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Welcome to lesson two.
So as we work through this week,
I would like you to have your IVI handy from last week.
Your identity, your vision, and your intention.
This week we're going to be talking about building your brand and
those three things are going to be key to helping you build your brand.
One of my favorite documentaries of all time is No Direction Home with Bob Dylan.
And about halfway through the documentary, they're interviewing an artist,
and they're talking about kind of the 60s and
the scene that was happening in Greenwich Village.
And he asked this question that I find so fascinating, and
I'm going to paraphrase it, but essentially, he says,
whenever I think about a new artist kind of of entering in the scene,
I always ask myself, well, have they got anything to say?
And when I think about building a brand that's kind of my framework for
thinking about it, what have you got to say, who are you?
That's what your brand is going to show.
Who are you and what have you got to say?
So this week, we're going to talk about developing email lists,
working with your social media, starting to identify who your niche market is.
We're also going to talk about skills and strategies for networking effectively.
And last but not least, we're also going to think about kind of how you
proactively set yourself up to be able to partner with other brands in the future
to make your brand all the stronger.
So I'd like to preface this lesson by saying that the things I'm going to
be sharing are relatively basic and I"m not going to go super in depth.
So if you want kind of a deeper understanding of marketing, social media,
email lists, websites, all that kind of stuff, I would recommend going to
the Berklee Online website and checking out any of the marketing courses and
music business courses that they have there.
By the end of this lesson, it's my hope that you'll be able to use your IVI when
developing your brand and image.
That you'll be able to begin to build your fanbase in your email list,
that you'll build and leverage your network of industry professionals, discuss
the potential benefits of partnering with other brands, and that you'll also be able
to identify brands that inspire you and that you feel an infinity for.
So let's dig in.