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Send to us a list of your friends, relatives, and professional acquaintances who might be interested in purchasing your publication. The list must include their name, music organization, or reason they might be interested in the music. Include their complete mailing address. We will add them to our mailing list and send a promotion to them.
If you have two or three publications in print, you should consider having a business card made. Give it to other professionals you meet who might have an interest in your music.
Visit all music stores in your area that might carry your publication and show your music to the owner or buyer. Mention that you have friends in the area who might be interested in the music and ask if they would display the music in their store. If they show interest in the product, give their name and phone number to us. We will contact them and make a special introductory offer if they will display the music.
If your music is suitable for state activities, contact members of your county, state, or other professional organization who might have an interest. In a friendly manner, ask them how your music might be included in activities such as reading sessions, all county and all state concerts, and be placed on contest and festival lists. This is especially helpful with handbell music publications. Large gatherings of players will create a demand for your music if it is selected for performance.
If you know people on state selection committees, send a copy of your publication to them with a polite letter requesting that your music be considered for the state contest list. We will submit your publication to contest committees when committee lists are sent to us.
If you are in a position to organize reading sessions, concerts, or other such activities, be sure to include your own music on the program when appropriate.
Become active and known in your professional organization. Many purchases are made simply because the buyer recognizes your name.
Go to music conventions and try to meet people who might have an interest in your music or who might buy it for their organizations.
Make contacts and keep them. Frequent music chat rooms on the internet. Send thank you notes and Holiday cards. Always speak kindly of your contacts and performances that feature your music. Being a good politician and kind person will help your cause.
If you have occasion to travel abroad, go to music stores in the cities you visit and show them your scores. Your trip will become a deductible business expense and you might start to be known internationally. Be sure to leave your business card and something with our address on it. A promotion left in a store will sometimes generate an inquiry.
If you have had a positive experience with our company, let people know. Building our stature will help us to sell your music. In this regard, see our Interesting Story in the Nuggets section of this site.
