ReverbNation Artist Features
The most powerful arsenal of FREE marketing tools
We provide innovative marketing solutions that musicians need to compete, cooperate, and differentiate in an increasingly noisy online environment. Unlike typical "closed" communities, artists use ReverbNation as their home base for approaching marketing and promotion across the Internet as a whole — be it via social networks, blogs, or the artist's homepage.
Tools like TunePaks, FanReach, and Widgets give the artist the power to spread their music and information virtually anywhere. Real-time stats then provide a 360-degree view of how the music is spreading, who is listening, and which fans are actually passing it on to their friends and posting it on their pages.
Your Profile Page is more than just a pretty website — it's a marketing engine.
Add ALL of your content and information so you and your fans can spread it everywhere. Push content to MySpace, Facebook, blogs, etc. with our Widgets and Apps. Add fans to your MAILING LIST. Fans can GRAB content and promote you too! Best of all, we Track EVERYTHING for you in our Stats area. This is your HUB for marketing and promoting online.
Check out a handful of the FREE features
- 1. Unlimited Song Uploads
- 2. Custom Playlists
- 3. Links to merch and songs
- 4. Status updates integrated with Twitter
- 5. Unlimited Photos / Videos*
- 6. Show Schedules
- 7. Artist Blog
- 8. Widgets
- 9. Banners
Recruit fans and send them on missions to promote your Band. ReverbNation can also build your street team for you!
Street Teams are a cost-effective way to create the grassroots buzz that is necessary to move your career to the next level. ReverbNation gives every artist a FREE Street Team Program to help activate their fans and make every promotion "viral". These promoters will help you gain exposure by talking about you on blogs, in message boards and posting your music, banners, tour dates, etc. all over the internet.
Q: These Street Team tools are great, but can I just pay you to do it for me?
A: Absolutely! We can build you a Street Team, or you can use our team of 2,000 rabid fans.
EVERY artist on ReverbNation has the Street Team feature available automatically in their Street Team tab. The feature is built around the concept of "missions". You tell the team what you want them to do, and they compete against each other for a reward. We provide several mission templates to choose from, or you can make a custom mission:
- Spread Music
- Promote Shows
- Recruit New Fans
- Drive Traffic
- Offline
- Custom
Once you "Launch" the mission, we help you recruit your fans to participate by sending out a notification via email. Each live mission is tracked in a real-time, and progress is displayed in a "Leaderboard" that you and your fans can see. You get to choose the reward for the winners, and there is even a blog for each mission so that you can talk to your team and keep them up to date.
Most missions are "online" and revolve around Street Team members posting your widgets (music
player, show schedule, fan collector, etc) or banners into other web pages, blogs, etc. We track who
is getting you the most plays, the most schedule views, collecting the most email addresses or the
most click-thrus during the mission period. You simply set up the mission, click "Launch", and then
let us do our part. When the mission ends, you simply look at the Leaderboard to know which Street
Team members to reward. It's easy, it's automatic, and it's a fun way to engage your fans.
How to Start: A Guide to Using Street Teams
1. The first thing to do is import your existing email list into FanReach (ReverbNation's email management system).
2. A few days (3 or 4) after your email list is imported, you can send an email to everyone inviting them to join your Street Team. This list will most likely include your existing Street Team members as well, but if they are on a separate list, import them into FanReach too. Street Team members do not even have to have an account at ReverbNation in order to help you promote, so as long as you have their email in FanReach, they can be a member of your team and we can track their activity for you. Now that's cool!
3. Place a FanCollector or StreetTeam Collector widget on your official website, Myspace page, etc., so you can start getting those fans to join your team. When a fan enters their email address, it goes directly to your FanReach system. These widgets are located in your Widgets tab.
4. Once you have enough Street Team members joined up, you are ready to launch a mission.
5. Online and Offline missions can be sent directly from your Street Team tab by clicking NEW MISSION. Once the mission goes out via an automatic email to all your street team members, they can get access to the mission from there. They'll be taken directly to your Street Team tab where they can join the mission with a click of a button. They'll also see what the mission entails and the rewards offered.
6. Marketing Tools for each mission automatically drop down for the street team members to grab and run with. For instance, if a mission is to expose your music all over the internet, a music player widget loaded with your songs drops down and the members go out and paste it all over Myspace, Facebook or anywhere else. We also have artist's banners, show schedules, tour maps, street team collectors, FanCollectors, and other widgets and banners that drop down for easy pickings. You could even create your own widget or banner and have the Street Team promote that. You will need to upload these into your Widget or Banner tab in your Artist Profile before you begin.
7. Messaging can be done throughout the mission from the artist (or leader) by using the "mission blog" area.
8. Promotions are then tracked and you'll know who was doing what and how they did (ex. Joe Smith placed 75 Music Players around the internet and got 180,000 impressions from them.)
9. You can then reward your top promoters. The leaderboard is right there for you to see from best promoters down to worst.
NOTE: Don't be a spammer by placing your music in places it shouldn't be. If you are a death metal act, I doubt jazz fans will be too happy to see you and your fans promoting music on their site. Stick to similar styles of music and you'll be fine.
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions, send an email to streetteams@reverbnation.com.
Feedback is always appreciated.
Send FREE, custom emails to your fans. Use the FREE Fan Collector to allow fans to sign up from all of your sites.
FanReach is the only email system built for the music business from the ground up. Over 40,000 Artists, Venues, Labels, and Managers are using FanReach to send out millions of emails per month.
FanReach is available in two versions, our free product for bands who are just starting out, and FanReach Pro for bands who are trying to grow their fan base, book gigs, and earn money from selling merchandise and music.
Learn more about FanReach Pro >>
Using FanReach is Easy:
STEP 1: BUILD YOUR LIST
STEP 2: CREATE AND SEND
STEP 3: TRACK RESULTS
STEP 4: RELAX
The quickest way to send music. Pick your songs and choose your delivery method (email or IM) - or simply grab the link and go.
When a TunePak link is clicked inside an email, IM, blog, or webpage, a stand-alone player pops up and begins playing your music. The player also contains links back to your profile page. Its really simple.
Example:
'check out the latest from The Rosebuds'
How to Use TunePaks
- Send music to media, venues, fans, A&R folks.
- Use the link in Blogs, Web Pages, or emails so people can check out your music.
- Track what's happening to your tunepaks and who's listening.
Creating a TunePak Is Easy
- Select the songs you want to add from any list on ReverbNation.com - song lists, libraries, and playlists
- Click on the share button
- Follow the instructions for emailing or pasting a link
Turn Casual Listeners Into Registered Fans. Get Fan Information by giving them access to exclusive songs.
Wouldn't it be great if you could use access to your music as an incentive for fans to provide demographics (age, gender, location) and contact info (email) to you? Now you can. It's a new feature called Fan Exclusives, and it's only available at ReverbNation.com. Fan Exclusives are also a great way to reward your loyal fans with special content just for them.
What It IsFan Exclusives provide casual listeners with an incentive to
- Become an official fan of the Artist
- Join the Artist's mailing list
- Provide information about themselves ' like age, gender, and location
Artists should use Fan Exclusives to
- Get added value from posting full streams or songs for download.
- Reward those that are already Fans.
How It Works
Visitors will have access to a 30-second preview of your song and will be prompted to become a registered Fan of the Artist in order to access the full stream or download (you choose the setting). Once they are registered as a Fan and their email address is confirmed, they will be given access to the full song stream and/or download.
How to Make a Song a Fan Exclusive
To make a song a Fan Exclusive, simply choose that option when you upload. If you want to change an existing song to a Fan Exclusive, click on the 'edit song' button next to the song and change the setting to one of the Fan Exclusive options. You must have our free fan-management system Fan Reach enabled to access the Fan Exclusive features. Without this, there is no way for us to track who are fans and who are not.
We automatically find any blogs that talk about you!
We AUTOMATICALLY track what bloggers and fans are saying about you across the entire web!
Buzz Tracker automatically finds blog mentions, videos, or press about your Band, and displays them in the Blog/Buzz Tab on your Artist Profile. This feature is FREE, and we start tracking the minute you sign up for your Artist Profile.
Got Bad Buzz? No problem. YOU decide which entries are shown to fans using the 'hide' box next to each one. You can even change the search terms or modify the list of sites we search.
Facebook applications are a fun and easy way to share music, collect fans, and boost your presence on the social network.
