see how this unknown guy made 4M USD

[whomper]

washpost 12 july 2009 page e1

corey smith
went full time at 28 years old
now 32 years old singer/songwriter
ever heard of him ?


no publicist!
no label deal
no funding
no marketing
no promotion
does have a manager

but a star in his niche
made 4,000,000.00 usd last year (before expenses)
(up from 1.7Million his second full year)
from tix merch cds mp3s

success built through constant touring
mostly college towns (go where your market is!)

business philosophy - best way to sell an artist is to give people easy access

coreysmith.com has 19 free mp3s

concert tix $5-$20

sells self produced albums (4 so far)

he meets the public
shakes hands
chats with fans

others try his approach
but fail because they stink

the lesson here
you need to be good
and
you need to market better
traditional label methods can be beat for minor stars

[edub357]

this is a classic example of pure smart marketing. The internet will make you so much money if used properly, because you can reach out to so many people. we must all learn something from this guy