| Only a few weeks before last Christmas, I | | | | It's clear that there is a market for special |
| decided to make Christmas Sheet Music | | | | occasion music, popular music and yes, even |
| available as downloads on my website. What | | | | seasonal music. My research indicated that |
| happened next was a huge surprise event to | | | | it is rather difficult to find great original |
| me! I earned over $3,000 in just 6 weeks by | | | | arrangements online. Also, it was very |
| posting a measly 11 public domain songs on my | | | | difficult to find quality arrangements for |
| website! So, how is this possible? | | | | intermediate and pro players. |
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| My Christmas Sheet Music webpage was ranked | | | | As a composer, arranger and touring |
| number #11 on the search engine during | | | | performer, I thought I could fill this void |
| November and December of last year, the | | | | by offering quality original arrangements for |
| busiest season for Christmas Sheet Music | | | | solo piano and jazz ensemble. When I did |
| downloads. | | | | begin to offer original arrangements of some |
| | | | classics, it wasn't long before my sales went |
| Regardless of being way down the list at | | | | up significantly. |
| number #11, this generated enough targeted | | | | |
| visitors to my website, which in turn, made | | | | Then fans began to request my solo piano |
| me some serious extra cash during the | | | | transcriptions. As a result of offering solo |
| Christmas season. | | | | piano transcriptions my sales went up again. |
| | | | The most popular Christmas season download |
| Now, I must confess, that while I am a | | | | was the "Carol of the Bells" sheet music. |
| professional recording artist, I'm also a | | | | |
| search engine optimization guru, which means | | | | Other popular downloads included "Silent |
| that it was no accident that my Christmas | | | | Night" and "O Christmas Tree". When I put |
| Sheet Music Web Page ranked highly on major | | | | up an original downloadable arrangement of |
| search engines. | | | | "Amazing Grace" with a Piano solo |
| | | | transcription it became a year-round best |
| So, if you plan to sell anything online, I | | | | seller. |
| highly recommend that you take an internet | | | | |
| marketing seminar to get you started. In my | | | | The great thing about providing original |
| case, marrying both of my piano expertise and | | | | music and arrangements, piano solo |
| my internet skills allows me the pleasure of | | | | transcriptions and downloadable sheet music, |
| offering both Christmas sheet music instant | | | | is that I only have to do the work once. |
| downloads and online piano lessons. | | | | |
| | | | Once it's done, it can be downloaded millions |
| Most websites in the sheet music industry | | | | of times, and the money generated from those |
| offer a very large quantity of sheet music, | | | | sales are passive income. It's money that I |
| and a wide selection of Christmas Sheet | | | | don't have to work for again. The only thing |
| Music. To be different and competitive, I had | | | | I have to do now is find the time to write |
| to figure out what pianists were really | | | | more music, transcribe my piano solos, and |
| looking for. | | | | offer up even more arrangements that pianists |
| | | | will enjoy playing. |