MeansMGMT®

Paid ads for artists, labels, apps and the agencies behind them.

Paid ads for artists, labels, apps and the agencies behind them.

Paid ads for artists, labels, apps and the agencies behind them.

We run Meta, Google and TikTok campaigns for distributors and managers too, and report on every one weekly.

We run Meta, Google and TikTok campaigns for distributors and managers too, and report on every one weekly.

Meta agency partner

Meta agency partner

Google Ads certified

Google Ads certified

Start a campaign

Six questions, about three minutes. You get a recommended budget and campaign type back within one business day.

$1.5M+
$1.5M+
$1.5M+

Managed Ad spend

Analyze your music catalog.
Project your ad campaign results.
Plan your project or tour rollout.

Analyze your music catalog.
Project your ad campaign results.
Plan your project or tour rollout.

Analyze your music catalog.
Project your ad campaign results.
Plan your project or tour rollout.

550M+
550M+
550M+

Streams for artists & labels

Live dashboards

Every campaign, live in one dashboard.

Data from your ads (Meta, Google, TikTok) compared directly against Spotify For Artists analytics on one screen with our internal dashboards.

Clients get a share link, not another login.

Ad creative

See every ad that ran.

See every ad that ran.

Top creatives ranked by spend, clicks and CTR, for every campaign.

MeansMGMT live dashboard on a phone, showing top ad creatives ranked by spend and clicks

Top ad: 465K clicks

Spend and results

Spend and saves, day by day.

Spend and saves, day by day.

Meta ad spend next to Spotify saves on one timeline, for every campaign.

MeansMGMT live dashboard on a laptop, showing daily Meta ad spend next to Spotify saves

Ad spend

Spotify saves

550M+
550M+
550M+

Total Streams Generated since founding.

600+
600+
600+

Successful Ad Campaigns launched

25+
25+
25+

Music marketing case studies published

800K+
800K+
800K+

Playlist saves driven through our campaigns

MeansMGMT®

Have a project in mind?

1 of 2
Who are we working with?
Takes about 2 minutes in total.
2 of 2
What do you need?
Pick one

Let’s work.

Tell us about your project, whether it’s a new single release, label marketing, Music Catalog revive, merch offers, etc.

Quick response.

If you’re ready to create and collaborate, we’d love to hear from you.

Clear next steps.

After the consultation, we’ll provide you with a detailed plan and timeline.

MeansMGMT®

Have a project in mind?

1 of 2
Who are we working with?
Takes about 2 minutes in total.
2 of 2
What do you need?
Pick one

Let’s work.

Tell us about your project, whether it’s a new single release, label marketing, Music Catalog revive, merch offers, etc.

Quick response.

If you’re ready to create and collaborate, we’d love to hear from you.

Clear next steps.

After the consultation, we’ll provide you with a detailed plan and timeline.

MeansMGMT®

Have a project in mind?

1 of 2
Who are we working with?
Takes about 2 minutes in total.
2 of 2
What do you need?
Pick one

Let’s work.

Tell us about your project, whether it’s a new single release, label marketing, Music Catalog revive, merch offers, etc.

Quick response.

If you’re ready to create and collaborate, we’d love to hear from you.

Clear next steps.

After the consultation, we’ll provide you with a detailed plan and timeline.

Why choose us

Built for the whole music business, not only the artist.

Artists and managers, labels and distributors, music apps and the agencies behind them. One team runs the Meta, Google and TikTok side for all of them.

01

Artists and managers

Artists and managers

Releases, catalog pushes and fan capture.

02

Labels and distributors

Labels and distributors

Campaigns across a roster, run by one team.

03

Music apps and software

Music apps and software

Installs, signups and sales.

04

Agencies

Agencies

The paid media team behind your clients.

Follower growth chart with daily change bars

50K+

50K+

Fan emails captured into artists’ own lists

800K+

800K+

Playlist saves driven

Get in touch

What we do

Services.

Music is our specialty. We buy on Meta, Google, YouTube, TikTok, Spotify, SoundCloud and connected TV, and every campaign reports weekly.

Release campaigns

Release Campaigns

Release Campaigns

Singles, albums and pre-saves. Direct-to-streaming, auto-follow and Future Save builds that turn release week into saves, follows and fans you can reach again.

(001)

Catalog and playlist growth

Catalog & Playlist Growth

Catalog & Playlist Growth

Keep older songs earning and grow the playlists you own. Paid traffic plus our 6,000+ organic playlist network with Sound Runners Digital.

(002)

Video, social and song use

Video, Social & Song Use

Video, Social & Song Use

Put the song where people use it. TikTok and Reels song use, YouTube views and subscribers, and placements across partnered genre accounts.

(003)

Tickets, merch and fan data

Tickets, Merch & Fan Data

Tickets, Merch & Fan Data

Sales campaigns for shows and drops, retargeting people who already streamed or saved. Laylo and Feature.fm capture the emails and texts you keep.

(004)

Labels, apps and agencies

Labels, Apps & Agencies

Labels, Apps & Agencies

Roster-wide campaigns for labels and distributors, installs and signups for music apps, and white-label paid media for agencies. Same team, same weekly report.

(005)

Testimonials

What clients say.

