Creating Buzz for Your Merch
One of the best ways to promote your band (and to earn a few dollars) is by selling band merchandise like t-shirts, stickers, tumblers and other collectibles. If the items are good, it would benefit your band’s image; it would make people think you are legit and that you’re on your way up. But how do you promote those promotional merch?
Ten Creative T-Shirt Packaging Made of Cardboard
Now that you know how to make exceptionally good-looking shirts, it’s time to look for a way to package your tees. Now, you want to have an attention-grabbing t-shirt packaging but you want something that’s eco-friendly. Here are some eco-friendly t-shirt packaging you’ll surely love! Milky Tee Packaging design for an ethical brand of tee […]
BAND NAMES AND TRADEMARK LAW – AN OVERVIEW
WHAT IS A TRADEMARK? A common misunderstanding is the idea that one can “copyright” a band name. While it is possible to copyright the design of a band logo, the band name itself is not copyrightable. Band names are protectable under trademark law, because like “brand names” they allow us to distinguish one band’s music […]
7 Food Inspired T-Shirt Packaging
Your t-shirt packaging should not be boring because packaging is everything. Yes, we all know that but most of us don’t have the dollars to make really creative packaging. But you know what…it doesn’t have to be that costly. Check out these ultra creative t-shirt packaging inspired by food. The meat case packaging doesn’t cost […]
Music Marketing Ideas for QR Codes
QR or “Quick Response” codes are rapidly becoming a popular and effective way for marketers to extend special offers or unique content to smart phone users. QR Codes are two-dimensional barcodes that can be read by most smart phones (via the camera function) and automatically link the mobile user to a marketing offer, website or […]
8 Creative T-Shirt Packaging That Will Inspire You
Here at Unified, we value branding and packaging. We love to make creative packaging for your CDs,DVDs,Vinyl, and yes…even SHIRTS! We don’t just print creative t-shirts, we also make creative packaging for your creative tees. And if you are eco-conscious, you might want to check out these eco-friendly cardboard t-shirt packaging. Meanwhile, if you’re simply looking […]
T-Shirt Printing Printing Tips to Get It Right The First Time
If it’s your first time to print t-shirts, then you better get some t-shirt printing tips to get it right the first time. Otherwise, you will make many revisions or worse, you’d have badly printed tees that you’ll just keep in your basement. As many of you probably already know, doing graphic design, and doing […]
CD Manufacturing: Choosing Colors and Formats- do it right from the start!
The formats and color requirements of the logos and graphics you use on your CD artwork, websites, albums, T-shirts, and posters can vary significantly. As anyone who has tried to do a run of CD covers or has prepared graphic artwork for T-shirts can tell you, you can waste a lot of time adjusting images […]
5 Music Promotion Tips For Increasing Album Sales on Your Website
1. Let Them Hear It Music is a unique product in that it is not usually purchased without first being heard. This is why radio has always been such a great marketing method for music. First you get hooked by a catchy tune, then you can’t help but buy it. For this reason, it’s important […]
Band Merch: The Politics of Price Matching
Alternative Press has a great post about the real deal of merch price matching. Price matching is a practice in which the headlining band on a tour set the merch prices. If that band sell their custom printed t-shirts for $40, every other band on the bill must comply with that price. It insures that […]