 What's up everybody once again is brand man Sean and I'm back with another link up today I got teacup yet again. I think this is her third time on the link up series and look man it's cuz she keep on bringing some value and she got some sauce for y'all today that is how to bring I mean how to submit to blogs she's gonna give you all some specific blogs to submit to and trust me there will be some quality here first and foremost though like this topic isn't something that's as popular as it used to be right because a lot of people don't think it's worth the meaning of blogs at all so in your opinion right why do you want to talk about submitting to blogs why do you think it's still something that's actually worth spending time on um so blogs I would say I don't want to say that they're non-existent anymore I feel that they have revised they become more modern because instead of just checking websites or just taking like subscriptions blogs are very relevant now because everything is digital now like you know with COVID and everything and people can't come outside people are more so gonna be online you know searching for music and looking for new artists and nowadays you know a blog just isn't just one website or one Twitter page that tweets all the music now blogs can be even the Instagram pages that post all the new music you know like so blogs can be like say cheese or balls can be like dirty glove bastards so those are what we consider now blogs instead of the older typical blogs where everybody had the WordPress and everybody was just writing up now those are still relevant to especially if you're on Twitter I tell every artist to get on Twitter get on Twitter why is it because Twitter is more so a it's easier to click links so when you go to Instagram you got to go to somebody's page you see it on a story you see it on a page and you got to go click on a page and you got to go click on a bio then it opens up another app you know to take you somewhere else and that's too much work for a lot of people when Twitter you could just click the link when you see the tweet and it goes straight there and then a lots of blogs and platforms and things like that they already have their people that there are people on Twitter that do still subscribe to Twitter blogs so you could just go on there and click and then somebody can find you just like that got you so you would say under you utilized route would not just be getting posted on some of these IG pages which that's a great point that those are the modern day blogs those are still considered blogs even though you might not think of them in the same way or brand them as heavily that way but you would say it's underutilized to actually look for somebody who's popping on Twitter blog wise and trying to get posted with them yeah so it's not so that's very relevant like people still do that like people still follow complex and people still follow hot new hip hop you know to see what's out and people still look at those things because if you really think about it like a lot of celebrity news a lot of celebrity news but so if you really think about it a lot of celebrity news you find it on Twitter first so you'll find it on Twitter first and then usually is reposted onto Instagram you know like a light shave they post a lot of tweets you know I'm saying the Twitter is very active as far as people subscribing to certain celebrities or subscribing to certain things got you got you okay make sense make sense now let's go ahead and get into just a practicality those technical steps of how to submit to blogs what are what are your steps and what are people missing when they even think to do it okay so when people submit is that noise a lot in the background it's a little bit is there a little bit all right we had to pause for a quick second but again take up how do you submit to blogs okay so how to submit to blogs okay so for one what you always need to do is you need to research these blogs that you want to be a part of so go check out their websites go check out their content go look at their about section and make sure you match the type of content that they post so for example I mentioned dirty glove earlier right so dirty glove has more so a trap you know street aesthetic to it so if you're somebody that's like pop you know or alternative you may not align with their platform or or even if you do submit to their platform it may cost you more you know to be on their platform because it really doesn't align with the type of audience that they have so you're saying that some people actually post stuff that they know that isn't really in line with their platform but they just still say look I got it I'm gonna take the check though right so I mean not necessarily saying people do that some people may decline you but that may be something if you really want to be on somebody's platform you know you may not align with what they have just like you know if it's an R&B platform you know you're having rap music or just straight spitting type music you know why would you submit to an R&B blog you know so you may get denied or you may be charged more you know that's just that either or to it um what should I say so submit in a blog always research and make sure your music aligns with their content you always want to look at the specific writers on blogs like when it comes to like complex or rap radar and stuff like that you want to look specific to the writers and you can find them on Instagram to even see like the type of content they post and of course support these people like support the writers support the blogs you know show love you know and make sure it's jingling even after they do post you you know still continue to show love because that's how you build that relationship and then they can still keep up with what you're doing um submitting to blogs okay so you will always need a bio you will need a press release or you will need an EPK so a press release and an EPK are two different things both should include a bio right so the bio always tells about who you are you know just a little bit about your background with music and then with the press release that's usually promoting a specific single project or video so it includes the bio and then it includes the description of what the constantly is that you're looking to have shared or posted an EPK is an electronic press kit so it's basically like a digital regime for artists so an EPK can include some press sources so once you do start to get onto different blogs you can include the different blogs that you are featured on in your EPK so that people can click and reach them but basically an EPK is a one stop shop or a one stop document usually a PDF document where you can click inside of it and you can see your videos you can see all of your songs you can even have links to YouTube videos and performances and you can have links to other press so EPK may not always be necessary initially if you're just starting out as an artist because you you know you may not have anything to put inside of that portfolio but definitely you need a bio and a press release specifically when you're submitting to these websites always when you submit introduce yourself that needs to be the first thing that you do you need to introduce yourself include that bio and include a description of the song or whatever you're sending now it doesn't have to be a novel it does not have to be you know I believe a good intro one or two sentence intro and then a paragraph of a bio and a paragraph of the content that you're posting I think that should be good with a press release one second one second so we say paragraphs how long would that paragraph of a bio be because I've received some emails and some people might say oh this is one paragraph but the paragraph is like it is a novel and I don't think I understand that some people want to you know get get their stuff off and they're trying to sell themselves you don't need all that because people are usually like you typically bloggers have thousands of submissions you know and as much as you want to tell your story a lot of times we just want to get what's gonna catch us you know we want to find something interesting you know something that's gonna stick and something that's gonna align so yeah we don't need no I always recommend if you're sending like a song I always