HOW TO GO VIRAL WITH MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE 2023

If you’ve filmed a music video and are ready to go, here is everything you need to know about how to develop a music video release strategy and promote your music effectively.

Developing a music video release strategy is an important process for artists to stand out in the music industry right from release day. Nowadays, having strong visuals and a unique identity can make all the difference in promoting your project. This can be achieved through an effective music video that enhances your song and artistic universe! Want to get ideas about how to make a music video on a budget? Check out our article devoted to the topic here. 

1. Create additional content: teasers, behind-the-scenes, images

So your music video is finished and now it’s time to create additional content from the final product. After all, the key to any successful marketing campaign is to build hype and interest before the final product is released! In the case of music videos, this means creating high-quality derivative content like teasers, behind-the-scenes footage, and still images.

Teasers should be short, anywhere from 10 to 30 seconds, and capture the attention of your audience while leaving them wanting more. Decide which part of your clip is the most visually pleasing or the moment in the song that will grab peoples attention. This can sometimes be the intro or a preview of the chorus. You can add text to your teaser to include the song name, artist name, and release date. Once you’ve found the perfect excerpt, it’s important to create different video formats depending on the platform you will share the teaser on. Lots of social networks are now favoring the vertical viewing format to fit with a phone screen.

After you’ve created some good teasers, try to gather some behind-the-scenes footage and still images. We recommend keeping the behind-the-scenes footage for after the release as a creative way to promote your content once it is already out there. Behind-the-scenes footage can be a fun way for independent artists to show the making of the clip and remind people to listen to the track if they haven’t already. You can use still images that stand-out from the clip to promote your content both before and after release.

2. Keep your content organized

With all of this digital content to support your music video release strategy, it’s important to stay organized. We recommend using a platform like Google Drive or Dropbox to keep everything in one place and easily be able to share your video content with others. Make separate folders for the different content types and varying formats if relevant: teasers, behind-the-scenes footage, and still images. You can make the files downloadable so that your collaborators, musicians, and producers can share the content on their own social media channels. This will be much easier than sending various files over email or by message; you can improve your communication by keeping everything in one place!

3. keep a social media calendar

For both small businesses and independent musicians, it is important to use social media marketing effectively by creating a content calendar. By staying organized with a social media calendar, you can optimize your content strategy to keep your fans engaged.

Once you’ve decided on a release day (and we recommend planning at least one month in advance), you can schedule your teaser posts accordingly. You can announce the release and start sharing teasers and images up to 2-3 weeks in advance. Some artists announce their music video release a week or a couple days before it comes out, which can work for some- especially those who already have an established fanbase. Indie artists can benefit from having enough time to spread the word and build hype so you can get your music heard as soon as it comes out!

In your social media calendar, for each post you plan you should include:The type of content: video, picture, live session, story (if you have a Google Drive with all your media organized, you can even link the file directly into your calendar!)


4. Track your performance and engagement and adapt!

To ensure that your marketing efforts are effective, it is important to track the performance and engagement of your posts using analytics. Mostly all social media platforms now give creators access to their statistics and demographics: what posts got the most engagement and who your audience is. If you find that sharing still images doesn’t garner as much interest as sharing video teasers, then adapt! Of course, it is good to have varied and diverse content to build the storytelling of your universe, but if something isn’t working, try to favor what does.

5. Reach out to Curator to feature your music video

Besides developing a solid social media plan for your music video release strategy, it’s important to reach out to music business professionals as well! The best chances you have of getting new fans is to have your music video featured in a music blog or other media with a strong following. You may be asking yourself- are music blog posts still relevant in today’s music industry? Yes they are! Independent music often thrives on music blogs and some record labels find up and coming artists to sign to their roster this way.

6. Plan ahead and follow up

In conclusion, developing a music video release strategy can be a lot of planning, but with the right tactics and marketing strategies, it can be a lucrative way to promote your music and reach a wider audience. Make sure to give yourself enough time to plan ahead and don’t be afraid to follow-up and keep the ball rolling once your clip has been released. If you’re organized and persistent, you can create an effective music video release strategy that will help you to promote your music and overall build your brand.