Facebook Applications for Artists
For personal profiles or musician pages. ADD MYBAND APPLICATION
Promote your band on Facebook
- Stats track how your music is spread
- Profile pic, band info, play stats
- Friends can share your songs
- Show schedule
- "Join the Mailing List" function
For personal profiles or musician pages. ADD SHOWS APPLICATION
Promote your band on Facebook
- Add tour dates and locations
- Interactive Map of locations
- Inform fans of upcoming shows
For personal profiles or musician pages. ADD MUSIC APPLICATION
Add music to your musician pages.
- Show MP3s on your page
- Pop out player
- Create and share playlists
For personal profile pages ADD REVERBNATION APPLICATION
Add music to your profile pages.
- Full length tracks
- Bookmark shows
- Music Feed - What your friends
are playing
For personal profile pages PLAY "WHO DIGS IT?" GAME
Who Digs It? Comes with the ReverbNation app on your personal profile page.
Can you tell what music someone digs just by looking at their picture? Confident? Increase your bet and score more points. The "Discovery Feed" sends you songs people think YOU will dig based on YOUR picture!
MyBand, the most popular Artist Application on Facebook has been extended into the top UK social network, Bebo!
Application Highlights:
- Profile pic, band info, play stats
- Your songs (friends can share)
- Show schedule
- "Join the Mailing List" function
- AMAZING STATS - show you where your plays are coming from.
What are you waiting for? Get more fans and get heard in more places. Add the MyBand app to your Bebo page right now!
Stats for Tracking MyBand on Bebo
The TuneWidget is an entire artist profile in a box that your fans can share.
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• Goes on virtually any web page — MySpace, home page, blogs, etc. • 5 widgets in 1 — Songs, Info, Schedule, Videos, and "Join the Mailing List" • Fans can share it too — Spreading your music for you! • Cross-promote other artists — Friends, label-mates, touring partners, etc. • Track everything with our free stats package!
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FAQ
Q: Is the TuneWidget free?
A: Yes. All you need is an artist profile at ReverbNation.com.
Q: How do I get one for my band?
A: Create an artist profile for your band and a TuneWidget will be created automatically for you in your widgets tab. All you need to do is click on it and follow instructions.
Q: Can fans copy my TuneWidget and post it on their pages too?
A: Yes. As an artist, you want to encourage this behavior as your fans make the best promoters of your music (and they're free).
Q: How do I recommend other artists in the bottom of my TuneWidget?
A: Go into your "Admin/Toolbox" area and click on "recommend artists" in your "edit page" area. Follow the instructions. You must become a fan of the artist before you can recommend them.
Q: What if I'm not recommending any other artists? What will be shown in my TuneWidget?
A: If you choose to not recommend other artists, we will insert some of our featured artists that are in the same genre as you. We will change the language so that it is clear to your fans that these featured artists are being recommended by ReverbNation, not you.
Need a music player or show schedule w/map for your homepage or blog? We've got that, and MORE.
You and your Fans can embed your content and share it with friends (this is viral marketing people). Adding new content to your ReverbNation profile, like a new song or new show, will change your widgets everywhere they are deployed. Update once, save time, make more music.
Widgets work on MySpace (profiles, comments, and bulletins), Webs, Friendster, Orkut, Blogger, LiveJournal, BlackPlanet, MyYearbook, TypePad, Xanga, iGoogle, Netvibes, Pageflakes, and millions of other places that allow Flash.
WIDGETS GALLERY
The mother of all widgets. Featuring a customizable picture, band info, music player loaded with your songs, a video, show schedule (with tour map), "join the mailing list" Fan Collector, and more. You can also cross-promote other artists at the bottom of the widget. These artists are pulled from the list of artists you recommend, and rotated randomly. Great for helping out friends, label-mates, touring partners, or other artists you think your fans would enjoy.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your TuneWidget.
To get this now, click on the
on any artist's "Songs" tab or on any "Playlists" tab.
Dimensions: 434x434.
Gives exclusive downloads to fans who join the email list. Requires at least one song set up as a "fan exclusive for download."
Click here to get your Exclusive Downloads widget.Dimensions: 180x130.
If you have merchandise for sale anywhere on the internet, the Retail Links widget can find all your retail links automatically.
Click here to get your Retail Links Widget.Dimensions: 434x240.
The Grab Box widget presents your fans with a way to virally spread your content.
Click here to get your Grab Box.Dimensions: 300x300.
Present ALL of your YouTube videos in one tight widget. This widget grabs all the videos listed on your 'songs' tab and pulls them into a nice package you can put on your MySpace page, homepage, blog, etc.
Click here to get your Video Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
Add press clippings, reviews, blog blurbs, or anything else people are saying about you to your homapage, MySpace page, blog, or anywhere. Displays the content you have in the Press area on your general tab.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Press Widget.
Dimensions: 434x110.
The player widget allows easy deployment of music from ReverbNation, whether a custom playlist or an artist's full song list. And when the list at ReverbNation is edited or updated, the player widget automatically changes.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Player Widget.
To get this now, click on the
on any artist's "Songs" tab or on any "Playlists" tab.
Dimensions: 434x228.
The Blog Player is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click here to get your Player Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
The Mini Player is a miniature version of the Music Player. It's the same, except that the song list is not visible. This cute little player is perfect for comments and bulletins at MySpace and for other tight spots.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Mini Player.
Dimensions: 262x95.
The Micro Player is an even tinier version of the Music Player. Great for putting music into really tight spots like blogs, comments, and bulletins.
Click here to get your Micro Player.Dimensions: 160x125.
With the Show Widget, artists can manage their show schedule in one location, then publish it where they want: MySpace, official home page, etc. Maintaining and publishing a single show schedule guarantees consistent information and saves time. Fans can also deploy Show Widgets for their favorite artists.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Show Widget.
To get this Widget, click on the
on any artist's "Shows" tab.
Dimensions: 434x247.
The same as the Show Widget, but with a dynamic, interactive map which traces the route of all of an artist's scheduled shows. Whether you're playing shows locally or touring internationally, this Widget is a great tool. The map is accurate to the street address for shows in the United States and is accurate to the city for shows elsewhere in the world.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Show Map.
To get this Widget, look for the
on any artist's "Shows" tab.
Dimensions: 434x538.
The Blog Schedule is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click here to get your Show Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
Place this anywhere (MySpace, official home page, etc.) to allow fans to join your mailing list. Tap into all of your web traffic and start collecting fans while you sleep.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Fan Collector.
To get this Widget, go to FanReach in your "Tools" tab, enable FanReach (if you haven't already), then follow the instructions on the "add contacts" tab.
Dimensions: 434x109.
The Blog Fan Collector is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click Here to get your Fan Collector.Dimensions: 180x180.
• General Info
• Photos
• Blog
• ...more
Want to know how you stack up? Use this single, simple score to track your success.
ReverbNation has introduced a new metric that helps Artists understand their overall 'brand value' and how it is growing across the entire digital realm. This metric takes into account the total engagement of the Artist across their entire base of fans and listeners, as well as their ability to convert casual listeners into "Fans" that can be contacted.
Every Artist on ReverbNation is measured automatically and the score is tracked over time. In addition, ReverbNation provides a Band Equity Chart that compares Artists against others in their genre so they can benchmark their progress.
Band Equity Score Tracking Sample:
What It Measures
Reach
The number of unique people touched by the Artist's content, which typically lives within social networks, blogs, home pages, etc. This factor includes unique listeners, watchers of video, registered fans, size of their mailing list, etc. It could be described as the total potential fan base, and captures an element of effort on the part of the Artist and their Fans to spread their content and reach more people.
Influence
The reaction of those people exposed to the content. This factor includes number of songs or videos played per listener, number of unique times the listener was engaged with the content, play-through percentage on songs, total engagement time, email open rates, etc. It could be described as the merit of the Artist's content.
Access
The ability of the Artist to access those fans directly, and message to them. This factor includes the rate at which listeners/friends convert to registered fans of the Artist or joining their mailing list, giving the Artist the ability to speak to them directly. It could be described as the familiarity the Artist has with their fan base.
Recency
All of the above factors are weighted by how recently the activities have taken place. Because of this, Band Equity can be used as a way to identify how promotional strategies affect fan relationships in the aggregate, closing the loop on understanding the cause and effect of an Artist's popularity.
