Record Label Business Plan, Marketing Plan, How To Guide, and Funding Directory
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Record labels are popular business businesses to start among these artists, recording groups, and other people that have an interest in audio recordings and want to pursue it as a full-time career. These businesses are some of the most risky business is to start given that the intellectual property developed must be enjoyed by the general public. All the barriers to entry for starting a new record label are low, it should be noted that many of these businesses struggled to recruit artists that can be effectively recorded and her music sold to the general public. The startup costs associated with a new record label generally run anywhere from $20,000 all the way to $500,000 depending on whether or not real estate is being purchased and the whether or not a recording studio is going to dealt on-site. The gross margins that are generated from sales of recorded audio and records is very high. Generally, the contribution margins and gross profit associated with the sale of an album is usually around 90%.
For most new record labels that are looking to raise capital to launch operations it is important that they find a private investor to help them with this matter. Only highly established record labels that have ongoing purchase orders are able to generally qualify for bank loan. However, there are some instances in which a bank will provide the capital necessary to start a record label provided that the individual is purchasing a substantial amount of recording equipment in conjunction with their business operations. Additionally, if a bank loan is sought and it is important that the entrepreneur who is starting a record label have a significant amount of collateral on hand in order to provide this as security for the lender. In any case, a record label business plan is required. This business plan, like any other capital raising document, should feature a three-year profit and loss statement, cash flow analysis, balance sheet, breakeven analysis, as well as the business ratios page that falls in line with industry standards and discusses how a funding source will receive a return on their investment. Within this business plan as well as should be noted that a substantial marketing plan should also be developed.
A record label marketing plan should focus heavily on using social media in order to promote the artists that have been recorded under the labels operations. A substantial amount of any startup capital allocated towards these businesses must be earmarked for marketing purposes. Given the huge influx of digital music – the competition among recording businesses and musical artists to be discovered is tremendous. As such, it is also important to note within the marketing plan that someone that is an expert in music promotion should be hired to assist the company with promoting any and all content developed by the business.
A SWOT analysis is completed as well. This analysis focuses substantially on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats that are faced by the company. As it relates to strengths, record labels are generally able to produce substantial gross margins as well as highly predictable streams of revenue from their record music sales. For weaknesses, it is no secret that there is a substantial amount of competition in this industry and this will remain the case in perpetuity. As it relates to opportunities, record labels will frequently produce albums that will be uploaded to major online platforms such as iTunes in order to boost sales through digital media. This is now become one of the common tools for getting as many sales as possible once a record is completed. For threats, the real major ongoing threat faced by record labels is ongoing changes in technology that will require that these businesses continually integrate how music is distributed to consumers. Additionally, and as mentioned earlier, they’re going to be continued competitive issues going to need to be dealt with on an ongoing basis.