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Anatomy of
a campaign

No black box. Here is exactly how a label program is deployed at every budget — the channel split, what each euro buys across Spotify, TikTok, YouTube, SoundCloud and Beatport, how they link together, and what return looks like.

The machine

One release, every
surface, one dashboard

A release doesn't live on one platform, so a campaign can't either. Meta drives real listeners to Spotify. TikTok and YouTube turn the sound into discovery. SoundCloud and Beatport carry credibility with DJs and the dance-music trade.

We run every channel under one retainer, funded at cost on the label's own ad accounts — we never mark up media. The retainer replaces the per-artist fee, so at roster volume it costs less than doing it release by release.

Everything reports into one live dashboard the label owns — per artist, per release, per euro. The models below show how that budget is split at €5k, €10k, €15k and €20k a month.

Four programs

What each budget deploys

01 // Single Engine
€5,000 / month total program

One priority artist, one hero release. Prove the machine.

Ōtocracy retainer · €3,000Working media (at cost) · €1,500Per-release flat pushes
How the program is deployed
Meta → Spotify streams
Targeted-listener ads route real fans to the hero track and trigger save/playlist signals.
€1,000/mo
TikTok Spark Ads
Boost the artist's own clips as Spark ads for sound-led discovery.
€500/mo
SoundCloud 500K repost reach
Flat-delivered repost reach that seeds early credibility on the release.
€199 · flat
Planning targets
Targeted Spotify streams / mo30k–50k
TikTok views (Spark)150k–400k
SoundCloud repost reach500k
ReportingLive dashboard + monthly report
Spotify at a ~€0.02–0.03 blended cost per targeted stream on €1,000 working media.
What the label is buying
First-release proof + a repeatable playbook Playlist-trigger signals (saves, follows, completion) A live dashboard the label owns
02 // Multi-Channel RolloutMOST DEPLOYED
€10,000 / month total program

2–3 active artists or a full cross-platform release rollout.

Ōtocracy retainer · €5,000Working media (at cost) · €4,000Per-release flat pushes
How the program is deployed
Meta → Spotify + Audience
Streams engine plus persona-built audience & geo scaling across IG + FB.
€2,000/mo
TikTok Spark + creator seeds
Paid Spark reach layered with seeded creator clips for sound virality.
€1,000/mo
YouTube views + shorts
In-stream and discovery views to the video, plus a Shorts reach burst.
€1,000/mo
SoundCloud 5M repost reach
Large flat-delivered play count for cross-platform credibility.
€499 · flat
Beatport Chart Push
80 fixed purchases that place the release in the Beatport Top-50.
€599 · flat
Planning targets
Targeted Spotify streams / mo130k–200k
Beatport chart positionTop-50 (guaranteed)
TikTok reach1M+
YouTube views100k–250k
SoundCloud repost reach5M
Owned audiencePre-save hub + email capture
Spotify at ~€0.02–0.03/stream on €2,000; Beatport is a fixed-cost guaranteed chart entry.
What the label is buying
A cross-platform footprint on one release cycle Chart credibility the label can use in A&R and press A growing owned audience (pre-saves, email)
03 // Roster Engine
€15,000 / month total program

Full roster, always-on, multiple releases in flight each month.

Ōtocracy retainer · €6,000Working media (at cost) · €7,500Per-release flat pushes
How the program is deployed
Spotify Power (streams + playlist + pre-save)
Combined streams, own-playlist growth and pre-save/release-day pushes across the roster.
€3,000/mo
Meta Audience + Email collection
Audience engineering plus lead-gen ads that grow the label's owned email list.
€2,000/mo
YouTube views + shorts + subs
Full YouTube stack — video views, Shorts reach and channel subscriber growth.
€1,500/mo
TikTok Spark + creator packs
Always-on Spark plus rotating creator packs across the roster.
€1,000/mo
SoundCloud 10M repost reach + Beatport per release
Top-tier SoundCloud repost reach plus a guaranteed chart push on each priority release.
€699 · flat
Planning targets
Roster-wide Spotify streams / mo250k–450k
Beatport chart pushesTop-50 per priority release
Email list growthLead-gen capture, roster-wide
Apple MusicCross-platform smartlink capture
SoundCloud repost reach10M
Blended across the roster; per-track allocation set monthly with the label. Beatport per release stays guaranteed.
What the label is buying
Roster-wide momentum instead of one-off spikes An owned email list — audience you keep off-platform Compounding catalog value across releases
04 // Label Command
€20,000 / month total program

Unlimited artists, custom scope — the label run as a media operation.

Ōtocracy retainer · €7,000Working media (at cost) · €11,000Per-release flat pushes
How the program is deployed
Full paid stack (Spotify · Meta · YouTube · TikTok)
Every channel active and optimised weekly across the whole release calendar.
€9,000/mo
Meta Email Marketing (20% rev-share)
Managed email campaigns that sell — merch, tickets, bundles — on a rev-share, not a fee.
€2,000/mo
Merch + website + chart pushes
Full SEO + shop website and per-release Beatport pushes — turning attention into revenue.
€1,249 · flat
Planning targets
StreamsLabel-wide, all releases
Beatport chart pushesTop-50 across the calendar
Direct-response revenueMerch + email (rev-share)
Owned commerceSEO shop + list you own
Fully custom allocation set with the label. Direct-response revenue (merch, email) is layered on top of streams.
What the label is buying
The label operates as a full media + commerce engine Revenue, not just reach — merch and email layered on streams A durable, owned asset base: audience, catalog, storefront
What return means

ROI for a label isn't
a stream count

Streams alone don't pay a label. So we measure return as the assets a program builds — the things that keep earning after the ad spend stops.

Owned audience

Email lists and pre-save hubs you keep off-platform — the audience no algorithm can take back.

Chart credibility

Beatport Top-50 placements that open doors in A&R, press and booking. The one guaranteed line.

Catalog value

Streams and saves compound. A release with momentum keeps earning and lifts the back catalogue.

Direct revenue

At the top tier, managed email and merch turn attention into sales on a rev-share, not a fee.

Illustrative planning model. Channel splits and target ranges are examples for a typical EDM campaign — actual allocation and results depend on the track, genre, market and creative. The Beatport Top-50 chart push is the only contractually guaranteed deliverable; all other figures are planning estimates, not promises. Ad budgets always run at cost on the label's own accounts — Ōtocracy never marks up media.

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