Do amazing products require marketing or advertising? I’m frequently asked so I thought we should get into it with you. The question is intriguing because marketing and advertising (or promotions) are not remotely the same thing. Product is the work of marketing. In fact, it’s one of the fundamentals of marketing. Amazing products, brands, and artists require marketing; they’re an outcome … Read More
Guerrilla Marketing for Startup and Music Brands
Being the storyteller that I am, I’ve decided to offer up three stories aimed to provoke rebellious creativity. First, the Godfather of Artist Management, Shep Gordon: the man who made all of your parent’s favorite artists famous. His career in Talent Management started with making the man every parent in America hated, Alice Cooper, the most hated musician in the … Read More