Booster: Community
Through these extra activities we'll we help you build the infrastructure to connect directly with your most loyal listeners. We merge physical operations with fan engagement strategies to create a tangible ecosystem around your music.
One or more of these extras can be added according to your needs to the core Release Campaign service.
- Determine ideal formats, bundles, packaging and colors with you and your designer
- Gather manufacturing quotes, calculate unit costs and breakeven point
- Set dealer and selling prices
- Evaluate test pressings
- Establish stock allocation for retail, promo and touring
- Generate download codes via Bandcamp
- Overall coordination with existing graphic designer and manufacturer
- Store set up via Bandcamp
- Store set up via artist website (possible depending on website builder used)
- Upload of releases and rendering images
- Payment solution set up
- Overall coordination with existing graphic and/or web designer
- Determine the ideal Email Marketing Platform
- Create a tailored Email Marketing Template
- Guide you on what content to include
- Set up distribution lists and segments
- Generate sign-up links
- Schedule send outs in line with your Release Campaign
- Analyse engagement
- Research and analyse the current brand and audience
- Determine ideal set list
- Ideate key interactive experience (contest, exclusivity, surprise elements, merch and give aways)
- Ideate key visual experience (stage set up, lighting, mood)
- Set up fan data collection system
When are the "Booster Operations" services useful?
We advise creation of physical products only if an artist has already a certain fan base, who are willing to support the music. We don't want any artist to have to store boxes of unsold vinyl or merch in their basements. These extra services are therefore useful to those artists with a solid base, who are inexperienced with music manufacturing, or wish to delegate the research, planning and logistics of the process.
How much does it cost?
The price is subject to the extra picked and the format to manufacture. We'll gladly send you a quote.
What's needed to get started
A planned and soon to be launched Release Campaign (our core service). These extras are add ons. For manufacturing we'll also need final creative direction of the project with artwork and packaging design with all credits, barcodes and declaration of your mechanical license from Suisa. For live show concepts, there needs to be a planned release show or dates lined up.
What's not included
We provide the coordination, strategy, and digital setup; you handle the physical inventory, packing, shipping, and fulfillment to your fans. Not included: Hosting and domain fees, the actual costs of manufacturing/printing your items, design costs, e-com platform fees, barcodes, mechanical licenses, delivery/import costs, VAT, or subscriptions to third-party service providers.