600+ campaigns since 2017 for artists, labels and distributors. A few of them, in their words.

“

Working to offload our labels meta ads campaigns for playlists has been our best move. The optimizations and performance compared to our previous agencies campaigns is day and night.

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OB5

Record label

“

I’ve definitely been watching… Seeing incredible growth on my Playlist & Mailing list. Nearing 10,000 vetted mailing list signups, which is REALLY good.

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Mahaji

Independent artist

“

Loving the weekly automated reports, it’s cool seeing the data! The cost per result on them is so good! Love how it’s formatted and easy to understand.

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OminousL

Independent artist

“

Really pleased with the campaign that you guys created, thank you for your efforts! We saw your experience in advertising and look forward to exchanging ideas and collaborating again in the future.

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Deep Rest Records

Record label

“

Invaluable member of my team, they are always responsive, proactive, and delivers top-tier performance. Their strategy and setup are unmatched, and I couldn’t ask for better help.

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Jimmy Smyth

Independent artist

“

I’ve worked with Means MGMT on several campaigns and am extremely happy with the results. Great communication, very professional and I highly recommend!

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Rett Smith

Independent artist

How we launch

From first call to live campaign.

Done for you, from strategy and ad creative through daily optimization and the weekly report.

Free

01

Map the goal

We map your goals to a campaign type and a budget that fits them.

Free

02

Proposal

You get a proposal built from market research on your niche, genre, and audience.

Usually 3 to 4 days

03

Creative and build

Our in-house editors cut the ad creative. We build the campaign end to end.

Weekly reports

04

Live

Campaign runs live. We optimize daily and send a report every week.

Our approach

Our approach is simple.

We cut through the complexity and focus on what actually drives results for musicians and record labels.

01

Data-driven strategy

Projections built from 550M+ managed streams, not guesses.

02

Efficient campaigns

Creative produced and tested in-house, then refined on what the data shows.

03

Measurable growth

Reported as cost per save and true CPC to Spotify, not link clicks.

FAQ

Straight answers before you spend.

How we run campaigns, what you own, and what to expect in the first week.

Still have a question?

Send us your release date and budget. We reply with a straight answer.

MeansMGMT is a music marketing and management agency. Most of our work is paid ad campaigns on Meta, Google, YouTube and TikTok for artists, labels, distributors and rights holders. We plan each campaign, build the ad creative, run it on your own ad account, and report results on a live dashboard. We have run 600+ campaigns behind 550M+ streams.

Partly. We no longer sign or run a day-to-day artist roster, but we still take on management work by project. That covers distribution, licensing and publishing deal negotiations, online setup for new artists, release strategy, and tour and merch management. We also run ad campaigns and strategy for full label and rights-holder rosters.

Most campaigns start around $3,500 to $4,000 a month all in, covering our management and your ad spend. For ad budgets over $10,000 a month, we can also price management as a percentage of spend. Your ad budget goes straight from your own ad account to Meta, Google or TikTok, so every dollar shows in your own billing.

No. A service that guarantees a stream count is usually buying bots or click farms, which break Spotify's rules and can get tracks removed. We give projections based on 550M+ streams from past campaigns, and our ads only reach real listeners. Spend and results for every campaign sit on your live dashboard, so you can check the numbers yourself.

No. Meta, Google and TikTok ads send real people to your song, the same way labels promote their releases. Spotify's artificial streaming rules target bots and paid-for streams, and we use neither. When those listeners save, follow and finish songs, Release Radar and Discover Weekly can pick the track up after the ads stop.

Yes. Campaigns run on your own ad accounts and business manager whenever possible. You keep the pixel data, custom audiences and email lists after we finish, so you can retarget those fans for the next release, a merch drop or a tour.

Both. Clients range from independent artists working toward 10,000 monthly listeners to label projects spending $10,000+ a day. Smaller budgets go into fewer, fully funded campaigns, because a campaign spread too thin never gives the platform enough data to learn.

Most campaigns are built and live within 3 to 4 days, depending on scope. That covers strategy, pixel and tracking checks, landing pages, and the first round of ad creative. If you have a release date, send it early so tracking is tested before the drop.

We measure what listeners do after the click: cost per click to Spotify, cost per save, and new followers. Tracking runs through pixels and Feature.fm smart links, and we are a Feature.fm partner. You see ad spend and Spotify saves side by side, day by day, on a live dashboard with its own share link.

Yes. We develop ad creative in-house, from a few assets for one release to large batches for testing. That includes UGC-style videos, motion typography, and hooks built from what your audience already responds to. If you supply your own creative, we audit it and build the strategy around it.

A person builds and runs every campaign. Automated tools launch a generic setup and chase cheap clicks. We write the strategy, test creative against real results, and optimize for saves and follows instead of clicks.

Still have a question?

Send us your release date and budget. We reply with a straight answer.

Whether you’re reviving an old catalog, growing a new release, or building your own Spotify playlists, tell us the goal and we’ll map the campaign.
Here to help.

Whether you’re reviving an old catalog, growing a new release, or building your own Spotify playlists, tell us the goal and we’ll map the campaign.
Here to help.

Whether you’re reviving an old catalog, growing a new release, or building your own Spotify playlists, tell us the goal and we’ll map the campaign.
Here to help.

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