do interviews, […]
Read MorePlaying with Spotify playlists to engage with your followers
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- Aug, 20, 2019
- Alexändra
- Cerulean Midnight, Marketing Tips, Music
In our earlier blog post about 5 fun social media content ideas to spice up your feed, we mentioned that letting your followers in and create a unique bond could be something that improves engagement with you and/or your business. One more concrete way you could do this is creating and sharing Spotify playlists. We’ve […]
Read More5 tips in approaching music blogs
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- Aug, 16, 2019
- Cerulean Midnight
- Cerulean Midnight, Marketing Tips, Music
You released an album, and now you want to unleash it on the masses. Apart from online distribution, a couple of music videos, you’d like to have some critics listen to it and give their honest opinion about it, perhaps this will grow your audience? But how do you approach these music blogs successfully, so […]
Read More4 Exclusive content ideas for your biggest fans
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- Aug, 09, 2019
- Cerulean Midnight
- Cerulean Midnight, Marketing Tips, Music
Every band has them, those fans that have all of your music, know all the lyrics to your songs and are basically your biggest fans. They are the ones who will buy your albums, buy your merch and stand by your show to show. A big part of marketing your band, is not only to […]
Read More5 Fun Social Media Content Ideas to Spice Up Your Feed – Part 2
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- Aug, 02, 2019
- Cerulean Midnight
- Cerulean Midnight, Design, Marketing Tips, Motivational, Music, Visual Arts
Managing any artistic brand often comes together with struggles. One of the hardest parts is to maintain your social media and come up with fresh social media posts, when all you’d rather do is create. Your audience looks to your pages not only because they like your work, but because you provide them quality content. […]
Read MoreHow to use Instagram stories to interact with your fans.
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- Jul, 19, 2019
- Cerulean Midnight
- Cerulean Midnight, Marketing Tips, Music
A couple of years ago Instagram introduced stories to its userbase. For many businesses this was an important way to improve marketing strategies, it’s an easy way to communicate and grab the attention of any business’ audience. Many bands leave this excellent opportunity to engage with your fans aside, as they focus a lot more […]
Read MoreModel photography etiquette for photographers
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- May, 17, 2019
- Cerulean Midnight
- Cerulean Midnight, Marketing Tips
In one of our previous articles we discussed about model photography etiquette in regards to models understanding the rights of the photographers and more. In this article we would like to turn the lens around and look at model photographers themselves, from briefly touching upon how to get into photographing models, as well as proper behaviour when […]
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