just recommend the first 30 seconds that I saw on the hit so if you just got 30 seconds of a beat you know if somebody just talking in the intro isn't catchy people are gonna click people are gonna trash that and go to the next you know so you definitely want to have something of interest to hook people because you got to remember people you're not the only person submitting to these logs always include your links and the embed code inside your submission and the reason why is because you want to make everything as convenient to submit to that contributor right so again if you have a contributor has thousands of people you know in their emails you don't want people to you know just you don't want you don't want people to have to oh dang well I can't post them because I don't have the link to the video or you know even just having to click and even though it's simple to go to YouTube and grab the embed code to a lot of people that still a lot of work and the embed code is the code that goes on to websites or goes on to pages where it's shared always have a thumbnail always have a thumbnail as an attachment or even better if you can get a video clip as an attachment in a Google Drive link so that always helps as well but especially having a thumbnail because nobody wants to have to go and like go to your Instagram and try to screenshot it and then you know again that's just a lot of work so you always want to include the thumbnail the embed code and clue I always recommend hyperlinks to social media so not just writing out the social media but making a clickable link to where they can go and see your pages so got it make everything as easy as possible so then you know once it's submitted of course share the link definitely share the link because that lets people know you know you're showing love you know you're not thinking too you know too good for this or too high of this is definitely showing appreciation so you will want to thank the contributor of course what I always recommend just to build relationships because let's say if you find a contributor with complex and you know you eventually want to have a exclusive premiere you know or something of that sort again some people may charge for that but relationships do help because of somebody if a contributor has really grown with you and you know you're always submitted to them and you're you know supporting their content and they're just building that relationship with you then you can you know eventually get an exclusive release I always say you know send you know if you have little merch items send them merch you know send them thank you things you know for supporting that's really what you should do with any fans you know just to keep them you know engage or to let them know that you do appreciate them but yeah most importantly just make sure you know grammar everything is good make sure there is an introduction thank them for their time even when you are submitting because remember nobody has to even take a look at it and make sure you include all the proper links all the proper content so that nobody has to you don't have to inconvenience the person to go and find different things got you got you but so I mean you listed a lot of things do you have a I don't know the write-up or a sheet that people can go to to really reference these things and maybe almost go through it like a checklist okay I guess I can get one now what you can use if you want to use like a checklist there's lots of press releases on Google it shows like a lot of examples of how to make a press release and then I could you know what there is a good idea I actually should come up with a checklist for this just to make it more making more convenient so you can go down and let the logo on and everything and then all right and yeah so the exciting parts I know y'all are here for the tea but what blogs you can submit to so I'm gonna say blog slash platform because some people do their promotions through like their email blasts and then some people do like their promotions through again through like Instagram things like that versus just having the WordPress type website so in Atlanta so we do have dirty glove bastard I did mention them say cheese is a big one I know they're mostly based in Texas but they're huge as well we also have meet the underdog so that's a thriving Instagram profile that a lot of people go to to see a lot of content that is especially based here in Atlanta so Swan Lake she has a blog site as well she also has a performance platform here in Atlanta for artists to perform and that's also a good person to connect with as well if you're looking to get in contact with other PRs or press or blogs and things like that so she has those contacts coalition DJs that's a good platform for performing also and then they also have a newsletter promoting artists and things like that the progress report that's a good one also so I know they mostly promote artists their blog is like their email and their newsletter and that's how they promote a lot of artists as well as they have an interview platform physical blogs website so there's broke too dope that's based here spill the tea like myself spill the tea I do have a social media blog where I post on Twitter and Instagram DJ iceberg he has a website where it's all down Twitter and Instagram he's always posting content precise ears is a good one both precise ears and DJ iceberg have been both running for some time let's see dope people meet Portia Marie she has a good platform so she puts people in her newsletter to promote and then background co I know that's one of the newer blogs that I'm familiar with I know they like to give personalized write-ups on things of you're looking for something if you're looking to have something more tailored to your uniqueness and somebody that promotes like those smaller artists so that's definitely background co and in the daily note those are my friends based in Rhode Island they also have a blog where they tweet out daily on Twitter as well as post on their website for content so yep if you are reading definitely make sure you rewind and write these down because again some of these blogs they do have the websites that tweet them out or that post daily on their websites but a lot of people use email and text marketing to be able to reach their audience so that definitely gives a more direct access to artists content and things like that well you compiled this list is it something that you use like normally do you ever work with other blogs and since you have your own blog or how does that relationship work um yes I most definitely work with other blogs even with having my own blog because it kind of takes more than one thing to break a artist or to get people's attention so people can see something on my blog and they can go back and look on like the prize report page or something and then see it again and it's gonna make them like okay well let me go want to check out this person so you know just the more visibility the more people are gonna want to see like hey what's going on so I definitely use these blogs when artists do purchase services from me and things like that because I have relationships with them as well so and yeah and of course going through me if a person you know with you trying to build that relationship of course with me already having a relationship it would be more you know likely for them to engage with the content that I have and things that I submit but always if you want to just you know go on your own search for yourself especially things like especially blogs like say cheese and dirty glove I know a lot of people go for the shade room but that's like that's cool but those are very more you know popular when it comes to like people checking our instagram for content so yeah got you bet bet I appreciate you coming with the sauce yet again where should they follow you make sure you spell that out for them okay so you can follow me on twitter that's te double acu p underscore and then instagram add a p so that's te double acu pp underscore bet bet bet yeah everybody let's teak up once again and it's not like we had another brand man link up y'all have a good one if you like this video go ahead to like button if you like you might as well share and if you're not subscribed you know what to do hit that subscribe but it's the matwork you