Advertising DJ Mixes.
Hello,
I am a DJ who posts a podcast mix regularly on Soundcloud. At the moment I get a steady stream of followers but would obviously like to get the word out more. I am just wondering if anyone has any other sources they personally use to find new followers, I would prefer to keep my music hubbed on soundcloud and try avenues such as blogs or websites, even ones where a review system is in place.
Thank you!
Get someone with more of a following and ask them to do an episode for your podcast. They can advertise it a bit also and it may slowly gain more fans.
Thanks mate, a very valid idea!
If you do a podcast.. why not go on YouTube? I am currently putting together a regular VLOG (video log) series for my channel.
I also have a twitter, facebook, instagram that I also am going to use to drive traffic and cross advertise. If you want more traffic this is a good start.
Thanks for the responses guys. YouTube has always been something I’ve considered. Just creating an image and laying the sound over it? How is the traffic from that?
Does anyone happen to know any blogs that are something of the description I had?
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YouTube is a great way to get a lot of views on your mixes! I’ve had some success with it in the past, the more views you get the more likely it is to show up in the suggested videos on the side which is nice. Can always link to your SoundCloud page in the description as well.
How to get more Soundcloud commitment?
Hi guys,
A couple of months ago I’ve posted a sound to my soundcloud account. Now it has around 750 plays (quite alot for a small timer like myself) and it’s nearing 95 downloads. However, it only has gotten 13 likes, 3 reposts and 0 comments. 
I don’t have that many soundcloud followers but I do feel that a track like this should have gotten me a (at least little bit) larger following. Is there anything I can do to improve this situation of is this just how it goes?
It’s not generating much more plays currently btw, just trying to figure out what I can do better 
Do you add to groups? I get a decent amount of hits that way.
Try submiting to YouTube promo channels, that can get you a decent amount also 
Also, 750/95 ratio on plays/dl is pretty good i might say
What also works is liking/commenting/repost others stuff as well… A good amount of people are in the same boat as you and they are quick to give criticism/love back. We aren’t big superstars, so only liking/following big names won’t really do much for you. Be social in the music community.
Well, that’s the thing; if so many people liked it and downloaded it, then why don’t they they the minimum amount of effort and follow me? 95 extra followers would mean a lot for my account
Kwal, I add them to a shitload of groups, however, I think so many people do so that the effects of this isn’t that much anymore. Am gonna try the youtube thing slayformoney suggest. Who knows what it might do
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Spot on. I definitely try to reply to as many comments as possible and give them a follow most of the time
The thing is how many of those followers would actively be supporting you and any future tracks/mixes you post up? In my opinion there is simply so much music on Soundcloud that people become overwhelmed. I think I currently only follow around 25 people on there and even that number provides a constant stream of mixes & tracks being uploaded and brought to my attention on a daily basis.
There is no way (even listening to music all day at work) that I am able to listen to everything that gets posted by the people I currently ‘follow’. On top of that are the weekly radio shows I listen to, Mixcloud mixes that people draw my attention to, searching for new tracks, and watching Youtube mixes etc. Because of this I am very selective over who I follow (despite listening to tons of stuff), otherwise if I ended up following everyone who’s mix/track I listened to I would be overwhelmed with new stuff and quickly lose track of all the stuff I want to listen to- thus defeating the purpose of ‘following’ those people.
I know DJing is a popularity contest these days and therefore social media ‘follow’ numbers have a role to play in that sense, but as someone who isn’t chasing superstardom and just loves listening to good music I tend to reserve my ‘follows’ for those people I know I will invest the time in to catch up on all their work.
There is no way that people who are following over a 1000 people are listening to all the stuff that is making it’s way into their inbox on a daily basis! On a similar note, I see people on there who might have a single 20 minute poor quality mix (or in some cases nothing uploaded what so ever!) and yet they might have 30, 100, or more followers- those followers are getting nothing of value by following that person yet have decided to follow nonetheless, probably in the hope of getting a follow back.
To me Soundcloud is ripe with this blind follow, follow back culture without either party having any intention of investing time in the works of the other- it simply becomes an exercise in driving up these meaningless social media numbers that determine the popularity of artists these days.
I’m aware this sounds very much like a rant but it is not intended in that way! I was just trying to offer perhaps a different perspective from a Soundcloud user who isn’t chasing exposure, and I know of many people who use it in this way.
As Jester said, actively commenting on and reposting other people’s works is probably the best route to go- to me it shows that you are actually an active member of the community and not a meaningless number ‘chasing follows’, but be aware that not everyone who listens to your stuff will follow you.
I’m well aware of this myself as the most popular of the 9 or so mixes I have on Soundcloud has almost 600 plays, 85 downloads, 12 likes, and 8 comments- yet I have just 27 followers currently (a couple of whom are mates). If I check the listening stats, quite a few of those followers are regular listeners of the mix (and my other stuff) which is great, but it also shows loads of people who have listened (and some names crop up again & again) without following.
It’s a strange phenomenon Soundcloud, but there is a lot more going on than meets the eye- and certainly just because someone has listened to someone’s work does not always mean they are going to follow. And frankly, unless they are going to be an active follower then this is exactly the way I prefer it!
And it works, right? I believe your Soundcloud has like 2k followers at this point… It had to have worked to an extent.
Well said. To be honest, i dont bother with Soundcloud. I stick to DI.FM. Its unfortunate now, that anybody with a computer can make themselves look like some big shot DJ through Social Media. They want cheap success and take shortcuts and refrain from actual producing. It makes me sick, that it is so hard to find good music in this sea of mediocre, copy paste tracks that people are putting up on Soundcloud, yet, that have hundreds of “followers” and they think they are doing the scene a favour. I wish people would only make music if they are actually good at it, whatever style that is. That would clear up about 95% of the rubbish, pointless crap on soundcloud and the scene would move forward and progress, but we are stuck in a rut
a little over 3k but who’s counting actually as i was pretty much afk since january i noticed a big drop in our plays, so i would say putting up something regularly would definitely keep the interest up.
To be fair I think the problem is that Soundcloud (and the internet in general) now gives producers an outlet to upload music right from the get go. Before, years of practice/trial runs/discarded works would never see the light of day- only the polished finished article. Nowadays, people can post up anything and everything- and they do.
In the past only the good stuff (largely) got released- so producers either kept practicing until they became good, or their stuff didn’t get released. They had the labels decide whether or not their stuff was of a suitable quality to release- if it wasn’t it got discarded. With the internet there is no longer this quality filter, people are free to judge for themselves whether their work is good enough to share with the world, and sadly we are often the worse judges of our own work.
So now Soundcloud is full of half baked ideas, incomplete or poorly mastered tracks, and stuff that people who have been in the game 2 weeks thinks is going to be the next big thing.
Agreed, you should be posting new material frequently.. And decent material… Bullshit little mash ups that everyone does isn’t going to cut it…
I have about 100 plays on my most played mix and I thought that was pretty decent. LOL 
Dang man can you repost one of my tracks plz? 