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# Daily DIY: Connect With Your Fans
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/daily-diy-connect-with-your-fans/
- Published: 2009-03-25T00:33:00.000Z
- Updated: 2009-03-25T00:33:00.000Z
- Description: Building a fanbase is about building a community and the cornerstone of any successful community is communication – two-way communication. l Once you wrestled their email address from them and. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/03/daily-diy-connect-with-your-fans.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

[![DailyDIY](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201156e575bc4970c-120wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201156e575bc4970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com)  
Building a fanbase is about building a community and the cornerstone of any successful community is communication – two-way communication.

[l![Fan](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201156e576af0970c-120wi "Fan")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201156e576af0970c-pi?ref=hypebot.com)  
Once you wrestled their email address from them and got them visiting your site and going to shows, its important for every artist to spend time communicating ***with*** their fans and not just talking ***at*** them. But how can you do it without loosing your privacy?

- Spend time at the merchandise table. Not only will sales soar, but the fans wil get a chance to talk with you face to face.
- On you blog or in your forum, have each band member take a turn making this "Ask Joey (or Sam or Paul) Week".
- Create a second IM profile, share it with select fans and turn it on when you have a little time.
- Answer every question and most of the comments on your social networking pages and blog.
- Take polls of your fans. (What is your favorite new song?") [Vizu](http://www.vizu.com/poll%5Fcreator/index.html?ref=hypebot.com) and others help you do it free.
- Thank your fans. Thank them all for coming to a show. Thank a street team member from the stage. One band sends a thank-you email after each local show and ways "If you had fun pass this free mp3 along to a friend".
- Send your fans gifts – a link to download a show, a coupon worth $5 off at the door or mech, table.