Hey guys, it's an honor to be accepted in a beautiful community like this one with so much knowledge and free game THIS IS A GAME CHANGER!!!!!!!

Something that’s been coming up a lot with new clients, music or otherwise, is Facebook bans. Generally speaking, the more money you spend on the platform, the better FB will treat you. You’ll get access to reps and far greater leeway with policy violations. However, if you’re starting up a new Business Manager it’s nigh-guaranteed you’ll be faced with a deluge of bans before you even touch the ads manager. - Setting up a Business Manager for the first time? Ban, no explanation given. - You have yet to confirm your identity? Ban until you send in a pic of your ID. Not an automatic process, have to appeal. - Didn’t set up 2FA (despite there being no instruction to)? Ban. - Input a URL that directs to a 404 in a draft? You’ll be banned before you even click “publish”. - Run your first ad? Ban, no explanation given. Getting banned on FB is almost a rite of passage, even if you haven’t violated their rather strict advertising policies (which I’d advise you’d closely familiarize yourself with!) Fortunately it’s not that difficult to successfully appeal these early bans. The only downside is that doing so usually takes a few days at a time, as you have to wait for FB to respond to your request. If you’re working with a new client you can assure them that these bans will (very likely) be lifted in due time. This definitely makes getting started a lot more tedious, but it’s something we all just have to deal with. Hope this reassures any of you who have to deal with this moving forward.

Not many people know this but becoming a music marketer and building this amazing community was never something that I planned. It was more of a fantasy that was just never realistic as I shared the thought that I’m sure many of you do… “there’s no money to be made in music.” Before I elaborate more on the money that YOU could be making, let me take you back. I was a freshman in college, making music with my friends all the time doing whatever I could to just be around music, I just had to be around it. So whether it was going to shows, helping friends that have creative events for their music, being in their music videos, scouting locations for their photo shoots, or being a character in some of their projects, it was all fun. I just loved to soak up that creative energy. Nothing felt even close to what I felt when doing this and that's what I did all throughout college — even though I was majoring in computer science and computer information systems... But after college, I just did what my family wanted. I didn't go into music at all. I got my computer information systems degree, got a job, and started making money. Everything was all good until I began to feel stuck. In my free time, I started figuring out how to be around music again and started helping out my friends who are artists and DJs market themselves, get attention, build their audience, sell merch, set up house parties, and do real-life pop-ups in the middle of the street with my friend, interviewing people on the streets. I had to keep my creative juices going. But at the same time, I kept working my 9-5 job. I wanted to work in music but I just had no idea where the money would come from. It just seemed like those people never made money and I didn't grow up with money — so a career not making money wasn't an option for me. But boy I loved what I was doing. Every time my friends came to me needing my help it was always “I need more people to listen to my music, more people to show up to my event more people to buy my merch more people to follow me on Instagram or YouTube”. These folks needed marketing. And for some reason, for me, once I was able to put it together like that, I realized, oh, there's a legitimate opportunity here…

Let's share some of our favourite YouTube channels for learning about music production, marketing, the business or just good inspiration. And why it is you find it useful.

What's good y'all? My name is Devon. I'm a rising performance marketer that manages paid online marketing campaigns on social platforms (Meta, TikTok, Snapchat) across various industries. My prior work has consisted of driving conversions at optimal KPIs for clientele; specifically, product sales for eCommerce businesses and customer acquisition for consumer brands. I’ve always been deeply passionate about the arts, but unlike my twin I didn’t pursue music and instead took a different gamble: dropping out of college to pursue a career in digital marketing, an opportunity granted to me due to the network I had developed while in school. I’ve made money for businesses, but I’d rather be putting my skills to use for the community. So far I’m working for a non-profit and a smattering of musicians, but I’d like to do much more. My goal is to help artists leverage digital media channels to cultivate their brands, grow their following, and share their music to the world. Looking forward to working with y’all!