How To Maximize Your SoundCloud Profile

SoundCloud is one of the most powerful sites for independent artists looking to connect with the music community and share their stuff on their own terms. Unfortunately, many artists and record labels forget to follow some of their best practices in order to get the most out of the platform. Here’s how to maximize your profile…

How To Maximize Your SoundCloud Profile

Profile Images

You can add or change your profile image either directly on your profile page, or through your profile edit page using your computer.

• Scroll over the current image, and click ‘Update image’.
• From there, choose the file saved on your computer and click ‘Save’.
• Profile avatars are circular in order to differentiate from track and playlist artwork.

SoundCloud accepts any images up to 2mb in size. For the best results, they recommend uploading a .jpg or .png of at least 1000 pixels x 1000 pixels. Once you have selected an image to upload you have the option to drag the image left or right or to zoom in and out of the image in the circle.

You can also upload a Profile Header Image directly from your profile page.

• For best results, upload JPG or PNG images of at least 2480 x 520 pixels with a 2MB size limit. (Please avoid using text within your Header Image as it will be cropped on smaller screens.)
• Once you have selected an image to upload you have the option to drag the image up and down or to zoom in and out on the image. (If you do not have the ability to zoom, then this is because your image is less than 1240 x 260 pixels.)

Profile Name

Make sure your profile is as similar to (if not exactly) your artist name. To follow the best search engine practices, make sure that your name has spaces. For example, instead of our profile being named SymphonicDistribution, we named it Symphonic Distribution.

Google also likes repetition, so repeating your Display Name in your Profile URL will help you climb up the ladder on Google search results.

Social Media Links

Having social media links to your other networks is one of the best ways for fans to get to know you more. Not only does this allow your fans to connect with you, but you also get some of their sharing features to these networks once your profile is integrated.

They also recommend users take advantage of their profile and track descriptions to give an introduction about you and your work, tell a story, and to ask people to click the repost button if they like your content. Encouraging people to share your music will result in more shares and leads to more followers.

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Song Tagging

Tags help identify what kind of sound your track has (whether it is trap, deep house, rock, hip-hop, etc.). This makes it easier for your listeners to find it in SoundCloud’s search results.  Make sure to use a main genre, but you can add and tag similar genres, artists, and even moods.

Track Description

Remember to add a short bio to your track that includes your social media links and especially a purchase link to the track. Here’s a sample:

Name of Artist – Song Title (Official Video or Mix) 

▶ Merchandise:
▶ Subscribe:
▶ Download:

▶ Follow (Artist):
– Facebook:
– Twitter:

▶ For (Record Label) updates and future releases, be sure to follow us at:
– Facebook:
– Twitter:
– YouTube:

Spotlight

Posting on SoundCloud is only half the battle! Optimizing your profile is the only way to make sure you’re getting the most from your efforts. Having clean profile, linked accounts, spotlights, and utilizing all the other features they have in store will help you gain more followers, engagement, and grow your community in no time.

Good luck!