Use our simple Banner Tracking feature to collect stats about which banners are getting seen, getting clicked, and leading to conversions.
ReverbNation's Banner tracking provides the information you need to understand which banners are getting seen, getting clicked, and leading to conversions*. And it's easy to use:
- Upload your banner artwork by clicking "new resource" on your banners tab
- Tell us where the banner should link to
- Click on the banner to get the special code
- Paste it into your other web pages, emails, blogs, etc.
- No matter how many people grab or copy the banner, we'll be tracking that for you too
Tracking metrics about your banner will be displayed in the Banners tab of your Stats at ReverbNation, and will include:
- Impressions
- Clicks
- Click-Through Rate (CTR)
- Conversions*
Top Banners Table
*Conversion Tracking
Each time you upload a new banner you will be presented with a piece of 'conversion tracking code' that is optional to use. Conversion tracking tells you how many people actually did something after they clicked on the banner. Here is an example:
You are selling t-shirts on your website, and you want to know how many sales are generated from your new "Get our Latest T-Shirt" banner you plan to post on MySpace. So you upload the jpeg banner and name the conversion "T-shirt Sale". Now grab the conversion code and paste it onto your website on a page that occurs AFTER a sale has been made (referred to as the 'success', or 'thanks for your order' page).
ReverbNation takes care of all the numbers so you can focus on the what's most important, your music.
Track your content and profiles
Our stats provide everything you need to answer the following questions (and more):
Fans- How many fans do I have and where are they located?
- What age and gender are my fans?
- Which fans are helping spread my music on the web?
- Which fans are listeners and which are promoters? How valuable are my fans?
Songs
- Which of my songs is being played the most?
- Which of my songs is being played the longest before someone turns it off?
- Where are my song plays coming from?
- How many times have my songs been downloaded?
Traffic
- How much traffic is my page receiving?
- Where is that traffic coming from?
Widgets (remote players you deploy to other sites; more info here)
- On what other sites are my widgets deployed?
- Which other sites are generating me the most plays via my widgets?
- How can I get more widget hits, placements, plays, etc?
- Which widget placements have been active in the last 24 hours?
ReverbNation provides all of this to artists free of charge. You can access your stats from inside the Admin/Tools section, which is created for you automatically upon signup.
ReverbNation shares 50% of all advertising revenue with the Artists.
Overview
Each month, 50% of the total ad revenue from across all artist pages will be pooled, and artists who have opted-in to the Fair Share Program will receive a portion of that pool based on their overall site activity for the month. Unlike other sites that have tried to negotiate the lowest possible payout to the Artists, ReverbNation has been VOLUNTARILY paying Artists 50% of our take since April of 2007. You are our BUSINESS PARTNERS, and we will always treat you that way.
Details
1. A site-activity score will be calculated at the end of every month for each artist. Each artist will receive their Fair Share of the revenue pool based on the proportion of their site activity to the rest of the participating artists.
2. Artists can increase their site activity scores by driving more new fans to their pages, and by having their music played more often and in more places on the web.
3. Increase your Fair Share
- Driving more fans to your ReverbNation page
- Posting more widgets
- Using the FanReach email system
- Running Street Team missions
4. Requirements
- Must opt-in to the Fair Share Program
- Must have valid Paypal address
- Must have FanReach activated
- Must provide valid mailing address
To withdraw funds:
- Must have balance that exceeds $20
>> Enroll Now!
FAQ
How do artists earn money at ReverbNation? How does ReverbNation earn Money?
How do I drive more fans and new fans to my page?
How do I increase the number or song plays and locations of those plays?
How do artists earn money at ReverbNation? How does ReverbNation earn Money?
ReverbNation is a business with offices, employees, and investors, so we need to make money to eat, sleep, and be happy too. But we differ from most companies in this space in that we understand that without the Artist we have no music, and without the music we have no website, and without a website, we can't eat, sleep or be happy. We bring our heart and soul and technology to the table, but Artists bring themselves, their music, and their fans. This is why we decided to split all advertising revenue down the middle. This all sounds lovely, but please don't quit your day job over this. While many artists will get a very nice paycheck each month, many artists will get very little. Remember, it is all based on the activity an Artist generates, and that is the fairest way to do it. Other companies like Last.fm are now copying our model and sharing some ad revenue with the indie Artist. But we just don't feel that 10% is enough for all that you do for our site. You are our partners, and we will always treat you that way.
How do I drive more fans and new fans to my page?
There are lots of ways to do this. Here are a few:
- Encourage your fans to join the site. If they keep a profile on ReverbNation, they are up to 10 times more likely to visit your page and get their friends to visit it too.
- Use our free emailing and fan-targeting system called FanReach. All FanReach emails have links back to your page, and we automatically track when your fans link back so that you know which emails are working.
Click here to learn more about FanReach
- Put a linking banner up on your other webpages and in blogs. When you signup for ReverbNation, we create one for you automatically and put it inside your widgets tab on your profile page. Just click it to grab it.
Click here to get the banner
How do I increase the number or song plays and locations of those plays?
It's easy. Grab one of the music player widgets from your widgets tab. Put them into as many different places as you can think of on the web - blogs, web pages, MySpace Bulletins, MySpace Comments, etc. Encourage your fans to spread your music players too! To maximize plays on each widget, select "on" for the autoplay option. This will start the music playing automatically when the target web page is opened or refreshed.
Click here to get your widgets
Use other widgets? No problem. We can track them for you.
YouTube, Eventful, Kyte, Myxer.... The list of great widgets for Musicians is endless.
Now you can deploy and track all of your favorite widgets from your ReverbNation profile page. You can even make spreading these widgets a goal of a street team mission!
Integrating 3rd party widgets into your ReverbNation page is easy. All you do is click on the 'add widget' button on your widgets tab and follow the instructions.
You will get a table in the Stats section of your profile that will show the tracking information on these widgets
Add links to your retailers, and we'll integrate them into your ReverbNations tools.
ReverbNation makes it easy to make all of your online retail outlets available to your fans. Just follow these 3 easy steps to get it set up:
- Click on Storelink in the Artist Resources section of your Admin/Tools page.
- Find the URLs of all the stores for which you have accounts. If don't have accounts with these stores you'll need to sign up with them first.
- Then simply paste the URLs for the stores you'd like to make available.
Then you're done! Now your fans can access the full array of your retailers on the Store tab on your ReverbNation profile page and also in the Store section of your TuneWidget!
Find Music Venues in Your Town, or Anywhere Else. More than 100,000 Listings.
Gig Finder is Different
You can use any number of web sites to locate venues and clubs in a specific geography, but who's to say that they are going to be receptive to your genre or your capacity requirements? With Gig Finder, you can locate Venues and Clubs that have booked Artists similar to YOU!
Gig Finder let's you find opportunities based on ANY or ALL of the following criteria:
- Geography (venues in a given area)
- Venue Name (if you know the name, we'll find it)
- Where similar Artists to you have played (type in an Artist and we'll show you the venues they've played).
- Similar Venues to ones you have played or you are familiar with (type in a venue name, and we'll show you a list of venues that have hosted the same Artists).
Sign up now for ReverbNation and get access to this awesome FREE feature!
> Go to Gig Finder Now
ReverbNation Press Kits
Quick RPK Fact: Artists who have an RPK play four times as many shows as artists who do not have an RPK.
A press kit is a must-have for every artist, and ReverbNation’s RPK is the best one out there. We give you detailed tracking information, the friendliest interface, and the most professional look.
Want to book more gigs? Our RPK can help.
How it Works
Online Press Kit Comparison
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| Price | 5.95 | 5.95 | 10.95 |
| Audio storage | UNLIMITED | 25MB | 60MB |
| Photo storage | UNLIMITED | 10 images | 10 images |
| Color customization | UNLIMITED | 9 themes | 13 themes |
| Unique versions | UNLIMITED | 1 | 1 |
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1. Links to social network profiles2. High-quality media photos
3. Private songs (for pre-release songs and albums)
4. Fully downloadable songs
5. Comprehensive stats on your fan demographics (Venues will LOVE this.)
6. Unlimited photos and songs
7. Intuitive, prominent music player
New Features!
Mail in your CD. Mail us your CD and we'll do the work for you. Start Now >>Digital Distribution from ReverbNation
Get your music on 10 MAJOR MUSIC STORES (including iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, and eMusic),
Collect 100% of the proceeds,
and get FREE PROMOTIONAL TOOLS! Setup your albums for FREE and pay only when you decide to release them.
