{"id":20098,"date":"2022-04-12T06:09:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T06:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/?p=20098"},"modified":"2022-06-16T17:43:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T17:43:13","slug":"beat-makers-track-who-listens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/beat-makers-track-who-listens\/","title":{"rendered":"New feature for beat makers: Track who listens to your beats and how long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few years back, we noticed GMass was becoming a legit player in the hip-hop world. Not because of our music \u2014 for some reason, we still can\u2019t get anyone to listen to our mixtape. It\u2019s because <\/span><b>our email platform is a perfect fit for everyone out there making beats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GMass has become an extremely popular way for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/uses\/beat-makers\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beat makers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 producers, DJs, up-and-comers, industry veterans, Kanye under a fake name (we\u2019re pretty sure) \u2014 to promote their beats and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/sell-beats-online\/\">sell beats online<\/a> with both cold emails and newsletters or other updates to their contact lists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Beat makers love sending their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/beats-marketing-cold-email\/\">beat marketing cold emails<\/a> from right inside their Gmail account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and h<\/span><b>ow smooth the entire process is with GMass<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>We reached out to beat makers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using GMass to find out how they were using email to promote themselves and their work and <\/span><b>asked what we could do to make things even better<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top answer: <\/span><b>A better way to send audio files<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with their emails, and then to <\/span><b>track who\u2019s listening to those files<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we\u2019ve just launched a brand new beat tracking feature for GMass to help you take your emails to the next level.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Beat tracking for GMass: Better music file attachments and listen tracking inside your Gmail<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GMass-Upload-Beat-production-border-128color-nodither-100pct.gif\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GMass-Upload-Beat-production-border-128color-nodither-100pct.gif\" alt=\"The new beat process in GMass\" width=\"1398\" height=\"974\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we built this feature, if you wanted to send out a beat, you\u2019d attach the mp3 or other audio file of the beat to the email.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And after that\u2026 the rest of the process was untrackable. You wouldn\u2019t know who downloaded the beat or if they listened to it after they did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want and need more info than that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So with the new beat tracking feature in GMass, <\/span><b>the audio file of your beat is converted into a trackable link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When someone clicks that link, it <\/span><b>takes them to a special audio page<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on our gbeats.net website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And you\u2019ll get <\/span><b>full stats on who listened to your beat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>how long they listened<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part? It\u2019s just as simple as the old method of attaching an mp3 or other audio file to your email.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Step-by-step guide to track who listens to your beats with GMass<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s walk through the entire process of beat tracking with GMass step-by-step so you can start using it with your emails immediately.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this guide, we\u2019ll assume you\u2019ve already set up your email campaign in Gmail with GMass. (If you\u2019re brand new to GMass and don\u2019t know how to do that, fortunately it\u2019s all really easy. Head over to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/tour\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GMass tour<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and we\u2019ll talk you through the basic steps of a campaign.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 1: Drag your audio file into the Gmail compose window\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20106\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified.png\" alt=\"Upload your music file by attaching it\" width=\"1874\" height=\"1398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified.png 1874w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified-1536x1146.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified-24x18.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified-36x27.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-uploadmp3-tinified-48x36.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1874px) 100vw, 1874px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Drag your audio file to your email<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like you normally would (or hit the attach button, if that\u2019s how you attach your files). It will upload normally, just like before.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 2: GMass will notice it\u2019s an audio file and ask if you want to turn it into a trackable link<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified.png\" alt=\"A pop-up will ask you if you want to convert to a link\" width=\"1874\" height=\"1398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified.png 1874w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified-1536x1146.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified-24x18.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified-36x27.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/steps-converttolink-tinified-48x36.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1874px) 100vw, 1874px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After your music file is done uploading, <\/span><b>the GMass extension will automatically recognize you\u2019ve attached a music file<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pop-up window will offer to <\/span><b>turn your file into a trackable link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so you can get better stats. You can say no, but this entire article is about what happens when you say yes. So we\u2019ll click the \u201cYes please!\u201d button.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 3: Put the link where you want in your email and edit the link text<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20926\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified.png\" alt=\"Upload a beat and put it in the correct place\" width=\"1804\" height=\"1292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified.png 1804w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified-1024x733.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified-768x550.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified-1536x1100.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified-24x17.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified-36x26.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-filename-tinified-48x34.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1804px) 100vw, 1804px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>GMass will convert your music file into a trackable link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (and it will no longer be attached to your email).<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"alert alert-info\"><strong>Change as of June 2022:\u00a0<\/strong>After we launched the tool, lots of beat makers reached out with great feedback. One thing we heard a lot was: The default link text wasn&#8217;t working. The default said &#8220;Click here for the beat.