2 be honest i wouldnt use a paid service until you figure out a formula for getting followers that works for you because paid promos only work for getting plays getting followers is up to u plus wit a good following u are not relying on the sevice its just something extra
You have to connect with promotional organizations. Don't try to connect with fans one by one. Posting links on facebook are only going to get *new* fans one by one, that's too slow. You should focus on making connections with larger youtube channels and groups that push out music to already established audiences. This way, you'll start to see *new* fans pour in, rather come one by one.
The key is new fans. Already stablished fans will check back every week or 2 to see if you have anything new. They're your lifeblood, but you have to obtain new ones, and the faster the better. Also don't attempt any marketing until your music is marketable. If you market a bad song, it'll actually backfire and do more harm than good.
So make really good songs, and market to larger organizations instead of individual fans. Somebody posted a list of YouTube Music Promotion Channel with their contact info, ...but they're charging some money for it.
I'll work on making a database like that that collects this information and make it available on my website for free. Until then, TheUntz.com does a pretty good job organizing the promotion channels by genre and label.
The return is often never worth the expense on paid marketing. Just wait it out patiently. Let your music market itself. DO NOT use paid advertisement (ever, really) on a bad song or you'll be in a bigger mess than you've ever imagined. And stay clear of social media. Social media is crap. The platforms change too quickly as the masses migrate from one to the next lol it's like having a myspace page that useless now. Social media is too volatile and unpredictable to market anything in. I don't think its smart for the long run.
Among the artist that I started producing with, there were those who focused on social media and those who focused on music. The ones social media died off long long ago. The ones in for the music are still around.
haha it's funny, I see some ditz post something retarded on Instagram and get thousands of "likes". I go to this fools Soundcloud page and it's dead. Now which page is worth to to an musician (obviously the Soundcloud page). I then see a quality sounding artist post something on Instagram and it gets 3 "likes". I think, ha! this guy must actually have good music because his Instagram is so bad. Yup! His soundcloud has over 5k and millions of plays.
So it goes to show ya, social media is fake as hell. Don't use it.
First you have to make your profile attractive enough to attract listeners and fans to stay with you in the long term..
This is done by having PRO cover art & logos done, very good song titles & descriptions as well as profile descriptions.
Secondly you will need to some sort of promotion which can either be done for free with outreach and social media promotion or else you can do influencer marketing or Paid Social Media marketing - to avoid the hassle of doing it by yourself.
Thirdly you should try and connect with similar artists and do collaborations.
Lastly you need to keep pushing as many quality tracks as possible while doing the above.
Treat your music as a business and allocate a monthly budget(that you can afford) which you can use towards marketing & promotion.
fiverr has sum legit people doin legit promos i have about 3 i use that are the real deal