Ariel Hyatt

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Ariel Hyatt
OccupationWriter and digital marketer
NationalityAmerican
EducationClark University
Website
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Ariel Hyatt (born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts) is an American digital marketer, writer, and teacher who develops independent musicians. The author of Music Success in 9 Weeks (2009), Cyber PR For Musicians (2013), the crowdfunded Crowdstart (2016), among other books, she is the owner of Cyber PR, [1] a New York-based public relations firm. [2]

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Background and education

Hyatt is the daughter of entrepreneur Carole Hyatt and television producer Gordon Hyatt; the former wrote The Women's Selling Game: How to Sell Yourself and Anything Else, which was a New York Times bestseller. [3] Ariel grew up in New York City attending clubs like CBGBs, The Limelight and The Tunnel. She has said of her upbringing, "I think sitting at the dinner table was the beginning of my education, just having this amazingly dynamic mother who was creating things when women weren't really yet in the work force."

Hyatt attended Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she studied theater, [4] and sang in the Clark Bars an a cappella group, graduating in 1993. [5] [6]

Early career

After college Hyatt worked at New York City's WNEW-FM, a record store, a music public relations firm, and a record label, What Are Records?. She moved to Boulder, Colorado with the label, was hired full-time [3] then assisted a concert promoter and managed a local funk band, Lord of Word, and handled their publicity. [4] When the band experienced success, Hyatt picked up more work. [5] She was then employed by the city's Fox Theatre, which had music nightly, [7] and has said it was her best job. [8]

Career

Hyatt founded Ariel Publicity [9] which she ran from her Boulder apartment. Three years into the company, she had a roster of 22 bands from across the United States. [3] She was called by Denver Live "one of the most respected and sought after artist relations representatives" in the state [4] and quoted by the alternative weekly Westword , in assessing the music scene in Colorado's capital. She told the latter, "I've come to realize that Denver is a very unique market. Things that are very, very popular in Denver don't necessarily translate once you're out of Denver.... It's the same thing for national acts. I've seen shows that have sold out nationwide take a bath in Denver. Colorado audiences don't care what's hot or in or trendy. They just want to have a good time." She also noted that bands in the north-central city held a geographic disadvantage for touring compared to music groups from cities on the East Coast which were located within more tolerable driving distances of each other. [9]

She opened Ariel Publicity's office in New York City in 2000, [9] before moving back permanently. The company went completely digital in January 2007. [10]

Her clients included the Toasters (whose shows she used to attend avidly as a teen), Cherry Poppin' Daddies, and George Clinton. She credits her time at What Are Records? for allowing her to "really [watch] what everyone in every department did." At this small scale, the employees also all knew every aspect of the business and their positions were interchangeable. [5] In 2012 Hyatt started to represent authors, apps, and thought leaders. [8]

Hyatt wrote her first book, Music Success in 9 Weeks, in 2008. [8] Now in its third edition, it helps artists at all stages of their careers navigate social media sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, teaching them how to be profitable. Hoopla Digital wrote that "her tactics have actualized exponential success for her most proactive readers by giving them a solid business strategy." [11] There were further online accolades for the book. [12] [13]

Hyatt's second book, Cyber PR for Musicians: Tools, Tricks, & Tactics for Building Your Social Media House, published in 2012, was called by MEIEA Journal "the most complete book of its kind" and described Hyatt as "a renowned New York publicist who has leaped into the internet as a promotional tool with alacrity and resolve." [14] In 2013, she crowdfunded to produce her next two books, aiming for $50,000 and receiving $61,000. [15] A resulting 2016 book, Crowdstart which used her experiences, was called by TuneCore's Kevin Cornell as "a must-have" for independent musicians looking to grow those skills and recommended as a holiday gift idea by Bobby Owsinski. [16] [17] In 2018 she was interviewed by Sallie Krawcheck on the Ellevate podcast about personal branding. [15]

Influence

Hyatt has spoken about marketing and social media on the Internet at such conferences as the New Music Seminar, [18] [19] SXSW, [20] [21] CMJ, Vivid Sydney, [22] [23] Hubspot Ignite, Campus Party London, The 140 Conference, You Are in Control (Reykjavík), [8] [11] and MIDEM. [24] She has toured Australia, teaching artists across the continent her day-long marketing master class. [25] She has over 90,000 followers on Twitter. [26] [ non-primary source needed ]

In 2011, Middle Tennessee State University started offering a Cyber PR Class based on Hyatt's principles. The university is recognized by Rolling Stone as having "one of the preeminent music business programs in the country." [8]

Books

Written with Carla Lynn Hall

Written with Charlie B. Dahan and A. Richard Meitin

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