How it Works
Online Music Distribution / Promotion Comparison
There is no minimum number of tracks per album, and a maximum of 50 tracks per album. The price comparison below is based on the following typical configuration: An Artist who submits one 12-track album, to 10 online music stores, and does not already have a UPC code. Artists may submit an album of any size through ReverbNation, check the Digital Distribution FAQs page for more info.
Try our Digital Distro calculator to see which service is right for you!
| ReverbNation | Tunecore | CD Baby | |
| Price (includes UPC Code) | $34.95* | $41.73* | $55.00** |
| % of Royalties Taken | 0% | 0% | 9% |
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** Includes UPC code, if required.
Frequently Asked Questions about Digital Distribution
Which 10 stores are included?
iTunes (US), iTunes (Aus/NZ), iTunes (Canada), iTunes (UK), iTunes (EU), iTunes (Japan), Amazon, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody.
Am I giving ReverbNation any rights over my music?
No you are NOT. You are simply giving us the non-exclusive rights to submit your music to digital retailers on your behalf. The same terms and conditions you agreed to when you registered for ReverbNation apply.
What do I get paid?
Each store is different, you can see a full payout table by visiting our FAQs page for Digital Distribution. ReverbNation transfers 100% of these payments directly to the artist, some online distributors take a percentage of your earning, but we never do!
How long does it take before the music shows up for sale?
We submit your music to the retailers within days after submission. But like all digital distribution services, the retailers can take several weeks to process it and post it to their websites. The average amount of time is 6-8 weeks.
How much do you make off my songs?
ReverbNation does not take any percentage of the royalties from your music.
What format do my songs have to be in?
Your songs are required to be in the WAV format. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV for details on this format.
Now that my release is on a retailer, how do I promote it?
You can promote your release through many of the tools and services provided to you by ReverbNation. Make sure to include all relevant links to your releases in the STORELINK section of your artist profile’s Admin/Tools section. This will allow fans to also get linked to your music through ReverbNation widgets. Also alert your fans in your General Tab that you have music for sale on these retailers.
Can I mail in my CD and have ReverbNation set up my release?
Absolutely! Visit our mail-in information page to find out how.
If my question isn’t answered here, who do I contact?
You can always contact support@reverbnation.com with any questions you have about any of our tools or services.
Fan360 reveals the real fan behind an email address
Most Artists have a list of email addresses that have been collected from fans at shows, etc. But often they are missing key pieces of information that are critical to building a lasting (and lucrative) relationship with that fan. Who is that fan? Do they live in the area? Are we connected on MySpace, Facebook, or Bebo yet? How influential is that fan? Fan360 can help fill in the blanks about your fans.
Who is yellowFlower327@yahoo.com?
Once activated, Fan360 seeks out publicly available information about your fans and adds it directly into your FanReach database. You can even start a MySpace, Facebook, or Bebo 'friend request' from here so that you are connected in as many ways as possible with that fan (note: this is not a automated 'friend adder' or some other sketchy software, you have to send requests one at a time).
What info can Fan360 find?
Fan360 can find all the following information:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Age
- Zip Code
- Gender
- Social Networks
- Profile Picture
Sample profile found with Fan360
Pricing (based on number of FanReach Contacts)
| 0-99 contacts: | $4.95/month |
| 100 - 999 contacts: | $9.95/month |
| 1,000 - 9,999 contacts: | $14.95/month |
| 10,000 - 99,999 contacts: | $29.95/month |
| 100,000+ contacts: | $59.95/month |
Fan360 Only Works with FanReach
Click here for more information on the highly acclaimed FanReach email system for musicians.
Mega Song Storage increases your maximum song size to 25MB from the standard 8MB.
Have long songs? Want to provide higher quality downloads for Fans? For those artists who need to push the limits of song length, quality, and bitrate we offer the Mega Song Storage feature. For only $2.95/month (or $29.95/year) upgrade your maximum song size from 8MB to 25MB!!
Slick Templates and Full Customization
• Pre-defined color schemes and layouts
• Save drafts and sent emails
• Email expert? Upload your own HTML templates!
One Click to Add ReverbNation Music Content
• One click can add store links, social networks links, show schedule and more!
• Easy-to-use interface makes creating pro emails easier than ever
Fan360 Finds Fan Info and Fills It Out for You!
• Import full list from CSV files or your current email program
• Email your list to support@reverbnation.com and we’ll upload it for you!
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Feature Highlights
1. Customize your banner image, or use a picture from your ReverbNation profile2. Check a box, add some content, easily add music content and more to each email
3. Choose from a slick set of color schemes or customize your own colors
4. Save your template to reuse later
5. Schedule emails to be sent out at the perfect time (like the day of the show)
6. Preview with or without images to see how it will look in different email programs
Fan360 Highlights
1. Fills out basic contact info (First Name, Last Name, Location, etc...)2. Displays profile picture of contacts
3. Identifies which social networks your fans belong to
4. Shows popularity ratings of contacts
Pricing (based on number of FanReach Contacts)
| 0 - 999 contacts: | $9.95/month |
| 1,000 - 2,500 contacts: | $14.95/month |
| 2,501 - 5,000 contacts: | $19.95/month |
| 5,001 - 10,000 contacts: | $29.95/month |
| 10,001 - 25,000 contacts: | $59.95/month |
| 25,001 - 50,000 contacts: | $99.95/month |
| 50,001 - 100,000 contacts: | $149.95/month |
| 100,001 - 250,000 contacts: | $249.95/month |
| more than 250,000 contacts: | Call for pricing |
Template Gallery
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You can create a fully functioning website in 3 clicks. No need for HTML, the interface is ultra easy to use, and making changes an updates is snap.
We have hundreds of templates created by award winning designers, and more are added every month. Our templates are designed specifically for musicians from the ground up, so your site always looks the best. Even better, each site has built-in search engine optimization to make sure sites like Google can find your site.
Having your own .COM address makes your band look more professional. Site Builder makes it ultra easy to find a domain name and register that domain name.
Updating band information in multiple places is a pain, that's why Site Builder works seamlessly with your ReverbNation account so your songs and show schedules are always up to date. When you make updates on ReverbNation we update your website. Automatically.
Web Site Examples
Namoli Brennet
The Pimps
Karyn Whittemore
Soulcrate
Speech
Maktub
ReverbNation Fan Features
Get off the sidelines, Discover music and promote it
Fan Features Signup Now
Artists have posted hundreds of thousands of tracks for you to discover, stream, and oftentimes download for free. Browse or Search by Genre, Location, Lyrics, Popularity, Recency, or ANY combination thereof. Check out one of our 16 Top Songs Charts to see what's cookin in your favorite Genre. Feeling lazy? Turn on ReverbRadio, set your parameters (genre, location, recency), and sit back and enjoy.
Add Music to Your Facebook, MySpace, etc.
Post music from ReverbNation to your other web pages with our arsenal of Widgets and Applications. When the Artist adds a new song, your widgets will be updated automatically and you will be one of the first to hear it. Widgets work in MySpace, Webs, Friendster, Orkut, Blogger, LiveJournal, BlackPlanet, MyYearbook, TypePad, Xanga, iGoogle, Netvibes, Pageflakes, and more. Use Facebook? No problem. Use our application.
Find Local Shows
Just tell us where you live and we'll show you the upcoming shows in your area that Artists and Venues have posted.
Join a Street Team
Want to get noticed by the Artist? Join their Street Team and you will receive "missions" from them containing specific instructions on how you can help. Missions often come with awesome rewards like tickets to shows, backstage passes, autographed merchandise, or music.
Promote your favorite bands and music and get rewarded for sharing the music you love!
Want to promote them?
Want the Artist to know when you do it?
Join their Street Team at ReverbNation and get off the sidelines.
Got our 'Browse Artist Page' and join your favorite artist's Street Team.
Participating Artists can create "Missions" for their team. Street team members compete against each other for cool rewards like: tickets, exclusive content, memorabilia, and more. Street Team members can track your progress on a Leaderboard and subscribe to the Mission's blog to keep track of the latest updates.
ReverbNation is a great source for finding local shows.
Find shows anywhere in the world with our 'browse shows' feature. Search by Artist, genre, date and location. ReverbNation has one of the most comprehensive online databases of show listings (much of which is maintained by the Artists themselves).
