Found this practical and sometimes humorous post and thought it there were some unique and well, not so unique ideas in here. Enjoy!

1. Build A Website Online!
2. Play your instrument on the roof of your house/apartment.
3. Seek Out Ray Balconis and his New York Recording Studio
4. Contact Your Local Newspaper to see if they will do a write up on your band
5. Have business cards ready to give out.
6. Promote Your Band by sending out postcards to fans, venues, etc.
7. Ask to Open For More Established Bands
8. Seek Out the Services of a Professional Photographer
9. Making custom t-shirts is a great form of promotion, and it’s also a lot of fun; you can get the creative juices flowing and come up with some pretty cool designs to represent your band’s image.
10. Create a Myspace to Promote Your Band
11.Optimize Your Bands Website for More Traffic
12.Hire A Myspace Promoter
13.Build and Launch a Website if you do not have one.
14.Promote Your Band’s Website using SEO techniques
15.Post In Online Forums and Message Boards
16.Post in Free Online Classifieds Such as Craigslist in the Musicians Section
17.Keep in touch with fans and contacts with a system like aweber.com
18.Promote your band in Free Directories
19.Use Yahoo Pay Per Click to Promote Your Band’s Website.
20.Use Google Adwords to Drive Traffic to your website.
21.Get As Many Links From Other Sites to Your Website and Myspace
22.Create and Maintain A Blog on Blogger.com or Wordpress.com
23.Submit Articles to EzineArticles.com
24.Post about your Band in Local Music Forums
25.Submit Your Blog to Blog Directories
26.Get Newspaper Ads Especially in local entertainment sections.
27.Play As Many Open Mics As Possible and Give Out Stuff!
28.Play At Festivals and Give Out Stuff!
29.Play For FREE Anywhere Possible
30.Signup For Battle of the Bands in your area (and give out stuff)
31.Play at Weddings! (If you do covers)
32.Join Ebay and buy stuff that will help you promote your band.
33.Hire a Booking Agent (choose carefully)
34.Email Your Fans – Stay In Contact
35.Give out Scratch And Sniff Stickers With Strange Smells.
36.Compete for prizes and band exposure on websites like ourstage
37.Contact the Music Critic at your local newspaper.
38.Submit Your Website To Good SEO Directories
39.Do A Good Deed. What goes around comes around!
40.Signup for the Bachelorette and play your new album on the show: abc.com
41.Suggestions Needed!
42.Get Kittens and Have them wear kitten tshirts with your bands logo on it.
43.Run for president and then when you get elected give yourself mad plugs when your doing your state of the union.
44.Yeeehawwwwwwwww…. Promote Your Band!
45.Get Color Stage Banners
46.Put up Color Flyers of your band up Everywhere
47.Have Someone Videotape and Take Pictures of You at Shows
48.Upload Videos of your music and shows on uTube
49.Hire A Publicist To Get You in Magazines and Newspapers
50.Release Demo CD’s to Record Companies
51.Promote Your Band on SecondLife (Virtual Reality, Really Weird but it can work)
52.Drive a White Bronco at High Speeds in LA running from the police with your band logo on the side of the SUV (just kidding don’t do that)
53.Blow up Beach Balls with your logo printed on it and throw them everywhere especially at concerts
54.Ask Your Local Radio or College Radio Stations to Promote Your Band by Playing Your Music
55.Submit Expert Articles to GoArticles.com with links to your website or myspace
56.Network, Network, Network.
57.Hang out at Karaoke Bars (and even perform!)
58.Try out for American Idol. If you are good maybe you will make it. If you stink at least act really crazy and wear something weird so you get 30 seconds on TV.
59.Streak while wearing only your Band T-Shirt or Hat (Where this would be Legal).
60.Do What the Naked Cowboy Did (of course only where legal).
61.Attach Promotional Material, Bumper Stickers, Lettering, to Your Vehicle and Drive!
62.Design and Distribute Band Shirts to fans and to wear yourself.
63.Host Local Open Mic Nights.
64.Give out Promotional Socks.
65.Participate in Local Charitable Functions (Network! Wear Your TShirts Etc).
66.Upload Your Songs Anywhere Possible
67.Give out as Much Stuff As Possible With Your Logo on it
68.Advertise Upcoming Shows and Events on Community Websites
69.Advertise Upcoming Album Releases On all fronts
70.Frequently Update Website, Myspace, and Blog if you have.
71.Name Your Cat After Your Band, and Put a Collar on it with it’s name on it, and then let the cat get ‘lost’.
72.Repeat #71 With Various Breeds of Dogs (Really Kidding About These Two).
73.Give Music Lessons and Bring Students into your following.
74.Participate in Community Groups.
75.Post in Local Forums on Craigslist and Other Websites.
76.Recruit Local Fans to Help Promote Your Band or Music for Free. Delegate!!!
77.One of the Absolute Best Ways to Promote Your Band is by Word of Mouth! Tell Everyone about Your Music and Ask Them to Listen or Come to a Show!

We hope you have enjoyed the 77 Ways to Promote Your Band.
Best of Luck!

RE-POST FROM: CNJMusicians.com