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# 100 Free & Affordable High & Low Tech Music Promotion Tips – Part 5
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/100-free-affo-4/
- Published: 2007-09-20T08:47:41.000Z
- Updated: 2007-09-20T08:47:41.000Z
- Description: GO OLD SCHOOL 41. Go old school and cut through email overload by also faxing calendars and press releases. Use a free computer based fax broadcast service.42. Don’t just send. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/09/100-free-affo-4.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Marketing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

GO OLD SCHOOL

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**41.** Go old school and cut through email overload by also faxing calendars and press releases. Use a free computer based fax broadcast service.  
**42.** Don’t just send announcements to the press but include bloggers, record stores, colleges and even large offices.   
**43.** Make your faxes look like mini-posters worth hanging up.  
  
**44**. Fly a plane with a banner over someone else’s event.  
  
**45.** Park a van or truck with a banner on a main street or across from a show by a similar act.  
  
**46.** Buy a billboard for an event or series of shows. Place it strategically near a competitor or across from a college campus.  
  
**47.** Use one of the cheap automated phone answering services advertised in the classifieds to set up a special phone line for your schedule.  
  
**48.** Pass a clipboard(s) around before a show to capture emails or do a survey.  
**49.** Meet your fans face to face and ask them for feedback but how you can serve them better  
**50\.** Try the good old fashioned US mail occasionally. It actually gets peoples attention.

**Read tips [1-10](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2007/09/100-free-afford.html?ref=hypebot.com), [11-20](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2007/09/100-free-affo-1.html?ref=hypebot.com) and [21-30](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2007/09/100-free-affo-2.html?ref=hypebot.com) and [31-40](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2007/09/100-free-affo-3.html?ref=hypebot.com).**