Set your preferences, and let ReverbRadio introduce you to Artists.
Music shouldn't be a popularity contest.
With ReverbRadio you are more likely to hear a song from a local Artist than you are from an established act. We believe there are fans for every Artist and our job is to help them find each other.
Discover raw, untapped talent with ReverbRadio today.
Add music, videos, and more from your favorite Artists to your profile pages, blogs, emails and IMs.
Enhance your home page, blog, or other profile pages with widgets that keep your information consistent and give your fans an easy way to promote you!
Sign up to get your widgets now!
Add music to any of your pages
With ReverbNation widgets you can put music on any of your profile pages, blogs or personal homepages, and showcase the music you love.
Custom Playlists from 750,000 Full-length Tracks
Create custom playlists and showcase your mixes of songs from ReverbNation Artists. There are over 750,000 full length tracks on ReverbNation to choose from so you can be sure to create a truly unique playlist.
Free and Fresh
All our widgets are completely free for fans. You can share the latest content from your favorite Artists, the minute they have new content it is pushed to your widgets. This means you never have to update a widget if you don't want to.
The mother of all widgets. This widget includes the artist's picture, band info, music player, video, show schedule (with tour map), "join the mailing list" function, and more. Check out the bottom of the widget to see who this artist is recommending. Posting this widget on your web pages is the ultimate show of support for an artist you love.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your TuneWidget.
To get this now, click on the
on any artist's "Songs" tab or on any "Playlists" tab.
Dimensions: 434x434.
Gives exclusive downloads to fans who join the email list. Requires at least one song set up as a "fan exclusive for download."
Click here to get your Exclusive Downloads widget.Dimensions: 180x130.
If you have merchandise for sale anywhere on the internet, the Retail Links widget can find all your retail links automatically.
Click here to get your Retail Links Widget.Dimensions: 434x240.
The Grab Box widget presents your fans with a way to virally spread your content.
Click here to get your Grab Box.Dimensions: 300x300.
Present ALL of your YouTube videos in one tight widget. This widget grabs all the videos listed on your 'songs' tab and pulls them into a nice package you can put on your MySpace page, homepage, blog, etc.
Click here to get your Video Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
Add press clippings, reviews, blog blurbs, or anything else people are saying about you to your homapage, MySpace page, blog, or anywhere. Displays the content you have in the Press area on your general tab.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Press Widget.
Dimensions: 434x110.
The player widget allows easy deployment of music from ReverbNation, whether a custom playlist or an artist's full song list. And when the list at ReverbNation is edited or updated, the player widget automatically changes.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Player Widget.
To get this now, click on the
on any artist's "Songs" tab or on any "Playlists" tab.
Dimensions: 434x228.
The Blog Player is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click here to get your Player Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
The Mini Player is a miniature version of the Music Player. It's the same, except that the song list is not visible. This cute little player is perfect for comments and bulletins at MySpace and for other tight spots.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Mini Player.
Dimensions: 262x95.
The Micro Player is an even tinier version of the Music Player. Great for putting music into really tight spots like blogs, comments, and bulletins.
Click here to get your Micro Player.Dimensions: 160x125.
With the Show Widget, artists can manage their show schedule in one location, then publish it where they want: MySpace, official home page, etc. Maintaining and publishing a single show schedule guarantees consistent information and saves time. Fans can also deploy Show Widgets for their favorite artists.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Show Widget.
To get this Widget, click on the
on any artist's "Shows" tab.
Dimensions: 434x247.
The same as the Show Widget, but with a dynamic, interactive map which traces the route of all of an artist's scheduled shows. Whether you're playing shows locally or touring internationally, this Widget is a great tool. The map is accurate to the street address for shows in the United States and is accurate to the city for shows elsewhere in the world.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Show Map.
To get this Widget, look for the
on any artist's "Shows" tab.
Dimensions: 434x538.
Successful venues today need to maintain show schedules on multiple web pages (official site, MySpace, etc.). This widget makes life easier for busy venue operators and promoters.
To get this Widget, look for the
on a venue's "Shows" tab.
Dimensions: 434 x 600.
The Blog Schedule is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click here to get your Show Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
Place this anywhere (MySpace, official home page, etc.) to allow fans to join your mailing list. Tap into all of your web traffic and start collecting fans while you sleep.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Fan Collector.
To get this Widget, go to FanReach in your "Tools" tab, enable FanReach (if you haven't already), then follow the instructions on the "add contacts" tab.
Dimensions: 434x109.
The Blog Fan Collector is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click Here to get your Fan Collector.Dimensions: 180x180.
• General Info
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Facebook applications are a fun and easy way to share music, collect fans, and boost your presence on the social network.
Facebook Applications for Artists
For personal profiles or musician pages. ADD MYBAND APPLICATION
Promote your band on Facebook
- Stats track how your music is spread
- Profile pic, band info, play stats
- Friends can share your songs
- Show schedule
- "Join the Mailing List" function
For personal profiles or musician pages. ADD SHOWS APPLICATION
Promote your band on Facebook
- Add tour dates and locations
- Interactive Map of locations
- Inform fans of upcoming shows
For personal profiles or musician pages. ADD MUSIC APPLICATION
Add music to your musician pages.
- Show MP3s on your page
- Pop out player
- Create and share playlists
For personal profile pages ADD REVERBNATION APPLICATION
Add music to your profile pages.
- Full length tracks
- Bookmark shows
- Music Feed - What your friends
are playing
For personal profile pages PLAY "WHO DIGS IT?" GAME
Who Digs It? Comes with the ReverbNation app on your personal profile page.
Can you tell what music someone digs just by looking at their picture? Confident? Increase your bet and score more points. The "Discovery Feed" sends you songs people think YOU will dig based on YOUR picture!
ReverbNation Label and Management Features
Manage and Promote all your Artists from one Place
Label and Management Features Signup Now
Set up profiles for all of the Artists on your roster and they will link back to your page. You can even manage those profiles without having to log out and in again.
Promote Entire Roster
Your entire Roster, including sample songs, will be promoted on your Management page. Fans who visit can sample music and link to the Artist page.
Create Music Samplers for MySpace, etc…
Sampler Music Player widgets are created automatically and are ready for you to deploy to your other sites. You can even customize the color. Fans can grab the samplers too and we track where they go all over the Internet for you.
Recruit, Manage, and Track Street Teams
Tired of having to "track" the activity of a street team and not knowing who is really helping promote your Artists? Use ou r Street Team function. You can create missions, attach assets, and we track the whole thing for you. We even give the fans and Artists a "leaderboard" so they can see who is winning the contests in real time. Managing a Street Team can actually be fun again.
Powerful Free email Tools
We've included a version of our critically acclaimed email system, FanReach, just for you. Import your email list, deploy our "fan collector" to gather emails on all of your web pages, and start sending professional, customizable, targeted emails to your fans, media contacts, and Artists. Its 100% FREE. That's a huge savings over NOT FREE, and it was built for music from the ground up.
Send FREE, custom emails to your fans. Use the FREE Fan Collector to allow fans to sign up from all of your sites.
FanReach is the only email system built for the music business from the ground up. Over 40,000 Artists, Venues, Labels, and Managers are using FanReach to send out millions of emails per month.
FanReach is available in two versions, our free product for bands who are just starting out, and FanReach Pro for bands who are trying to grow their fan base, book gigs, and earn money from selling merchandise and music.
Learn more about FanReach Pro >>
Using FanReach is Easy:
STEP 1: BUILD YOUR LIST
STEP 2: CREATE AND SEND
STEP 3: TRACK RESULTS
STEP 4: RELAX
Recruit fans and send them on missions to promote your Bands. ReverbNation can also build your street team for you!
Street Teams are a cost-effective way to create the grassroots buzz that is necessary to move your career to the next level. ReverbNation gives every artist a FREE Street Team Program to help activate their fans and make every promotion "viral". These promoters will help you gain exposure by talking about you on blogs, in message boards and posting your music, banners, tour dates, etc. all over the internet.
Q: These Street Team tools are great, but can I just pay you to do it for me?
A: Absolutely! We can build you a Street Team, or you can use our team of 2,000 rabid fans.
