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how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:48 am
by deadly_habit
log into email first thing i see at top of my inbox

seriously do people think this actually works?
soundcloud unsolicited spammer name and shame thread?
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 7:56 am
by Siderealdb
The worst is still dudes commenting on your track saying nothing other than look at my tunes. Then you look at your dashboard and see that they've done this to everyone on your friends list.
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:02 am
by deadly_habit
one of the reasons i dislike soundcloud, shame since some group of people always manage to come along and fuck up good services
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:21 am
by Echoi
deadly habit wrote:
You know you can switch those emails off in the settings section of soundcloud right?
I was pretty much at the end of my tether when i found that option

Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:11 am
by stevemac
I think someone mentioned this before somewhere as well, but another thing I don't like about soundcloud is that you can't get rid of the waveform view - so many people just skip everything and get to the drop because they can see where it is!
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:14 am
by Echoi
Im gonna do a quick search for "Mr Fantastic" and mute him mwahahahahhaaaaaaaa
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:30 am
by deadly_habit
Echoi wrote:deadly habit wrote:
You know you can switch those emails off in the settings section of soundcloud right?
I was pretty much at the end of my tether when i found that option

it's not so much the email as i actually do get sent some actual private tracks like to me and a small handful of people for example
it's the blatent spamming from someone i've never conversed with on here, aim, on there etc or followed or left any comments before
it's obvious someone just datamined for accounts and spams em to hell
think it's long overdue that since so many of us use soundcloud and receive these to name and shame so we can start like the spam bot list on here, but for who to mute on sc

Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 9:37 am
by Echoi
deadly habit wrote:Echoi wrote:deadly habit wrote:
You know you can switch those emails off in the settings section of soundcloud right?
I was pretty much at the end of my tether when i found that option

it's not so much the email as i actually do get sent some actual private tracks like to me and a small handful of people for example
it's the blatent spamming from someone i've never conversed with on here, aim, on there etc or followed or left any comments before
it's obvious someone just datamined for accounts and spams em to hell
think it's long overdue that since so many of us use soundcloud and receive these to name and shame so we can start like the spam bot list on here, but for who to mute on sc

Tbh im not that fussed about people sharing tracks, its the impersonal pm'ing that REALLY bugs me
"Hey buddy, i hope you're having a smashing day, can you take 5 minutes of it to listen to my... LATEST BANGER?" Which has clearly been sent to 1000 others
Thats instant mutage in my books
But yea im all up for naming and shaming these turds
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:09 pm
by Depone
Name and shame spammers? Sounds good to me. Ill start. Cottonmouth
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 2:43 pm
by paravrais
I occasionally use the share private track function when I've made a track I'm particularly proud of but I won't send it to more than 10 people because everyone I put on the list is someone I really respect who I genuinely really value the opinion of. Hope people don't mind that kind of thing.
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:27 pm
by decklyn
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Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 3:28 pm
by decklyn
paravrais wrote:I occasionally use the share private track function when I've made a track I'm particularly proud of but I won't send it to more than 10 people because everyone I put on the list is someone I really respect who I genuinely really value the opinion of. Hope people don't mind that kind of thing.
Do you know them/talk to them?
I receive all of this shit in my inbox because people share their tracks to me. I don't listen to any of it.
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:16 pm
by therook
If Kev Willow spams me one more time with his shitty ep.....
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:42 pm
by shoot2stun
Echoi wrote:deadly habit wrote:Echoi wrote:deadly habit wrote:
You know you can switch those emails off in the settings section of soundcloud right?
I was pretty much at the end of my tether when i found that option

it's not so much the email as i actually do get sent some actual private tracks like to me and a small handful of people for example
it's the blatent spamming from someone i've never conversed with on here, aim, on there etc or followed or left any comments before
it's obvious someone just datamined for accounts and spams em to hell
think it's long overdue that since so many of us use soundcloud and receive these to name and shame so we can start like the spam bot list on here, but for who to mute on sc

Tbh im not that fussed about people sharing tracks, its the impersonal pm'ing that REALLY bugs me
"Hey buddy, i hope you're having a smashing day, can you take 5 minutes of it to listen to my... LATEST BANGER?" Which has clearly been sent to 1000 others
Thats instant mutage in my books
But yea im all up for naming and shaming these turds
I agree. Especially in such a personal genre, it makes sense to go for that method and actually TALK to the person you want to share your music with instead of just mass spamming and hoping the numbers will count for something.
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:47 pm
by Echoi
shoot2stun wrote:Echoi wrote:deadly habit wrote:Echoi wrote:deadly habit wrote:
You know you can switch those emails off in the settings section of soundcloud right?
I was pretty much at the end of my tether when i found that option

it's not so much the email as i actually do get sent some actual private tracks like to me and a small handful of people for example
it's the blatent spamming from someone i've never conversed with on here, aim, on there etc or followed or left any comments before
it's obvious someone just datamined for accounts and spams em to hell
think it's long overdue that since so many of us use soundcloud and receive these to name and shame so we can start like the spam bot list on here, but for who to mute on sc

Tbh im not that fussed about people sharing tracks, its the impersonal pm'ing that REALLY bugs me
"Hey buddy, i hope you're having a smashing day, can you take 5 minutes of it to listen to my... LATEST BANGER?" Which has clearly been sent to 1000 others
Thats instant mutage in my books
But yea im all up for naming and shaming these turds
I agree. Especially in such a personal genre, it makes sense to go for that method and actually TALK to the person you want to share your music with instead of just mass spamming and hoping the numbers will count for something.
Exactly
I got one about 6 months ago saying, "hey, ive just checked out your beats and we have amazingly similar styles, i cant beleive it, you should check mine out and see what you think".
I was instantly doubting it, but gave the benefit of the doubt...
low and behold our styles were the complete fucking oposite of each other and im sure quite a lot of people got that same message aswell.
Total underhand tactics at trying to massage egos and boost your own play counter, its sickening.
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:52 pm
by Sirius
GIVE:WAY (AKA Joe.B & Corey K)
ffuk these cats!! the latest spammer to reach my inbox, this mornn in fact!
on a good note... Organikismness has a new mix up!! massive as..
Soundcloud
!!chea
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 10:57 pm
by symmetricalsounds
Depone wrote: Ill start. Cottonmouth
+1
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:13 pm
by Crosby
I make it my mission never to listen to the tracks that get spammed at me
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:25 pm
by lodestone
i also dislike spammers that follow you without checking out anything you did. get their plays & comments then peace. it's not like the condom broke....we can spoon for a lil bit.
Re: how not to market yourself
Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 11:30 pm
by shoot2stun
lodestone wrote:i also dislike spammers that follow you without checking out anything you did. get their plays & comments then peace. it's not like the condom broke....we can spoon for a lil bit.
ROFL