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I am a third year marketing student currently attending the University of Strathclyde. For the past few years alongside my studies, I have also been pursuing my passion for music production and have managed to turn in into a revenue stream by setting up my own online beat store where artists can either lease or exclusively purchase beats/instrumentals which they can then use to make a song to. This semester, all marketing students at Strathclyde have been challenged to create their own blog, therefore I thought it would be fitting if I created a blog catered towards the everyday "bedroom producer" and give them an insight into ways they can create their own online beat store. As well as this I will also be discussing different marketing strategies which I found particularly useful with regards to getting your music noticed, and how to utilise social media platforms such as Instagram and Youtube to draw traffic to your beat store.


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