EVERY artist on ReverbNation has the Street Team feature available automatically in their Street Team tab. The feature is built around the concept of "missions". You tell the team what you want them to do, and they compete against each other for a reward. We provide several mission templates to choose from, or you can make a custom mission:
- Spread Music
- Promote Shows
- Recruit New Fans
- Drive Traffic
- Offline
- Custom
Once you "Launch" the mission, we help you recruit your fans to participate by sending out a notification via email. Each live mission is tracked in a real-time, and progress is displayed in a "Leaderboard" that you and your fans can see. You get to choose the reward for the winners, and there is even a blog for each mission so that you can talk to your team and keep them up to date.
Most missions are "online" and revolve around Street Team members posting your widgets (music
player, show schedule, fan collector, etc) or banners into other web pages, blogs, etc. We track who
is getting you the most plays, the most schedule views, collecting the most email addresses or the
most click-thrus during the mission period. You simply set up the mission, click "Launch", and then
let us do our part. When the mission ends, you simply look at the Leaderboard to know which Street
Team members to reward. It's easy, it's automatic, and it's a fun way to engage your fans.
How to Start: A Guide to Using Street Teams
1. The first thing to do is import your existing email list into FanReach (ReverbNation's email management system).
2. A few days (3 or 4) after your email list is imported, you can send an email to everyone inviting them to join your Street Team. This list will most likely include your existing Street Team members as well, but if they are on a separate list, import them into FanReach too. Street Team members do not even have to have an account at ReverbNation in order to help you promote, so as long as you have their email in FanReach, they can be a member of your team and we can track their activity for you. Now that's cool!
3. Place a FanCollector or StreetTeam Collector widget on your official website, Myspace page, etc., so you can start getting those fans to join your team. When a fan enters their email address, it goes directly to your FanReach system. These widgets are located in your Widgets tab.
4. Once you have enough Street Team members joined up, you are ready to launch a mission.
5. Online and Offline missions can be sent directly from your Street Team tab by clicking NEW MISSION. Once the mission goes out via an automatic email to all your street team members, they can get access to the mission from there. They'll be taken directly to your Street Team tab where they can join the mission with a click of a button. They'll also see what the mission entails and the rewards offered.
6. Marketing Tools for each mission automatically drop down for the street team members to grab and run with. For instance, if a mission is to expose your music all over the internet, a music player widget loaded with your songs drops down and the members go out and paste it all over Myspace, Facebook or anywhere else. We also have artist's banners, show schedules, tour maps, street team collectors, FanCollectors, and other widgets and banners that drop down for easy pickings. You could even create your own widget or banner and have the Street Team promote that. You will need to upload these into your Widget or Banner tab in your Artist Profile before you begin.
7. Messaging can be done throughout the mission from the artist (or leader) by using the "mission blog" area.
8. Promotions are then tracked and you'll know who was doing what and how they did (ex. Joe Smith placed 75 Music Players around the internet and got 180,000 impressions from them.)
9. You can then reward your top promoters. The leaderboard is right there for you to see from best promoters down to worst.
NOTE: Don't be a spammer by placing your music in places it shouldn't be. If you are a death metal act, I doubt jazz fans will be too happy to see you and your fans promoting music on their site. Stick to similar styles of music and you'll be fine.
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions, send an email to streetteams@reverbnation.com.
Feedback is always appreciated.
One central account allows you access to all your Artists' pages, making handling multiple Artists seamless and easy.
Your Own Promotional Page
Your Label/Management page is a great place to promote yourself and your portfolio of Artists. From this one location you can have promotional information on yourself as well as all your portfolio Artists.
Central Management Location
You can link your Artist pages to your management or label account so you can manage the online profile of your Artists from one login. No more multiple accounts and different websites, manage them all from a single login.
Tunewidget
The perfect promotional tool for Labels/Managers, with Tunewidget you can have samples of your portfolio Artists all in one widget. This is a great way to share a sample of the music in your portfolio, in an easy, shareable widget.
Your Artists content is itching to get out of it's cage, set it free with viral widgets from your Management profile.
Easy Deployment
Using our versatile suite of widgets you can set Artist content free allowing fans, other Artists, of fans of fans to spread your reach across the social web.
ReverbNation's Widgets are the easiest way to add your music and other content to almost any website.
Enhance your home page, blog, or other profile pages with widgets that keep your information consistent and give your fans an easy way to promote your Artists!
All Widgets can be shared by anyone who sees them and can be posted to MySpace profiles, MySpace comments, MySpace Bulletins, Webs, Friendster, Orkut, Blogger, LiveJournal, BlackPlanet, MyYearbook, TypePad, Xanga, iGoogle, Netvibes, Pageflakes, and millions of other places that allow Flash.
ARTIST WIDGETS GALLERY
The mother of all widgets. This widget includes the artist's picture, band info, music player, video, show schedule (with tour map), "join the mailing list" function, and more. Check out the bottom of the widget to see who this artist is recommending. Posting this widget on your web pages is the ultimate show of support for an artist you love.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your TuneWidget.
To get this now, click on the
on any artist's "Songs" tab or on any "Playlists" tab.
Dimensions: 434x434.
Gives exclusive downloads to fans who join the email list. Requires at least one song set up as a "fan exclusive for download."
Click here to get your Exclusive Downloads widget.Dimensions: 180x130.
If you have merchandise for sale anywhere on the internet, the Retail Links widget can find all your retail links automatically.
Click here to get your Retail Links Widget.Dimensions: 434x240.
The Grab Box widget presents your fans with a way to virally spread your content.
Click here to get your Grab Box.Dimensions: 300x300.
Present ALL of your YouTube videos in one tight widget. This widget grabs all the videos listed on your 'songs' tab and pulls them into a nice package you can put on your MySpace page, homepage, blog, etc.
Click here to get your Video Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
Add press clippings, reviews, blog blurbs, or anything else people are saying about you to your homapage, MySpace page, blog, or anywhere. Displays the content you have in the Press area on your general tab.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Press Widget.
Dimensions: 434x110.
The player widget allows easy deployment of music from ReverbNation, whether a custom playlist or an artist's full song list. And when the list at ReverbNation is edited or updated, the player widget automatically changes.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Player Widget.
To get this now, click on the
on any artist's "Songs" tab or on any "Playlists" tab.
Dimensions: 434x228.
The Blog Player is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click here to get your Player Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
The Mini Player is a miniature version of the Music Player. It's the same, except that the song list is not visible. This cute little player is perfect for comments and bulletins at MySpace and for other tight spots.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Mini Player.
Dimensions: 262x95.
The Micro Player is an even tinier version of the Music Player. Great for putting music into really tight spots like blogs, comments, and bulletins.
Click here to get your Micro Player.Dimensions: 160x125.
With the Show Widget, artists can manage their show schedule in one location, then publish it where they want: MySpace, official home page, etc. Maintaining and publishing a single show schedule guarantees consistent information and saves time. Fans can also deploy Show Widgets for their favorite artists.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Show Widget.
To get this Widget, click on the
on any artist's "Shows" tab.
Dimensions: 434x247.
The same as the Show Widget, but with a dynamic, interactive map which traces the route of all of an artist's scheduled shows. Whether you're playing shows locally or touring internationally, this Widget is a great tool. The map is accurate to the street address for shows in the United States and is accurate to the city for shows elsewhere in the world.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Show Map.
To get this Widget, look for the
on any artist's "Shows" tab.
Dimensions: 434x538.
The Blog Schedule is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click here to get your Show Widget.Dimensions: 180x300.
Place this anywhere (MySpace, official home page, etc.) to allow fans to join your mailing list. Tap into all of your web traffic and start collecting fans while you sleep.
Click here to see a live example.Click here to get your Fan Collector.
To get this Widget, go to FanReach in your "Tools" tab, enable FanReach (if you haven't already), then follow the instructions on the "add contacts" tab.
Dimensions: 434x109.
The Blog Fan Collector is sized to fit perfectly into the side panels of the most popular blogs. Its also great for use within the social network Ning.
Click Here to get your Fan Collector.Dimensions: 180x180.
• General Info
• Photos
• Blog
• ...more
New Features!
Mail in your CD. Mail us your CD and we'll do the work for you. Start Now >>Digital Distribution from ReverbNation
Get your music on 10 MAJOR MUSIC STORES (including iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, and eMusic),
Collect 100% of the proceeds,
and get FREE PROMOTIONAL TOOLS! Setup your albums for FREE and pay only when you decide to release them.
