☝️ If a song isn’t landing, the answer isn’t always “submit harder.” Sometimes the smarter move is: 🤔 different curator targeting & filtering 🤔 submitting in small batches 🤔 a different track (easier to playlist) 🤔 asking and adjusting your genres 🤔 more specific questions

🎧 Here's a #Bandcamp #ProTip: try setting your music’s cost to “name your price” with no minimum 💡 First, it makes your tracks accessible to fans with tighter budgets, helping to get your music into more ears. It’s a kind of positive PR... 🧵👇

Did you ever think about the fact that... the best person to tell you your genre might not be you? 🤔 Whether you realize it or not, unless your genre is really obvious, you might be too deep in your own music to classify it objectively. 🧵👇

You might've noticed that most other submission platforms don’t allow free submissions. The one that does requires "gates" – you’re forced to follow up to 3 things (a profile/artist, a song, a playlist). We know this skews your stats and can feel like a bit of a cheat 😕 🧵👇

You might not have spotted this if you’re not a frequent SubmitHub user – but we do have a super helpful Genre Analytics feature 🔍💡 Inside, you can see last month’s genre popularity, including submission volume and approval rates by genre, average listening time, and more. 🧵👇

Do you post music/lyric videos on your YouTube channel? Great, that’s quality content right there! While promotion is almost always needed, you can give your video the best possible start by making sure it’s optimized for YouTube’s search. So how to #SEO optimize your video? 🧵👇

What’s actually more beneficial – releasing #singles or an #album? 🤔 Which release style feels right for you right now? 💭👇

Which email would you open first (or at all)? One that speaks directly to you & your interests ("Peter, your Meta ad is at its all-time high") or a generic “great opportunity inside”? 🤔 Personalization grabs attention, builds connection, and creates a sense of intention 🤝🧵👇

Do you leave a review for a curator after they share you? ✅ Not just in music – we mostly review things when we’ve had a bad experience (a waiter was rude, the food wasn’t good... ). It’s easy to forget how motivating & helpful it is to leave a review when things go well. 🧵👇

Did you find a known bot playlist in your S4A stats? Or ran your artist profile through our Playlist/Artist Checker (submithub.com/playlist-checker) and spotted a shady playlist featuring you? 🙀 If you were added to a botted playlist without requesting it, here’s what to do next: 🧵👇

This kind of message honestly makes our day 💜 With the right approach, growth can REALLY happen, and when you hit new milestones and come back to share the wins with us NEVER gets old. Thank you for the trust, the love, and the laughs – this is exactly why we do what we do 🙌

Did a playlist curator feature your song & after a time, it was naturally rotated off the playlist? Some of you might consider resubmitting it, especially if the playlist was a great fit or with a seasonal tune. If the curator liked it once, there’s a chance they still do 💡 🧵👇

Let’s talk about a small but important step you can take during the final stage of your song submission process (picking curators who are the best fit for your music): previewing their playlists (or, for bloggers and radio outlets, their recent shares) 🔎▶️ 🧵👇

The Choose for Me feature is used in approximately 8% of submissions 💁 While manually browsing curators, reviewing their outlets, and personalizing your pitches based on what you see tends to be more effective, Choose for Me is especially useful when: 🧵👇

Most artists think the Spotify pitch is just a form you fill out and hope for the best (or they don’t pitch at all, with the whole “I don’t have a chance anyway” mindset, which is even worse). BUT! It’s actually your only chance to frame how an editor hears your song 📣🧵👇

Don’t sleep on our Popular charts! 😴 At first glance, they might not seem like that much, but SubmitHub's #popular charts can be a powerful tool in more ways than one: 🧵👇

Which of the scores near a curator is the most important? 🤔 Honestly, all of them! 😂 But if you want to boost your chances of a successful submission, focus more on the first one – Genre match. 🧵👇

You might feel a bit overwhelmed when using SubmitHub for the 1st time – with all the data and curators to choose from. But after just a couple of tries, you’ll probably agree with FM Wu – once you know what you're doing, reaching out to music outlets has never been easier 🙌💜

Do you have curators you believe are perfect for your music? Or ones who have approved you repeatedly? Or maybe there’s a curator who’s hard to get, but it’s your ultimate dream to get on their radar – even if it takes a few tries (and fails)..? 🧵👇

Similar artists = a great reference for where your music might belong. You can use them in your editorial pitch, or even in ads ("For fans of XYZ"). They’re also important for targeting on SubmitHub, helping the genre match. 🎯 But what do you do when you can't think of any? 🧵👇

If you’re at #ESNS26 today… 💙 Our Dylan is speaking in literally a couple of hours. Catch him talking about the Future of Independent Playlisting from 15:00 to 16:00 at Oosterpoort, Kunstpunt – and don’t forget to say hi 👋 esns.nl/en/conferenc...

