Amazon Music For Artists: 5 Social Media Best Practices

Amazon Music for Artists is regularly rolling out new features to help up and coming artists increase their reach. Here we look at five ways to engage with Amazon Music through social media in order to broader your reach and uncover new fans.

Guest post by Randi Zimmerman of the Symphonic Blog

Amazon Music for Artists is consistently creating new tools to help artists like you get heard by the world. In an age where social media reigns supreme, take all the help you can get! To help you out, here are 5 ways to engage with Amazon Music on socials to help increase your reach and discover new fans.

Amazon Music for Artists: Social Media Best Practices

Follow

Make sure you’re following Amazon Music on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc. (Check out this page to see a full list of Amazon Music’s global handles.)

Messaging Tips

The more genuine and authentic you are, the better. Make sure to provide a call to action like “listen on Amazon Music” to help drive fans to check out your music.

Tag

Always tag @AmazonMusic (or their local social handles) in your posts whenever you can. This makes it easy for them to find, engage with, and share your posts to their followers.

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Deep Linking

Drive more plays of your music by including a deep link directly into the app. ( A “deep link” is a link to a specific content, not just a general homepage. For example, linking to your new album, songs, etc. on the Amazon Music app.)

Use #Hashtags

It’s always better to tag @AmazonMusic over using #AmazonMusic, but feel free to include hashtags to promote specific playlists or programs whenever you can.

In Conclusion…

Utilizing these best practices on social media will help expand your reach in no time. Amazon Music is here for artists just like you, working to get you heard by as many people as possible. Make connections, expand your network, and show the world what you have to offer with Amazon Music.