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For the past two months, I have been targeting my Facebook ads to grow my Spotify followers in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand.  After spending the past year gaining almost 10,000 followers on Spotify on over half a million streams, I decided to get more thoughtful with who I'm targeting and why.  But the question is: does it actually work? Can you grow your following in the United States with Facebook ads? Well, in this video, we find out.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

Everybody knows I love music NFTs. And most of you know how much I love Fanfare. It's one of the easiest ways out there to mint your music NFTs.  And it just got easier. Fanfare recently reimagined their entire platform from the ground up, and it's now easier to mint NFTs of your music than ever before. Not only that, but you can now add exclusive benefits to your music NFTs as well.  Let's walk through minting music NFTs with Fanfare.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

I'm testing a waterfall release strategy for all of 2022, and it all begins with my first release of the year: "Dark: To The Wolves".  I dropped this first release of 2022 on Friday, January 21st, and, as always, I used Facebook ads to promote it.  So let's break down the results of this release and pick through every detail of how I set it up, how much I spent, and what I plan to do next time.  This is my Spotify Release strategy for "Dark: To The Wolves".  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

One of the most common Facebook ad concerns I hear is that artists are getting a lot of traffic in countries outside of the United States. Most musicians seem to want to grow in the US but just don't know how.  For the past year, I have been experiencing amazing growth in countries like Russia, Ukraine, Mexico, and Brazil, and for most artists first starting out with Facebook ads for Spotify, the results are likely the same.  So how do we prioritize growth in the countries we want?  Well, this is a walkthrough of precisely how I've gone about it. Let's take a look at my long-term strategy on how to improve your targeting with Facebook ads for Spotify.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, NFTs, crypto, and anything else you guys wanna jam on. Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, music NFTs, and much, much more. Did you miss this one? Join us next time, Fridays at 12 PM Central Time U.S. Watch the original video on my YouTube channel. Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought!

The music NFT ecosystem is growing like crazy. So is the entire ecosystem of Solana NFTs. And there is now a brand new platform for trading NFTs on Solana, but there's a twist.  VAULT is a completely new model for NFTs. It allows artists, musicians, and more to create exclusive NFTs for their audience, all hidden inside a vault. And the key itself is a tradable NFT.  This is a complete guide to VAULT–what it is, how it works, and how to get started. This is how to create exclusive music NFTs for your fans with VAULT.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, NFTs, crypto, and anything else you guys wanna jam on.  Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, music NFTs, and much, much more.  Did you miss this one? Join us next time, Fridays at 12 PM Central Time U.S.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

Ever wondered how to get started with licensing your music for film and television? Me too. That's why I was so excited to sit down and chat with Eric Copeland from Make Music Income.  Eric is a wealth of knowledge on sync licensing for film, television, and videos games, as well as adding your songs to stock music libraries. He was gracious enough to share every detail with me so I can share it with you.  If you've ever been curious about getting into music licensing, this is the video for you. Let's talk sync licensing and stock music libraries with Make Music Income.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

Using Facebook ads, I've grown to almost 10,000 followers on Spotify and have earned a consistent cohort of monthly listeners in the process. But now that I've seen this kind of growth in my Spotify followers and in my Spotify streams, it's time to start prioritizing my audience in more specific locations instead of just globally.  It's time to start growing my Spotify audience inside the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.  For 2022, I've created an entirely new Spotify Growth campaign to find new Spotify followers in the United States and other English-speaking countries. This is how I'm targeting the US with Facebook Conversion ads for Spotify.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, NFTs, crypto, and anything else you guys wanna jam on.  Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, music NFTs, and much, much more.  Did you miss this one? Join us next time, Fridays at 12 PM Central Time U.S. Watch the original video on my YouTube channel. Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought!

Music NFTs are continuing to grow in popularity. Non-fungible tokens have the potential to completely reimagine how art is valued and how artists are compensated.  Barrie at NFT Music Info has been digging into this topic on his YouTube channel for a while, and as you know, I'm no stranger to music NFTs myself.  We recently sat down to discuss the current state of music NFTs, our favorite platforms, as well as some predictions for what the future could hold in this space.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

I generally tend to favor Instagram story ads when I'm marketing my music on Instagram to send traffic to Spotify. But sometimes, I do like to test other placements as well.  Rather than creating a new ad for every placement, I prefer to give each placement its own, original ad, all within one single "ad" at the ad level inside of Facebook's ad manager.  This is a step-by-step guide to customizing every Instagram ad placement inside of Facebook ads.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

Ethereum's high gas fees have made the blockchain all but unusable for minting, selling, and trading non-fungible tokens on the mainnet. Eth 2 promises to fix this, but when?  If you're looking to create your own music NFTs without the high cost, there are other options out there that will allow you to mint and sell your own tokens at a fraction of the cost of Ethereum.  Here are three blockchain alternatives to beat Ethereum's high gas fees.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, and anything else you guys wanna jam on. Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, and much, much more. Did you miss this one? Join us next time, Fridays at 12 PM Central Time U.S. Watch the original video on my YouTube channel. Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought!

There is a right way and a wrong way to test new elements of a Facebook ad campaign. The right way is to duplicate what you have and make adjustments to the new version. The wrong way is to pop the hood and start fiddling with what's currently working.  If you try to make tweaks to what's working, there's a high chance you're going to throw it out of whack and have to start from scratch.  This is a great example of why you need to stop messing with your Facebook ads.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, and anything else you guys wanna jam on. Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, and much, much more. Did you miss this one? Join us next time, Fridays at 12 PM Central Time U.S. Watch the original video on my YouTube channel. Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought!

The rise of streaming as the dominant means of consuming music has brought with it a whole new way of thinking about releasing new music. Where we once looked to the full-length album as the definitive release cycle, we've recently leaned far more heavily on singles.  And while releasing singles is the better move in the age of Spotify, there is still a way to capitalize on that method while still releasing a complete body of work at the same time.  It's time to talk about the Waterfall Release strategy.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, and anything else you guys wanna jam on. Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, and much, much more. Did you miss this one? Join us next time, Fridays at 12 PM Central Time U.S. Watch the original video on my YouTube channel. Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought!

Tracking your performance on Spotify is crucial to understanding how you are growing as an independent artist. If you are marketing your music on a consistent basis, whether using Facebook ads or even playlisting (not recommended), you need to know how your numbers stack up.  There are a lot of tools out there to find and view your data, but out of all the options available, there are a few free resources that I use the most.  These are the data sources I use to track my Spotify artist and song performance data.  Watch the original video on my YouTube channel.  Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought! 

This is a weekly live stream Q&A session where we discuss music, marketing, branding, business, entrepreneurship, and anything else you guys wanna jam on. Every week we cover topics like Facebook ads for Spotify, growing your Instagram following, mastering Spotify for Artists, Spotify algorithmic playlists, cryptocurrency, the creator economy, and much, much more. Did you miss this one? Join us next time, Fridays at 12 PM Central Time U.S. Watch the original video on my YouTube channel. Like this episode? Hit me up on Instagram (@tomdupreeiii) and let me know what you thought!