Whats the best way to generate followers and fans online?

[Tarekith]

make over 17k posts in the live forum

That has the opposite effect no?

[UKRuss]

One of the mags did a 'Musicians Guide to The Net' It was actually a very good read.

Lesse if i can find a linky...

[UKRuss]

here she blows:

http://www.computermusic.co.uk/page/com ... ess_online

See if you can get a copy of that.

[rsagevik]

make over 17k posts in the live forum

good idea..just quoting to increase my post count..
16k+ to go

We did however post a video on youtube..sorry to say it did not
help much.

Lets try here instead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NkN9TivCQ

[AceLuby]

ReverbNation which links to facebook, myspace, twitter and a bunch of other sites.

Create an account on each of these sites and link them through your reverbnation account. Spread the site any way possible: emails, forums, messages on myspace, recommendations on facebook, etc. It also helps to become fans of other ReverbNation bands that have similar music. I've gotten a lot of fans this way.

[nebulae]

I'm going out on a limb here, but I think it would be to already have, and if you don't already have, grow, and then shamelessly expose and show off at every occasion, a nicely oiled, tanned, perfumed, love pair of tits.

[UKRuss]

Works for me.

[ThrowAway]

Full frontal nudity worked for me. For some reason all my followers are 40+ old men though.

[nebulae]

^ as soon as I hit 40, I'm joining!

[Anubis]

posterior nudity

[KrisM]

oddly enough i just got this via http://twitter.com/Abletonvids

http://www.prosoul.com/2009/09/02/100-f ... tion-tips/

also Trent Reznor has a thread somewhere on his messageboard, too. I think I read about it here.

[slicedbread]

be talented.

[nebulae]

be talented.

Dude, you've got to be fucking kidding me. Based on the sheer number of talentless hacks out there making assloads of money, I think talent is probably the last small piece of a much bigger pie. (And by pie, I mean tits.)

[pulsoc]

be talented.

Some combination of this and "be networked with the industry".

The amount of each necessary is inversely propotional, but extreme levels of at least one are key.

[slicedbread]

be talented.

Dude, you've got to be fucking kidding me. Based on the sheer number of talentless hacks out there making assloads of money, I think talent is probably the last small piece of a much bigger pie. (And by pie, I mean tits.)

so you want to be part of that?

be talented. be original. fans will come. leave the marketing to the marketing people. i guess that's my advice. find a local music/club promotor and let them do the marketing. play live shows + go on tour.