One of the most common questions we get at Volume.com is: Should I offer my live stream for free or charge fans for access? While the choice is ultimately yours, whether you're an artist or a venue, we’ve put together a guide to help you make the best decision for each event you host. The right approach depends on your goals—whether you're looking to maximize audience reach and collect valuable fan data or capitalize on pent-up demand and generate additional revenue from ticket sales.

Venues are still hesitant to embrace live streaming. Concerns about technical challenges, costs, and the potential impact on ticket sales are common. Let’s debunk some of the myths around Live streaming and explore why your venue should start going LIVE regularly with most shows on your schedule. 

For venue, an email list remains one of the most valuable assets for driving ticket sales. One effective way to grow this asset is through regular live streams. Fully leverage your most valuable asset as a venue, the talent you bring to your venue, and tap into this digital audience. Live streams present a unique opportunity to capture email addresses from local patrons and the artist's fan base. Services like Volume.com and others allow venues to capture data around these events with ticketed streams. Here are some strategies to maximize this potential.

Live streaming has become a powerful tool for artists to connect with their fans. While social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube provide an excellent starting point, the real potential lies in transitioning from free to paid live streams. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you build a strong foundation and unlock new ways to build an audience and engage and reward fans.

Dave Daniels discusses why he chooses to livestream on Volume.com. From free artist support, easy monetization, to customized marketing, find out how Volume.com is increasing his audience.

Artist Dave Daniels first-hand account of how joining Volume.com's Artist Accelerator Program helped him land a spot at BeachLife Ranch.

Effortlessly monetize your audience with a customizable fan subscription that rewards fans and helps drive revenue for you.

Check out this handy guide to live streaming and earning money on Volume.com.

With the latest update to our profile pages, you can do everything from featuring upcoming events to customizing the experience to fit your brand.

The partnership between Volume.com and Andy Frasco has turned up his fan engagement to the next level…and we love it.

From increased CPM to reduced targeting options, the landscape of advertising on social media is changing and understanding the impact these new laws have on your advertising is vital to you.

The world is moving towards a cookie-less future. With this shift comes the need to prioritize first-party data collection to deepen fan relationships and create unique experiences. Here’s six reasons why.

Email marketing is essential for converting fans and driving engagement. To help, we put together some of our top direct-to-fan email tips to inspire you to create your best music marketing campaigns yet.

What worked on Instagram doesn’t necessarily work on TikTok; to grow your followers, you’ll have to create different content in each channel. So, we put together some tips to help you take your TikTok to the next level.