How it Works
Online Music Distribution / Promotion Comparison
There is no minimum number of tracks per album, and a maximum of 50 tracks per album. The price comparison below is based on the following typical configuration: An Artist who submits one 12-track album, to 10 online music stores, and does not already have a UPC code. Artists may submit an album of any size through ReverbNation, check the Digital Distribution FAQs page for more info.
Try our Digital Distro calculator to see which service is right for you!
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| Price (includes UPC Code) | $34.95* | $41.73* | $55.00** |
| % of Royalties Taken | 0% | 0% | 9% |
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Frequently Asked Questions about Digital Distribution
Which 10 stores are included?
iTunes (US), iTunes (Aus/NZ), iTunes (Canada), iTunes (UK), iTunes (EU), iTunes (Japan), Amazon, eMusic, Napster, Rhapsody.
Am I giving ReverbNation any rights over my music?
No you are NOT. You are simply giving us the non-exclusive rights to submit your music to digital retailers on your behalf. The same terms and conditions you agreed to when you registered for ReverbNation apply.
What do I get paid?
Each store is different, you can see a full payout table by visiting our FAQs page for Digital Distribution. ReverbNation transfers 100% of these payments directly to the artist, some online distributors take a percentage of your earning, but we never do!
How long does it take before the music shows up for sale?
We submit your music to the retailers within days after submission. But like all digital distribution services, the retailers can take several weeks to process it and post it to their websites. The average amount of time is 6-8 weeks.
How much do you make off my songs?
ReverbNation does not take any percentage of the royalties from your music.
What format do my songs have to be in?
Your songs are required to be in the WAV format. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV for details on this format.
Now that my release is on a retailer, how do I promote it?
You can promote your release through many of the tools and services provided to you by ReverbNation. Make sure to include all relevant links to your releases in the STORELINK section of your artist profile’s Admin/Tools section. This will allow fans to also get linked to your music through ReverbNation widgets. Also alert your fans in your General Tab that you have music for sale on these retailers.
Can I mail in my CD and have ReverbNation set up my release?
Absolutely! Visit our mail-in information page to find out how.
If my question isn’t answered here, who do I contact?
You can always contact support@reverbnation.com with any questions you have about any of our tools or services.
ReverbNation Press Kits
Quick RPK Fact: Artists who have an RPK play four times as many shows as artists who do not have an RPK.
A press kit is a must-have for every artist, and ReverbNation’s RPK is the best one out there. We give you detailed tracking information, the friendliest interface, and the most professional look.
Want to book more gigs? Our RPK can help.
How it Works
Online Press Kit Comparison
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| Price | 5.95 | 5.95 | 10.95 |
| Audio storage | UNLIMITED | 25MB | 60MB |
| Photo storage | UNLIMITED | 10 images | 10 images |
| Color customization | UNLIMITED | 9 themes | 13 themes |
| Unique versions | UNLIMITED | 1 | 1 |
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Feature Legend
1. Links to social network profiles2. High-quality media photos
3. Private songs (for pre-release songs and albums)
4. Fully downloadable songs
5. Comprehensive stats on your fan demographics (Venues will LOVE this.)
6. Unlimited photos and songs
7. Intuitive, prominent music player
ReverbNation takes care of all the numbers so you can focus on the what's most important, your music.
Track your content and profiles
Our stats provide everything you need to answer the following questions (and more):
Fans- How many fans do I have and where are they located?
- What age and gender are my fans?
- Which fans are helping spread my music on the web?
- Which fans are listeners and which are promoters? How valuable are my fans?
Songs
- Which of my songs is being played the most?
- Which of my songs is being played the longest before someone turns it off?
- Where are my song plays coming from?
- How many times have my songs been downloaded?
Traffic
- How much traffic is my page receiving?
- Where is that traffic coming from?
Widgets (remote players you deploy to other sites; more info here)
- On what other sites are my widgets deployed?
- Which other sites are generating me the most plays via my widgets?
- How can I get more widget hits, placements, plays, etc?
- Which widget placements have been active in the last 24 hours?
ReverbNation provides all of this to artists free of charge. You can access your stats from inside the Admin/Tools section, which is created for you automatically upon signup.
Turn Casual Listeners Into Registered Fans. Get Fan Information by giving them access to exclusive songs.
Wouldn't it be great if you could use access to your music as an incentive for fans to provide demographics (age, gender, location) and contact info (email) to you? Now you can. It's a new feature called Fan Exclusives, and it's only available at ReverbNation.com. Fan Exclusives are also a great way to reward your loyal fans with special content just for them.
What It IsFan Exclusives provide casual listeners with an incentive to
- Become an official fan of the Artist
- Join the Artist's mailing list
- Provide information about themselves ' like age, gender, and location
Artists should use Fan Exclusives to
- Get added value from posting full streams or songs for download.
- Reward those that are already Fans.
How It Works
Visitors will have access to a 30-second preview of your song and will be prompted to become a registered Fan of the Artist in order to access the full stream or download (you choose the setting). Once they are registered as a Fan and their email address is confirmed, they will be given access to the full song stream and/or download.
How to Make a Song a Fan Exclusive
To make a song a Fan Exclusive, simply choose that option when you upload. If you want to change an existing song to a Fan Exclusive, click on the 'edit song' button next to the song and change the setting to one of the Fan Exclusive options. You must have our free fan-management system Fan Reach enabled to access the Fan Exclusive features. Without this, there is no way for us to track who are fans and who are not.
Fan360 reveals the real fan behind an email address
Most Artists have a list of email addresses that have been collected from fans at shows, etc. But often they are missing key pieces of information that are critical to building a lasting (and lucrative) relationship with that fan. Who is that fan? Do they live in the area? Are we connected on MySpace, Facebook, or Bebo yet? How influential is that fan? Fan360 can help fill in the blanks about your fans.
Who is yellowFlower327@yahoo.com?
Once activated, Fan360 seeks out publicly available information about your fans and adds it directly into your FanReach database. You can even start a MySpace, Facebook, or Bebo 'friend request' from here so that you are connected in as many ways as possible with that fan (note: this is not a automated 'friend adder' or some other sketchy software, you have to send requests one at a time).
What info can Fan360 find?
Fan360 can find all the following information:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Age
- Zip Code
- Gender
- Social Networks
- Profile Picture
Sample profile found with Fan360
Pricing (based on number of FanReach Contacts)
| 0-99 contacts: | $4.95/month |
| 100 - 999 contacts: | $9.95/month |
| 1,000 - 9,999 contacts: | $14.95/month |
| 10,000 - 99,999 contacts: | $29.95/month |
| 100,000+ contacts: | $59.95/month |
Fan360 Only Works with FanReach
Click here for more information on the highly acclaimed FanReach email system for musicians.
ReverbNation Venue Features
Let's Pack Your House
Venue Features Signup Now
Post all of your shows and watch as Artists and fans begin to spread them all over the internet using our simple viral tools. You can include ticket links and details. We even create a schedule widget for you automatically that you can post on all of your other web pages like MySpace. Update your schedule at ReverbNation, and it will update all of the widgets in real-time. Saves tons of time.
Send Unlimited Emails to Your Fans for FREE
We've included a version of our critically acclaimed email system, FanReach, just for you. Import your email list, deploy our "fan collector" to gather emails on all of your web pages, and start sending professional, customizable, targeted emails to your fans, media contacts, and Artists. Its 100% FREE. That's a huge savings over NOT FREE, and it was built for music from the ground up.
Send FREE, custom emails to your fans. Use the FREE Fan Collector to allow fans to sign up from all of your sites.
FanReach is the only email system built for the music business from the ground up. Over 40,000 Artists, Venues, Labels, and Managers are using FanReach to send out millions of emails per month.
FanReach is available in two versions, our free product for bands who are just starting out, and FanReach Pro for bands who are trying to grow their fan base, book gigs, and earn money from selling merchandise and music.
Learn more about FanReach Pro >>
Using FanReach is Easy:
STEP 1: BUILD YOUR LIST
STEP 2: CREATE AND SEND
STEP 3: TRACK RESULTS
STEP 4: RELAX
Add a 'join the mailing list' function to all of your websites.
Easy Deployment
Putting the fan collector widget on a page is quick and easy. Within minutes you can have a join the mailing list feature on your website and start collecting fans.
Instant Results
Once someone puts their contact info into a fan collector widget, that information is immediately stored in your ReverbNation account. No waiting, no importing, just instant results.
