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10th Jul 2019

EP209: Here's How Rick Barker Launched Taylor Swift's Music Career on Social

We know you’ve heard of Taylor Swift—but you may not have heard of the person who helped her rise to fame: Rick Barker.

Rick is a music industry legend. He’s the former manager of Taylor Swift and now teaches everything he’s learned about digital marketing in his online courses and books. Rick talks to Ralph and Molly about his content marketing secrets, how he’s utilizing paid traffic, and what it was like launching the career of one of the largest pop stars in the world. 

IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

  • How Rick landed the job as Taylor Swift’s manager without any management experience
  • Rick’s strategy of treating each platform (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.) like its own venue 
  • The 3 content strategies to abide by: talk to your audience, show up every day, and create valuable content
  • The right way to ask your warm audience to watch your content and subscribe to your profiles (without asking them to subscribe)

LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

Taylor Swift’s Website

The Millionaire Messenger: Make a Difference and a Fortune Sharing Your Advice

The Product Launch Workshop | Jeff Walker

The Music Industry Blueprint Podcast

Rick Barker’s Music Business University

Social Media For Music

Rick’s Website

Rick on Twitter

Rick on Facebook

Rick on Instagram

Episode 112: Music Marketing: How to Grow an Artist’s Following & Sell More Concert Tickets

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Perpetual Traffic
Helping marketing directors and CMOs master paid traffic and conversions!
Perpetual Traffic is a twice weekly podcast that shares cutting-edge strategies on acquiring leads and sales for your business. The show is produced by Tier 11 and hosted by Ralph Burns and Lauren Petrullo. Traffic is the act of putting your product, service, or message in front of your target audience…it’s the act of acquiring customers online while also building goodwill, and is the lifeline of any business. So, whether you’re a media buyer yet to create your first Facebook or Instagram ad, a Director of Marketing or CMO managing a team of marketing specialists, or a CEO growing your business on your own, you’ll discover actionable strategies that can be applied today. Perpetual Traffic combines the traffic strategies developed at Tier 11 with the real-life agency experience of the hosts. Listen to real stories of business owners and marketing executives just like you how they overcame struggles with digital marketing and online advertising. Learn how to make Facebook advertising, Instagram advertising, YouTube advertising, Twitter advertising, Google AdWords advertising, LinkedIn advertising, (and more) work for your business.

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