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#53
lfmn16 said:
I'm not all that facebook savvy, so maybe I'm missing something. What good is having 5,000 likes, if you only have 25 real fans?
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T helps u get gigs and gives you bargaining power. It sucks but that's the industry now.

A Booker would rather pay band with 2000 like 1000. For a 45 min set even if they suck than pay a good band with 40 likes 200.00

Ask me how I know. We pull 20-30 people reliably every show and were still struggling to get paid and country bands pulling way less are making 6 times as much as us cause they have higher likes.

Its all about perceptions.
Some of the more serious booking agents will come see your show but most don't care they look at your YouTube videos may listen to your reverb nation but always check your Facebook.
 
#55
3star2nr said:
T helps u get gigs and gives you bargaining power. It sucks but that's the industry now.

A Booker would rather pay band with 2000 like 1000. For a 45 min set even if they suck than pay a good band with 40 likes 200.00

Ask me how I know. We pull 20-30 people reliably every show and were still struggling to get paid and country bands pulling way less are making 6 times as much as us cause they have higher likes.

Its all about perceptions.
Some of the more serious booking agents will come see your show but most don't care they look at your YouTube videos may listen to your reverb nation but always check your Facebook.
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You know if it'd make that much of a difference you can buy Facebook likes. There are companies that specialize in that. 1000 likes for $20. Yeah it's cheating but bookers aren't that smart.

Around here I don't think it'd make a huge difference. But that could be a good investment in your market. I'd wonder though if the bar is simply paying the country bands better because that's what their regular patrons want.
 
#58
3star2nr said:
...making 6 times as much as us cause they have higher likes.

Its all about perceptions.
Some of the more serious booking agents will come see your show but most don't care they look at your YouTube videos may listen to your reverb nation but always check your Facebook.
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I don't know…I think a lot of this (not this post, but the general idea behind it) is missing the forest for the "like" trees.

As a promotional tool for people who haven't seen the band, I think you want to make people viewing your facebook page or an event invite say -

"That looks like a good time! I'd like to be a part of that!"

As a promotional tool to get people to return, I think you want to create a record that encourages them to say -

"That was a good time! I was/am part of it, and I want to continue to be and do it again…and I want to include more friends!"

This does not simply involve a number of likes, but number of likes is part of a whole that creates, results from, and supports that image that your band delivers a good time. Likes should also be part of the result of the band delivering a good time.

A page with likes and nothing else would be ineffective IMO. An eye-catching page with pictures and videos showing people having a good time, would have a level of its intended effect with or without a high number of likes. A high number of likes bolsters that image. It's a piece of a larger picture.
 

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