January feels like a quiet echo of the Christmas season, with curators, editors, and more taking things slower, especially in the 1st half. But around now, tastemakers & musicians start waking up & gearing up for new releases. How about you? Any new tunes to be shared soon? 💭👇

When submitting your track, you'll need to go through the curator list. But have you noticed that for curators you’ve submitted to before, there's a short note about your past subs? 💡 Clicking on it opens a pop-up with their profile & a list of their responses to your songs. 🧵👇

🤫 A feature no other music submission platform offers – our curators can actually follow artists and get notified when they upload new songs. This means curators can listen and pick it up if they like it, without the artist needing to pay and submit to them. 🧵👇

Releasing on a Friday? 🗓️ It does make sense, especially if you’re aiming for an editorial placement. However, it also means you're competing with more artists – not just on Spotify but also on socials and with SubmitHub curators (Fridays are the busiest days on SubmitHub). 🧵👇

Struggling to nail down the right genre for your track? You’re not alone – many artists find it tricky. And when it comes to pitching to curators, this can be an issue since your genre choice (along with similar artists and moods) helps filter the right curators for you 🎯 🧵👇

Scheduling a submission can be a key part of our strategy – in more ways than one: 🗓️ Schedule your song right after you finish it/send it to distribution. You know it best then. With the release a couple of months away, you can schedule closer to the release date. 🧵👇

Want to dip your toes into SubmitHub? Start with our Hot or Not! You’ll get to write a few reviews for fellow artists, which not only helps them, but also gives you a taste of what curators experience ✍️ Plus, for every 20 reviews you write, you’ll earn a Premium credit. 🧵👇

New Year's resolutions? They can be a really cool thing but also a pain in the 🍑😉 Even if resolutions aren’t your thing, consider these four quick ideas for your pitching resolutions to make your music pitching on SubmitHub more effective in 2026: 🧵👇

#HNY2026 💜🥳

🪩 Cheers to an amazing New Year – from our awesome CEO and the whole SubmitHub crew! 🎆

You can strategize, target, plot, and play the emotional game with curators… but let’s be real, sometimes it's just about loving your own track because, well, it will show. 💭🧵👇

We designed SubmitHub Links with privacy in mind – no cookies are collected, making our Links landing pages some of the lightest and fastest out there ⚡️ 💭 Have you tried running an ad campaign with #SHLinks yet? ➡️ submithub.com/links

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyful Christmas and happy holidays – from all of us at SubmitHub! 🎄🎶

Ever requested a quote for an album review on SubmitHub's Marketplace? ✍️ If you’ve released an LP, you want it to get the attention it deserves. It’s not every day (or every month) that you drop a full project, so when you do, it should leave a mark, a trace that stays. 🧵👇

A cool strategy to try, especially if you want to broaden your song's reach, is to filter curators by Joined: new to old when browsing the list. This can help you land different playlist or blog coverage than you're used to and lets you test the waters with fresh curators. 🧵👇

It’s easy to treat Spotify streams like the finish line… but they’re really just the starting block 🎧🚀 Streaming platforms are great for getting your music out there, finding listeners, and building momentum. Don’t expect them to actually make money for you... 🧵👇

Running ads and ran into a problem? 🤔 Or maybe you’re looking for tips and tricks on how to set them up properly? 💡 Or perhaps you're missing a feature in our SubmitHub Links landing pages? For that, and more, ad-related stuff, check out our #ads chatroom 💬🧵👇

We might be the only platform of its kind that offers you direct access to the CEO and coder. Jason is regularly active in our chatrooms, providing advice and keeping an eye on what’s working, what isn’t, and what could be improved or added to SubmitHub’s features. 🧵👇

A little tip that can go a long way 💡 When sending a sub with Honest Feedback, DO use the optional Requested topic field and be SPECIFIC 🔎 Even if you don’t have a pressing question, it can make the curator focus on your track more. 🧵👇

You probably already know that to have a shot at a Spotify editorial playlist, you must pitch your song in Spotify for Artists. (And don't forget – pitch every upcoming release to land on the Release Radar too!) More about Spotify #pitching 🧵👇

💡 Not all playlist placements are created equal 👀 Getting on a playlist is great, but where your song lands makes a big difference. Tracks at the top tend to get wayyy more love than the ones down at the bottom. Think 2x, even 10x more streams in the top 10 than under 30. 🧵👇

Do you want to track all the results from your SubmitHub campaign for a specific song? It can be really useful to see exactly what came from the credits you spent, as well as having all your share links in one place – and guess what? It's one click away! 💁🧵👇

Do you think playlist placements will rocket boost your career? 🚀 Well, playlisting definitely helps, especially in the first few weeks after a release, pushing your song to the right ears and triggering the algorithms. However... 🧵👇

Did you know that December 5th is traditionally known as St. Nicholas Eve (or Sinterklaasavond in Dutch), especially in countries like the Netherlands, Belgium, Central Europe, and parts of Germany? (The actual feast day of St. Nicholas is December 6th, though). 🧵👇

If you’re not using SubmitHub Links for your landing page and #linkinbio needs, you might want to start 🔗 It’s free & also, lightning-fast (since we don’t store any cookies). Plus, you get analytics that can help you understand your converters – aka your audience – better.

If you asked us why we have a Genre Analytics part (and why it’s public, since no other platform like us offers anything even remotely close or shares insights into your actual chances or curator habits), we’d probably say it’s simply our reality check for you, musicians 😊 🧵👇

December's here, and so are the end-of-year releases ❄️🎧 Outside of seasonal/holiday tracks, most releases tend to perform worse this time of year. Many Spotify editors & a part of SubmitHub curators are taking time off, which makes December a slower month for music overall 🛋️

🖤 Happy Black Friday 🖤 Brace yourselves… every artist now has a 20% discount ready & loaded in their account 🤩 The offer runs until Monday only & WILL NOT be extended, so if you wanted to pick up Premium credits (for subs, ads, or anything else), this is the moment!

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍂🍎🥧🍠🌽🍽️🥖🔥🍂🍗🎃🌾🍯🍷🍐🥮💜