In Austin, Texas, every year thousands of musicians and music entrepreneurs attend the South by Southwest Music Festival (SXSW). Each year thousands of musicians leave this Conference, after having made a large, critical error: not making meaningful connections.
SXSW is a big festival to meet thousands of music industry professionals and other musicians.Many musicians at SXSW fails, however, to establish a real meaningful connections with people participating in the Festival. Why is this important?
Networking is essential in the music industry.As a new music artist or music business entrepreneur conferences like SXSW Music festival can help you market and promote your music or your company. you can meet influential people in the music industry that can help you launch and grow your career at the SXSW Festival. so how can you make meaningful connections at SXSW, which will contribute to promote and market your music or music business?
Here are four tips to create real and meaningful connections at SXSW:
Has a SMART network plan for SXSW. Have a goal. What do you hope to achieve at SXSW? What is the ultimate goal? Imagine leaving the Conference, what you want to walk away with? New industrial relations? Information about new trends in the music industry? Has a smart objective.Develop a plan for SMART. A smart plan for SXSW is a networking plan, a network approach, consisting of smart goals. Smart is a simple acronym, which stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely. You should come to the SXSW Festival, armed with smart goals.Your smart networking plan for SXSW should also consist of the speakers, you will hear at SXSW, the names of specific individuals, you want to meet and the names of the required to participate in the sessions.
2) Divide and Conquer: If you have a music band and all of your band members is to attend SXSW and then your band members should be divided and participate in various networking events.This increases your band's networking opportunities.This tip will help increase your band's exposure and want to grow your list of contacts. If you are the owner of a music company, send your music an intern or employees to various networking events for maximum exposure for your company.
3) connect work: not just attend SXSW to meet people, but go there with the intention of connecting people.Introduce the people you have met each other on a network networking function available or social party. you should connection on the parties.If you can find people who have common interests and goals and connecting them to each other, will you be the star of the event.
4) Make eye contact: during the session breaks, you should not get on the phone smart. Make eye contact with a person and go over and introduce yourself when you are on the phone smart send an SMS message to a person, send you also a message to all the others in the room, you're unapproachable or busy. you should take advantage of the break time to talk with other people.
Author Angela m. Carter is a music Success Coach and music Marketing Strategist. FR.Carter is obliged to help musicians and music entrepreneurs create long-term careers in the music industry. She helps artists and music entrepreneurs develop and label their music careers on their own conditions through strategic planning. FR.Carter is also the host of music Success Radio, a radio, shows that offers listeners practical tips on music marketing, branding and marketing.
Currently, Ms. Carter resides in Austin, TX where she is a music lawyer.
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