Printing & Duplication »
CD Duplication »
Discmakers
Oasis
Poster/Card Printing »
PSPrint – Business cards, posters, stickers
Vista Print – Free and cheap business cards
Free Design Programs »
Scribus – Open Source desktop pub software – Alternate to InDesign (Free)
GIMP – Simpler version of Photoshop (Free)
Open Office - Word Processing (Free)
Marketing Plans »
How to Make A Marketing Plan for Your New CD
Reading List »
Selling Your CD »
• CD Baby – Physical & Digital Distribution
• Band Camp – Phy & Digi Distribution, also “set Your Own Price” feature where fans set their own price
• Nimbit – Phy & Digital Dsitribution, mailing list,
• ReverbNation – Now offers digital distribution
• Tune Core – Phy & Digital Dsitribution,
Website Hosting »
Hostbaby – Easy to update +mailing list service
Godaddy Cheapest hosting around *moxy reccomends
Setting Up A fan e-mailing List:
Fan Bridge Free if less 200 mess/mth, $10 for 1000 msg’s/month
ReverbNation offers free mailing list and sign up widgets for websites and blogs
Host Baby – Offers Mailing list service with websites
Mail Chimp - $30/month, HTML, Analytics
Constant Contact - $30/month, HTML, Analytics
Google Groups – Free but only sends out text emails
**Read: How to Manage Your Mailing List with Google Groups
Best Practices in Writing Email Subject Lines (Mailchimp.com)
Reading List:
Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook – A must read work book covering everything you need to know to market your indie release