We ask for demographics
We prompt users for their demographic information so you don't have to. You can not only grow your list with the fan collector widget, but you can improve the quality of your contacts by filling out their demographic information.
Integration with FanReach
All contac information is integrated directly into FanReach, so you don't have to do anything! Next time you open FanReach, all the contacts you have added with fan collector are already in your list and ready to go.
Tired of updating ALL of your webpages with new shows? Use our widget to keep them all up to date automatically. Includes Ticket links!
Save Time
With the Show Widget, Venues can manage their show schedule in one location, then publish it where they want: MySpace, official home page, etc. Instead of firing off emails or making manual updates to your pages, save time by updating the show schedule in one location.
Keep Information consistent
Maintaining and publishing a single show schedule guarantees consistent information and saves time. Make a change in your schedule in one place, and the changes are updated automatically everywhere that widget is placed on the web.
Easy Importing
If you need to import your show schedule from Excel, no problem. Simply import the schedule, and all of your show schedule widgets will automatically update.
Customize the Widget Color to fit any website
You can choose the colors you want so that the widget integrates seamlessly into all of your sites.
Recruit fans and send them on missions to promote your Venue. ReverbNation can also build your street team for you!
Street Teams are a cost-effective way to create the grassroots buzz that is necessary to move your career to the next level. ReverbNation gives every artist a FREE Street Team Program to help activate their fans and make every promotion "viral". These promoters will help you gain exposure by talking about you on blogs, in message boards and posting your music, banners, tour dates, etc. all over the internet.
Q: These Street Team tools are great, but can I just pay you to do it for me?
A: Absolutely! We can build you a Street Team, or you can use our team of 2,000 rabid fans.
EVERY artist on ReverbNation has the Street Team feature available automatically in their Street Team tab. The feature is built around the concept of "missions". You tell the team what you want them to do, and they compete against each other for a reward. We provide several mission templates to choose from, or you can make a custom mission:
- Spread Music
- Promote Shows
- Recruit New Fans
- Drive Traffic
- Offline
- Custom
Once you "Launch" the mission, we help you recruit your fans to participate by sending out a notification via email. Each live mission is tracked in a real-time, and progress is displayed in a "Leaderboard" that you and your fans can see. You get to choose the reward for the winners, and there is even a blog for each mission so that you can talk to your team and keep them up to date.
Most missions are "online" and revolve around Street Team members posting your widgets (music
player, show schedule, fan collector, etc) or banners into other web pages, blogs, etc. We track who
is getting you the most plays, the most schedule views, collecting the most email addresses or the
most click-thrus during the mission period. You simply set up the mission, click "Launch", and then
let us do our part. When the mission ends, you simply look at the Leaderboard to know which Street
Team members to reward. It's easy, it's automatic, and it's a fun way to engage your fans.
How to Start: A Guide to Using Street Teams
1. The first thing to do is import your existing email list into FanReach (ReverbNation's email management system).
2. A few days (3 or 4) after your email list is imported, you can send an email to everyone inviting them to join your Street Team. This list will most likely include your existing Street Team members as well, but if they are on a separate list, import them into FanReach too. Street Team members do not even have to have an account at ReverbNation in order to help you promote, so as long as you have their email in FanReach, they can be a member of your team and we can track their activity for you. Now that's cool!
3. Place a FanCollector or StreetTeam Collector widget on your official website, Myspace page, etc., so you can start getting those fans to join your team. When a fan enters their email address, it goes directly to your FanReach system. These widgets are located in your Widgets tab.
4. Once you have enough Street Team members joined up, you are ready to launch a mission.
5. Online and Offline missions can be sent directly from your Street Team tab by clicking NEW MISSION. Once the mission goes out via an automatic email to all your street team members, they can get access to the mission from there. They'll be taken directly to your Street Team tab where they can join the mission with a click of a button. They'll also see what the mission entails and the rewards offered.
6. Marketing Tools for each mission automatically drop down for the street team members to grab and run with. For instance, if a mission is to expose your music all over the internet, a music player widget loaded with your songs drops down and the members go out and paste it all over Myspace, Facebook or anywhere else. We also have artist's banners, show schedules, tour maps, street team collectors, FanCollectors, and other widgets and banners that drop down for easy pickings. You could even create your own widget or banner and have the Street Team promote that. You will need to upload these into your Widget or Banner tab in your Artist Profile before you begin.
7. Messaging can be done throughout the mission from the artist (or leader) by using the "mission blog" area.
8. Promotions are then tracked and you'll know who was doing what and how they did (ex. Joe Smith placed 75 Music Players around the internet and got 180,000 impressions from them.)
9. You can then reward your top promoters. The leaderboard is right there for you to see from best promoters down to worst.
NOTE: Don't be a spammer by placing your music in places it shouldn't be. If you are a death metal act, I doubt jazz fans will be too happy to see you and your fans promoting music on their site. Stick to similar styles of music and you'll be fine.
Questions or Comments
If you have any questions, send an email to streetteams@reverbnation.com.
Feedback is always appreciated.
We automatically find any blogs that talk about you!
We AUTOMATICALLY track what bloggers and fans are saying about you across the entire web!
Buzz Tracker automatically finds blog mentions, videos, or press about your Band, and displays them in the Blog/Buzz Tab on your Artist Profile. This feature is FREE, and we start tracking the minute you sign up for your Artist Profile.
Got Bad Buzz? No problem. YOU decide which entries are shown to fans using the 'hide' box next to each one. You can even change the search terms or modify the list of sites we search.
Fan360 reveals the real fan behind an email address
Most Artists have a list of email addresses that have been collected from fans at shows, etc. But often they are missing key pieces of information that are critical to building a lasting (and lucrative) relationship with that fan. Who is that fan? Do they live in the area? Are we connected on MySpace, Facebook, or Bebo yet? How influential is that fan? Fan360 can help fill in the blanks about your fans.
Who is yellowFlower327@yahoo.com?
Once activated, Fan360 seeks out publicly available information about your fans and adds it directly into your FanReach database. You can even start a MySpace, Facebook, or Bebo 'friend request' from here so that you are connected in as many ways as possible with that fan (note: this is not a automated 'friend adder' or some other sketchy software, you have to send requests one at a time).
What info can Fan360 find?
Fan360 can find all the following information:
- First Name
- Last Name
- Age
- Zip Code
- Gender
- Social Networks
- Profile Picture
Sample profile found with Fan360
Pricing (based on number of FanReach Contacts)
| 0-99 contacts: | $4.95/month |
| 100 - 999 contacts: | $9.95/month |
| 1,000 - 9,999 contacts: | $14.95/month |
| 10,000 - 99,999 contacts: | $29.95/month |
| 100,000+ contacts: | $59.95/month |
Fan360 Only Works with FanReach
Click here for more information on the highly acclaimed FanReach email system for musicians.
Slick Templates and Full Customization
• Pre-defined color schemes and layouts
• Save drafts and sent emails
• Email expert? Upload your own HTML templates!
One Click to Add ReverbNation Music Content
• One click can add store links, social networks links, show schedule and more!
• Easy-to-use interface makes creating pro emails easier than ever
Fan360 Finds Fan Info and Fills It Out for You!
• Import full list from CSV files or your current email program
• Email your list to support@reverbnation.com and we’ll upload it for you!
Feature Comparison
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Feature Highlights
1. Customize your banner image, or use a picture from your ReverbNation profile2. Check a box, add some content, easily add music content and more to each email
3. Choose from a slick set of color schemes or customize your own colors
4. Save your template to reuse later
5. Schedule emails to be sent out at the perfect time (like the day of the show)
6. Preview with or without images to see how it will look in different email programs
Fan360 Highlights
1. Fills out basic contact info (First Name, Last Name, Location, etc...)2. Displays profile picture of contacts
3. Identifies which social networks your fans belong to
4. Shows popularity ratings of contacts
Pricing (based on number of FanReach Contacts)
| 0 - 999 contacts: | $9.95/month |
| 1,000 - 2,500 contacts: | $14.95/month |
| 2,501 - 5,000 contacts: | $19.95/month |
| 5,001 - 10,000 contacts: | $29.95/month |
| 10,001 - 25,000 contacts: | $59.95/month |
| 25,001 - 50,000 contacts: | $99.95/month |
| 50,001 - 100,000 contacts: | $149.95/month |
| 100,001 - 250,000 contacts: | $249.95/month |
| more than 250,000 contacts: | Call for pricing |
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