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# How To Use Twitter To Promote An Album Or Tour
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how-to-use-twitter-to-promote-an-album-or-tour/
- Published: 2010-04-14T03:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-04-14T03:51:00.000Z
- Description: 3 Rules & 2 Tools For Twitter Success There's no denying that Twitter use is exploding (even @hypebot has 6400+ fans) or that it should be a part of an. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/04/how-to-use-twitter-to-promote-an-album-or-tour.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Social Media, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:03

**3 Rules & 2 Tools For Twitter Success**

[![image from beachdog.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201347fdda3ad970c-120wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201347fdda3ad970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com) There's no denying that Twitter use is exploding (even [@hypebot](http://twitter.com/hypebot?ref=hypebot.com) has 6400+ fans) or that it should be a part of an viral music marketing campaign. But beyond tweeting what you had for lunch to your 37 uber-fans, how do you build a following on Twitter and best use the 140 character social network to spread the word about a new album? Here are three rules for Twitter success:

**3 Rules** 

**1) Don't overdo it.** Less is almost always more. That's why Twitter smartly limited us all to 140 characters…or less. 

**2) Ask for help.** There is no harm in asking people ( aka fans) that already like you to tell others.

**3) Offer something of value.** New tour dates are fine. "Isn't it sunny?" probably is not. Even better? Give away a track and ask your fans to retweet it.

**Two Tools** 

Two tools enable artists to spread a free track via Twitter. Each has a slightly different approach, and both are worth exploring. 

[![image from static.tweetforatrack.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ecadb4b2970b-320wi)](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20133ecadb4b2970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

**[Tweet For A Track](http://www.tweetforatrack.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** is a free utility described in the chart above. **[FanPush](http://fanpush.com/?ref=hypebot.com)** charges a little after the first 10 downloads. ($5 for 50, $20 for 250), but offers a bit more including stats as described in this intro video:

[FanPush.com](http://vimeo.com/10422616?ref=hypebot.com) from [FanPush](http://vimeo.com/user3451774?ref=hypebot.com) on [Vimeo](http://vimeo.com/?ref=hypebot.com).