Selling beats online can be a very profitable way to make some extra cash. In order to really maximize your sales though, you need the right marketing strategies. Below are 5 free tips to help you sell beats and potentially earn enough money to do it for a living.

1. Newsletter - The most important thing you can do as a beat seller is to build a newsletter subscription. Having a subscription base of people who have purchased your beats can pay off BIG time every time you write a new beat. Imagine 2,000+ subscribers that love your beats being notified as soon as you write your latest banger. That can pull in some immediate sales. Say only 10% like and buy your new beat every time. You do the math. There are many different newsletter templates and opt-in forms you can use for this. Some beat sellers offer a free beat for signing up, but you may find it beneficial to keep it to people who like and buy your beats, rather than fill your list up with people who are just looking for a freebie. Try YMLP for a free mailing list option.

2. Social Networking - If you haven't taken advantage of sites like Myspace and Facebook to network with people from all over the world, then you're really missing out. These sites have become a huge benefit to online merchants and the beat market is no exception. Myspace gives you a player to showcase your beats, and then of course you can put some custom HTML to promote and link to your beat selling site. Bulletins are a great way to advertise new beats as well. Of course, the more friends you have the better, so add as many friends as you can.

3. Google Adwords - If your own website doesn't rank well in Google, you should consider Google Adwords. Google Adwords displays the sponsored results when you do a search in Google. Sponsored results are at the top, bottom, and right side. These results are ranked according to bid per click based on certain keywords. For instance, if you are running an ad with the keyphrase "hip hop beats" and your bid is set at $.20 per click, you will rank higher than someone bidding $.15 per click on that same keyphrase. This obviously costs money, but it means instant traffic to your site and that could lead to sales. All major search engines offer pay-per-click advertising.
 
4. Offline Advertising - A lot of people don't really take advantage of offline advertising and there is really a lot that can come of it. Find local artists to sell your beats to. There are a lot of artists out there who are looking to put together an entire album and you could make 10-12 beat sales off of that. Market yourself to recording studios, clubs, record stores, etc. You can get some really cheap business cards made at Vistaprint to help you get started.

5. Affiliate Marketing - Selling your beats yourself can really pay off, but having a lot of people selling you beats can bring an even greater return. There are different affiliate programs out there. Rocbattle offers one if you sell your beats there. If you have your own site and would like to offer instant download with the option to let affiliates sell your beats, then you should checkout Ejunkie. Here's how affiliate marketing works. Say you lease your beats for $20.00 each. You are willing to pay your affiliates a 50% commission for any sales that they refer. When they refer a customer that purchases, they get $10 and you get $10. I think it is absolutely worth the commission because they are reaching people that you are not, and some money is better than none, right?
 
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