Case study

2025

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Record Label Marketing / Spotify Playlist Promotion

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1 Month

Record label playlists: 29,400 Spotify saves in 28 days on £3.4K

Record label playlists: 29,400 Spotify saves in 28 days on £3.4K

Record label playlists: 29,400 Spotify saves in 28 days on £3.4K

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MeansMGMT case study

29,400 playlist saves in 28 days

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The headline

29,400+

playlist saves over 28 days

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The numbers

387%

increase in total listeners

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The proof

70K

new catalog streams

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How we did it

Record Label Marketing / Spotify Playlist Promotion

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/ The brief

Record Label Marketing / Spotify Playlist Promotion

1 Month

2025

The record label Promoting Sounds signed MeansMGMT for a large-scale, one-month promotional campaign in May-June 2025. The goal was to grow the label's whole Spotify playlist network, instead of promoting single tracks, to raise its streaming income. Key strategic goals included: 1) Ecosystem Expansion: Achieve significant, measurable growth in followers, saves, and monthly listeners across multiple key label playlists simultaneously. 2) Catalog Revitalization: Use playlist growth to drive new streams to the label's back-catalog, increasing the overall value and listenership of their assets. 3) Audience Asset Creation: Cultivate a substantial, highly engaged audience of Spotify users who could be retargeted for future releases and promotions, creating a sustainable marketing engine.

The record label Promoting Sounds signed MeansMGMT for a large-scale, one-month promotional campaign in May-June 2025. The goal was to grow the label's whole Spotify playlist network, instead of promoting single tracks, to raise its streaming income. Key strategic goals included: 1) Ecosystem Expansion: Achieve significant, measurable growth in followers, saves, and monthly listeners across multiple key label playlists simultaneously. 2) Catalog Revitalization: Use playlist growth to drive new streams to the label's back-catalog, increasing the overall value and listenership of their assets. 3) Audience Asset Creation: Cultivate a substantial, highly engaged audience of Spotify users who could be retargeted for future releases and promotions, creating a sustainable marketing engine.

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Quick look at Promoting Sounds' music marketing campaign: £3.4K budget, 29K+ playlist saves, and strategy for Spotify catalog growth by MeansMGMT
Campaign overview for Promoting Sounds showing 29400 playlist saves, 267% stream increase, and £0.05 CPC from a multi-playlist promotion strategy
Spotify growth breakdown for Promoting Sounds: 29K new playlist follows, 70K catalog streams, and 15K new monthly listeners in 28 days
Results for '3AM Sad Songs' playlist promotion: position grew from #4 to #1, monthly streams increased from 19K to 50K with a £0.04 CPC
Results for 'HYPE SONGS' playlist marketing: monthly listeners grew from 200 to 2K+, and monthly streams jumped from 1K to 11K.
PERFECT SONGS' Spotify playlist growth: jumped from position #48 to #6 with monthly listeners increasing from 279 to 3K
OVERTHINKING SONGS' Spotify playlist advertising: streams grew from 5K to 22K and monthly listeners increased from 600 to 3K
A collage of positive user comments from Meta ads for Promoting Sounds' Spotify playlist campaigns, showing high audience engagement.
More examples of user engagement and comments from the successful Spotify playlist promotion campaign for Promoting Sounds
Social proof showing fan comments and reactions to the 'HYPE SONGS' playlist ads managed by MeansMGMT for Promoting Sounds.

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/ The result

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29,400+

29,400+

29,400+

playlist saves over 28 days

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387%

387%

387%

increase in total listeners

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70K

70K

70K

new catalog streams

How it worked

We ran Meta ads across all of Promoting Sounds' playlists and treated them as one network. That kept costs low while audience size and catalog streams grew.

We ran Meta ads across all of Promoting Sounds' playlists and treated them as one network. That kept costs low while audience size and catalog streams grew.

We split the £3.4K budget across audience segments and geographic tiers and moved money toward what returned the most.

We conducted continuous A/B testing on ad creatives and audience parameters for each distinct playlist, allowing us to identify the most cost-effective pathways to conversion. Ongoing optimization brought the average cost per click down to £0.05.

We also retargeted anyone who had interacted with the label's ads or playlists. That brought listeners back across the catalog.

By growing its playlist network instead of promoting each track separately, Promoting Sounds built a marketing channel that keeps running on its own. In 28 days that meant 29,400+ playlist saves and 70,000 new catalog streams.

What it built

Total listeners rose 387% and total streams rose 267% in one month. The campaign generated over 29,400 playlist saves and 70K new catalog streams over 28 days, with a highly efficient £0.05 average cost per click.

Total listeners rose 387% and total streams rose 267% in one month. The campaign generated over 29,400 playlist saves and 70K new catalog streams over 28 days, with a highly efficient £0.05 average cost per click.

We generated over 7.4 million ad impressions, leading to 29,000+ new Spotify playlist saves and 15,000 new monthly listeners. The "3AM Sad Songs" playlist alone grew from 2K to 7K monthly listeners and jumped from #4 to the #1 top playlist position for the label.

Let’s work.

Tell us about your project, like a new single, label marketing, a catalog revival or a merch offer.

Quick response.

We reply within one business day.

Clear next steps.

After the first call, we send you a plan and a timeline.

550M+

Streams generated

600+

Campaigns since 2017

$2M+

Ad spend managed

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Let’s work.

Tell us about your project, like a new single, label marketing, a catalog revival or a merch offer.

Quick response.

We reply within one business day.

Clear next steps.

After the first call, we send you a plan and a timeline.

Have a project in mind?

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

Let’s work.

Tell us about your project, like a new single, label marketing, a catalog revival or a merch offer.

Quick response.

We reply within one business day.

Clear next steps.

After the first call, we send you a plan and a timeline.

550M+

Streams generated

600+

Campaigns since 2017

$2M+

Ad spend managed

Have a project in mind?

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

Reviving an old catalog, pushing a new release or building your own Spotify playlists? Tell us the goal and we’ll map the campaign.

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.

Reviving an old catalog, pushing a new release or building your own Spotify playlists? Tell us the goal and we’ll map the campaign.

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