Sharing new music is hard.

A lot of artists share music on social media and on streaming platforms, but they don’t get the views or attention their music deserves. 

Thankfully Independent artists can take advantage of YouTube Ads to promote their own music at a very affordable cost. 

With YouTube you can promote your music, while fans are listening to their favorite song, album or music video. 

This makes YouTube the best platform to introduce your music to new fans.

What do you need to get started?

• Link to your clean YouTube video that you want to promote. 
• Google Ads account. 
• List of YouTube Channels you want to promote your music on.

Once you have these things ready, you can begin creating an effective YouTube Ads campaign.

Step 1: Create A Campaign 

The first step is to choose the type of campaign you want to create. On Google Ads you can create ads for their search engine, Gmail, their display network and YouTube. In our case we will choose YouTube.  

Step 2: Fill In Campaign Details 

In this section you’ll be able to set up your targeting. The attributes you can use are: gender, age, location, interests, and YouTube Channels.

You'll also be setting the campaign name, the most you want to spend per view, your budget, and lastly the campaign schedule.

Step 3: Optimize Campaign

After you get a couple thousand views you can take a look at your campaign and make improvements. Get rid of any placements that are not performing well.

Why is YouTube the best platform for paid music ads? 

In my opinion there's no better place to advertise your music than YouTube. 

On YouTube you can target musicians that make music similar to yourself, which will increase the effectiveness of the campaigns versus other platforms like Instagram or Tik Tok.

How much does it cost?

In my experience music marketing on YouTube can cost between $0.01 to $0.10 per view.

If you want to put your music In front of 10,000 music fans it would cost you between $100 to $1000.

Promoting on Drake's channel would be more expensive than an up and coming rapper. 

If you want to hire a marketing professional to take care of your music campaign, it can cost you an additional $500 - $1500 a month on top of your budget for views. 

Where do I start?

Google has a free educational website called Skillshop where you learn how to advertise on google ads. Check it out here. 

You can also work with us. We’ll do a personalized session and teach you how to advertise on YouTube or if you're interested, we can manage your music marketing campaigns. 

Contact us at info@dontsleepgfx.com for more information. 

About The Author 

Muta is a co-founder for Dontsleepgfx. Dontsleepgfx is a marketplace for artists to get release ready music assets like Premade Cover Art, Spotify Canvas, and many more. 

Muta is an expert in digital marketing and has helped hundreds of artists with their music and digital strategy since 2015.

Want to talk to Muta about improving your YouTube Channel or music marketing? Contact Muta here.

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