In Response to COVID-19
A CASE STUDY
SOMETHING WE'VE LEARNED
AN UPDATE
This has been great for many independent artists and labels, but there’s still a major: it’s difficult to get more plays on Spotify without the assistance of Spotify editorial or placement their in-house playlists.
The best teams are overcoming the editorial challenge by running direct-to-fan Spotify promotions that encourage fans to add tracks to their collections and provide valuable social data to music marketing teams.
A very common consumer streaming path on Spotify looks a bit like this:
The most proactive teams in music are therefore overcoming the editorial hurdle by trying to influence Spotify collection saves in any way they can.
Childish Gambino’s team chose to use a ToneDen contest to promote the release of his latest album, “Awaken, My Love!”, on Spotify.
Fans were directed to the contest landing page on ToneDen from Facebook and other social media channels, where they were prompted to enter via Facebook’s Connect API (essentially, a one-click email opt-in form).
After entering, fans were able to save Childish Gambino’s album to their Spotify Collections in order to increase their chances of winning:
ToneDen’s contest feature is designed get the most social actions out of your fanbase. After entering a contest, a fan is enticed to increase their entries by doing the following:
The Childish Gambino team chose to focus their efforts primarily on Spotify in an effort to maximize the album’s presence on the platform.
The contest turned out to be a resounding success for the Childish Gambino release!
His team was able to gain the following from one single promotion:
While the primary goal was to influence collection saves, his team managed to gain a ton of audience data that can be used for future releases, in addition to making his fans happy.
In fact, the response from fans was overwhelmingly positive. Take a look at the comments section of the contest:
This has been great for many independent artists and labels, but there’s still a major: it’s difficult to get more plays on Spotify without the assistance of Spotify editorial or placement their in-house playlists.
The best teams are overcoming the editorial challenge by running direct-to-fan Spotify promotions that encourage fans to add tracks to their collections and provide valuable social data to music marketing teams.
A very common consumer streaming path on Spotify looks a bit like this:
The most proactive teams in music are therefore overcoming the editorial hurdle by trying to influence Spotify collection saves in any way they can.
Childish Gambino’s team chose to use a ToneDen contest to promote the release of his latest album, “Awaken, My Love!”, on Spotify.
Fans were directed to the contest landing page on ToneDen from Facebook and other social media channels, where they were prompted to enter via Facebook’s Connect API (essentially, a one-click email opt-in form).
After entering, fans were able to save Childish Gambino’s album to their Spotify Collections in order to increase their chances of winning:
ToneDen’s contest feature is designed get the most social actions out of your fanbase. After entering a contest, a fan is enticed to increase their entries by doing the following:
The Childish Gambino team chose to focus their efforts primarily on Spotify in an effort to maximize the album’s presence on the platform.
The contest turned out to be a resounding success for the Childish Gambino release!
His team was able to gain the following from one single promotion:
While the primary goal was to influence collection saves, his team managed to gain a ton of audience data that can be used for future releases, in addition to making his fans happy.
In fact, the response from fans was overwhelmingly positive. Take a look at the comments section of the contest:
