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RSS Aug 15, 2025 6:08pm · Payusnomind
How to Go 100% Independent as an Artist — Own Your Website, Links, and Revenue
Let's talk about becoming completely independent as an artist. No music distribution, no Spotify, maybe even no YouTube. Total digital control. I’ve already given away the Ultimate Indie Artist's Guide, which walked through getting set up as an artist: distribution, publishing, publishing admin, digital performance rights, and more. This is the next level: setting up as a music business for true digital independence.…
RSS Aug 7, 2025 12:28am · Payusnomind
Ad Budgeting: Why Artists Quit Too Soon
Let me start by saying this isn’t a sales pitch. I’m not trying to convince you to pay for an advertising service or to advertise at all. This is information I’m sharing because, for some strange reason, I wake up thinking about this stuff. Artists often get caught up in the numbers game - quantity over quality. They want to see a lot happen. A lot of sales, a lot of listeners, a lot of fans.…
RSS Jun 30, 2025 2:41pm · Payusnomind
Hypeddit Review — Functional, Frustrating, and Forgettable
Hypeddit is a music marketing service that primarily provides artists with Release links. It reminds me a lot of commoditized products on Amazon. You see multiple sellers pushing the same product, where the only thing that sets them apart is the price. Avoiding a race to the bottom requires sweeteners, but adding extras can drive up expenses.…
RSS Jun 30, 2025 2:28pm · Payusnomind
Toneden Review — From Fan Actions to Total Breakdown
🧩 Bio Links ❌ NoToneden doesn’t support standalone bio link pages. It’s mostly campaign-focused. 🔐 Pre-saves ✅ Yes – Full DataPre-saves come with full access to fan data (when opted in). On paper, it’s great. 🕓 Future Save ❌ NoNot supported. No loss here. 🌍 Release Auto-Route ❌ NoNo ability to redirect users to country-specific platform URLs. 🎁 Contests ✅ YesYou can build contests with “unlock” actions.…
RSS Jun 30, 2025 2:25pm · Payusnomind
Linkfire Review — Smart Links with Industry Muscle, But User Pain
🧩 Bio Links ✅ YesCreate rich landing pages linking to all your destinations — music, merch, podcast, and social. Works well, clean layout, fully customizable. 🔐 Pre-saves 🟡 Yes – Limited DataYou can get some data, but Spotify restricts access unless fans opt in. Linkfire doesn’t give you everything Feature.fm does. 🕓 Future Save ❌ NoNot supported. Not a huge loss, but still missing compared to others.…
RSS Jun 30, 2025 2:20pm · Payusnomind
Feature.fm Review — Is It the Best Smart Link Platform for Artists?
Product Review: Feature.fm In this review, we’ll go over everything a Smart Link provider can do based on what’s available in the market, and see where Feature.fm stands.  Let’s get into it. 🧩 Bio Links ✅ YesLink to everything — music, merch, podcast, YouTube, even a charity. Feature.fm lets you create multiple bio links to separate your artist identity from your business persona.…
RSS Jun 30, 2025 1:43pm · Payusnomind
Smart Link Showdown: Feature.fm vs Linkfire vs Toneden vs Hypeddit (Full Breakdown)
I know why you're here. You’re here to find out which Smart Link platform is worth your time (and money) as a music artist or manager. Whether you’re trying to get fans to pre-save your next drop, push streams through paid ads, or just stop throwing away traffic without tracking it, this breakdown covers it all. We compared the top four: Feature.fm, Linkfire, Toneden, and Hypeddit. Here's what we found.…
RSS Jun 23, 2025 2:53am · Payusnomind
Beehiiv for Music Artists
Most music artists operate in a B2C (business-to-consumer) model: promote the music, drive streams, sell merch or concert tickets, and hopefully turn a profit. But what if there’s a smarter way? The Jay-Z Samsung Deal: A Lesson in B2B In 2013, Jay-Z made $20 million before a single fan streamed or bought his album.Samsung paid for a million downloads of Magna Carta Holy Grail, bundling it with their Galaxy phones. That wasn’t B2C.…
RSS Jun 6, 2025 12:12am · Payusnomind
United Masters Same Day Payouts & The Rise of Music Distributor Advances - What You NEED to Know
Let's talk about Real-Time royalty payouts with United Masters and why advances are becoming a core feature for distribution companies. First, we're going to talk about United Masters and their new feature, and then we're going to get into the more expansive topic of advances being offered by digital distribution companies in general. United Masters United Masters has Real-Time Royalty Payouts. They're saying, "Get paid daily, only on United Masters.…
RSS May 26, 2025 1:20pm · Payusnomind
Streaming Monetization: Ultimate Guide to Music Monetization
Streaming Streaming is the premier monetization model. It offers artists immediate monetization with minimal consumer buy-in. A stream only has to last 30 seconds to be monetized. Artists don’t need anyone to be in love with them or their music to make money. All an artist has to do is get people to listen, and the price people often pay to listen is ZERO! It’s a dream scenario.…
RSS Feb 21, 2025 3:41am · Payusnomind
Distrokid Review 2025: Pricing, Features & Everything You Need to Know
Distrokid 7% Off Top Reason to Choose Distrokid Distrokid's Leave-a-Legacy - A feature that allows you to pay a fee per release that ensures your music will remain in stores even if your card can’t be charged or you cancel your Distrokid subscription. With Leave-a-Legacy, you continue to collect 100% of the royalties you’re owed. This addresses a top concern with the unlimited distribution model.…
RSS Feb 21, 2025 1:39am · Payusnomind
United Masters Review 2025: Pricing, Features & Everything You Need to Know
Top Reason to Choose United Masters  Exclusives. United Masters offers promotional opportunities where, if selected, you could get your music used by HBO, Netflix, ESPN, or the NBA. It's not just lip service, they have an entire platform dedicated to pitching their catalog to companies for placements called sync.unitedmasters and actively seeks partnerships with brands.…
RSS Jan 23, 2025 6:24pm · Payusnomind
The Ladders Method - Strategic Music Marketing
Ladders Method - Facebook Ads   How many streams would it take to generate $1,000 in Spotify royalties per month?  Answer: 222,222.    Does that seem like a lot?    If you had 5K Monthly Listeners generating 222K streams, it breaks down to:    44 streams per Listener each month.  11 streams per Listener each week.  1.5 streams per Listener each day.…
RSS Jan 7, 2025 11:50pm · Payusnomind
Is Stripe Capital Good for Solopreneurs? A Hands-On Review
If you’re a solopreneur, creator, or small online business owner, chances are you’ve seen an offer from Stripe Capital in your dashboard. It’s quick, requires no credit check, and the money hits your account fast, but is Stripe Capital really a good funding option? In this review, I break down my actual Stripe Capital offer, the repayment experience, and when it makes sense to accept it (and when it doesn’t).…
RSS Jan 7, 2025 11:49pm · Payusnomind
Affirm Buy Now, Pay Later Review: A Flexible Payment Option for Artists
What Is Affirm? Affirm is a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service that lets you split purchases into fixed monthly payments. Whether you’re buying a laptop, instrument, or software, Affirm pays the merchant upfront, and you pay Affirm back over time. For artists and music professionals, it offers a way to fund essential tools without wiping out your bank account or selling off your catalog.…
RSS Jan 7, 2025 11:47pm · Payusnomind
Sonomo Review: A New Way for Artists to Fund Their Music
What Is Sonomo? Sonomo is part music distributor, part royalty marketplace, and part trading platform. It allows independent artists to raise money by selling shares of their future royalty earnings. Unlike traditional loans or label advances, there's no interest, no recoupment, and no credit score needed. Investors buy royalty shares based on streaming data and future potential, and those shares can be traded, like stocks. This flips the script.…
RSS Jan 7, 2025 11:45pm · Payusnomind
BeatBread Review: BeatBread Review: You Pay More Than You Get, Every Time
BeatBread pitches itself as a modern funding option for independent artists: no labels, no credit checks, just cash based on your past earnings. Sounds good, right? Sort of. What you’re really getting is a loan, and a pretty expensive one, based on what your catalog already earns. It's the equivalent of "let me borrow $200 today and I'll give you $250 when I get paid at the end of the week."  Let’s dig in.…
RSS Jan 7, 2025 11:43pm · Payusnomind
Credit Cards: A Flexible Funding Option for Music Professionals
Credit cards are one of the easiest ways for artists and labels to access funding, but also one of the riskiest if you’re not intentional. In this post, part of our Funding for Music Professionals series, we break down how credit cards actually work, the pros and cons, how to use them without drowning in interest, and when they’re worth it. How You Qualify Getting a credit card is easier than securing a business loan.…
RSS Jan 7, 2025 11:31pm · Payusnomind
Business Loans: A Path to Growth for Music Recording Artists and Labels
Business loans are like that quiet producer in the back of the studio, you don’t see them, but they’re making everything happen. For music professionals, they can fund the next album, studio upgrade, or marketing campaign. But they can also sneak in costs and credit hits.…