3 quick steps to money with your music

We know all about the starving artist. We all have been there at one time or another. But in the day of the internet and all these super smart phones, there is no new unsigned or signed artist that needs to be broke any longer. If you are broke it's your choice and yours alone. Here are 3 quick things you can do to bring in some extra money with your music. Enjoy!
Marketing Your Music Online
But what about the Internet, you say? Surely the digital age empowers me to reach a wider audience. I can put my music on MySpace where millions of people can see it, and then fame will surely follow!
Well, this is theoretically possible, but many of the success stories you hear about artists making their breakthrough via the Internet are not revealing the whole truth. To reach a wider audience on the Web, you need to have something extra; a catchy video, a PR stunt, some savvy marketing, a unique selling point that people want to talk about and show their friends - something that might go viral.
Monetising Your Music Site
Don't just sit on MySpace and hope the hits will come - get your own website, and make people want to link to it. Link it to your site from MySpace, and from these other Online Music Distribution sites. Once you have a site set up, you can also put AdSense on it and earn money when people click through those ads. Google matches the ads to the content of your site, so they should be relevant to your readers.
You can set up a free AdSense account by clicking through the link below (and I will get a referral bonus). This is just one example of how you can offset your costs online.
Free Downloads
Everyone loves to get something for free. If you offer your music for free downloads and sell advertising at the beginning you make your money on the front and the back end. Use the Adsense formula, charge a one time fee, lets say $100.00 bucks. For every download you charge that account one dollar. You can do this with local businesses and make a pretty penny. Even better if there is someone out there trying to sell a specific product to a niche market, you can create a song or mixtape specifically for their product. Offer the free download and have them pay you for advertising. Easy Money!
These are just a few tips and suggestions on how to get money online for new unsigned artist. For the serious tips and techniques check 2010hiphop.info and get started making as much as you can on the internet with your music.