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Radio
Requests - A How To Guide
1. Stick
to your local area. This is the most important thing
with stations that don't have online listening facilities!!
2. Don't flood radio stations with requests,
this is a surefire way to make them not play the song
you are requesting. Try to also spread your requests
out at different times of the day to different DJs so
as to get your requests heard more widely.
3. Phone or Fax your requests rather
than emailing them unless they provide specific email
addresses or places on their websites for requests.
4. Be nice to whoever you contact to
request a song, remember they aren't likely to play something
for you if you demand it to be played.
5. Call from different phone numbers.
Vary between your fixed line and mobile / cell phone.
Online
Radio Stations
1. Make
use of facilities such as 'Rate The Song' or 'Rate The
Artist' or similar functions found on a radio station
website. Vote a few times if you can but don't go overboard.
Once a day is usually enough.
2. If you listen to radio stations outside
your area online send them requests and feedback but
again don't flood the station. If you send an email make
sure you tell them that you listen online but don't forget
do follow some of the same general rules for requesting
as for your local radio stations.
3. Change your email address ... Send
requests from different email addresses to stop radio
stations ignoring you!!
Other
Tips for Promoting Darren Hayes
1. Tell
your friends, relatives, neighbours, workmates etc.
2. Give a copy of Darren's CD to people
as a gift.
3. Use the resources of the fan promotion
sites listed below to get more ideas.
Got
any good promotion tips? Send
Them In :)
Major
Promotion Targets
MTV & VH1 - These
are the two big American Video Stations. If you can get
these guys to play a song you are headed for success.
There are also branches of both of these music video
stations in other parts of the world. Visit the MTV
International links page to find the local
MTV for your country or region.
Darren
Hayes Promotion Sites
Darren
Hayes Central Promotion Forum - Post
your ideas on promotion with other fans in out Promotion
Forum.
House
of Hayes - Lots of information to help in
the promotion of fans including the largest list of US
radio stations. Also includes Street Teams
Darren
Hayes Fans - Home to one of the biggest
Street Teams in the world.
This
Page will be updated with more promotion tips soon :)
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