&#8221; Beat makers we talked with noted that rappers and other potential buyers are much more comfortable clicking on an mp3 file rather than clicking on a mysterious link. So we&#8217;ve now changed <strong>the default text on the link to the mp3 filename itself<\/strong>. You can always change that text \u2014 but now, the filename will be your default option.<\/div>\n<p>You can put that link anywhere you want in your email. You can also edit the text of the link by clicking on the link, then clicking \u201cChange.\u201d Edit the link text that displays in your email in the \u201cText to display\u201d box. Do not edit the URL \u2014 it needs to stay exactly as-is.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 4: Send your email by hitting the GMass button<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20927\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified.png\" alt=\"Hit the GMass button to send\" width=\"1926\" height=\"1188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified.png 1926w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified-768x474.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified-1536x947.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified-36x22.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/new-gmassbutton-tinified-48x30.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1926px) 100vw, 1926px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve configured any other settings you want for the campaign (auto follow-ups, scheduling, and any others), <\/span><b>hit the GMass button to send<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Your campaign will go out to everyone on your list with your audio file link (and not your audio file as an attachment).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What your contacts will see<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified.png\" alt=\"The beat page\" width=\"2080\" height=\"1092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified.png 2080w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified-1536x806.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified-2048x1075.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified-24x13.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified-36x19.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/whattheyllsee-beatpage-tinified-48x25.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2080px) 100vw, 2080px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your contacts will receive your email with the link to the beat (plus any other personalization you used).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When they click on the link, <\/span><b>they\u2019ll go to a special gbeats.net URL with an embedded music player where they can listen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to what you sent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can also download the full music file in that window.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Track your results to find out who\u2019s listening<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that you\u2019ve sent out your beat with tracking turned on, you can see how your beat is doing in the GMass dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find your campaign, then notice the new <\/span><b>music note column in the stats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That shows you <\/span><b>how many people have listened to your beat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20105\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified.png\" alt=\"The music note in the dashboard\" width=\"2670\" height=\"1154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified.png 2670w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified-768x332.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified-1536x664.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified-2048x885.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified-24x10.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified-36x16.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashboard-tinified-48x21.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2670px) 100vw, 2670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you click on the number in that column, you\u2019ll see the right sidebar appear. There, you can <\/span><b>see the email addresses of everyone who listened<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>how many times<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they listened and <\/span><b>how long they listened<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to your file.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20104\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified.png\" alt=\"The sidebar stats on listens\" width=\"2670\" height=\"1668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified.png 2670w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified-2048x1279.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified-36x22.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-dashsidebar-tinified-48x30.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2670px) 100vw, 2670px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From that sidebar, you can <\/span><b>download a CSV file with all of the listening data<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also get your stats (and download a CSV with the data) from GMass\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/features\/reporting\">web-based report<\/a> for your campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified.png\" alt=\"See beats in the web-based report as well\" width=\"2390\" height=\"2014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified.png 2390w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified-1024x863.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified-768x647.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified-1536x1294.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified-2048x1726.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified-24x20.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified-36x30.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-webreport-tinified-48x40.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2390px) 100vw, 2390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>How GMass handles beat tracking for large music file attachments (25 mb and up)<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you attach a large file (meaning 25 megabytes or larger) to a message in Gmail, Google automatically uploads the file to Google Drive and puts a download link in your message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the beat audio files you send may be that large (or larger). We wanted to make sure you could still track listening stats on those as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To do so, <\/span><b>you\u2019ll need to give GMass some new Google Drive permissions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We don\u2019t ask for these permissions when you install GMass because in most situations, we don\u2019t need them. We do need them here, though, in order to turn your beat into a trackable file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attach your large music file to your campaign (either by drag-and-drop or clicking the attach button.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-9\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20122 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified.png\" alt=\"Gmail puts a large file into Google Drive\" width=\"1624\" height=\"1032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified.png 1624w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified-1024x651.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified-1536x976.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified-36x23.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/largebeat-new-tinified-48x31.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1624px) 100vw, 1624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google will automatically upload it to Google Drive to turn it into a Drive link.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But\u2026 <\/span><b>GMass still detects it\u2019s a music file<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so you\u2019ll still get the pop-up asking you if you want to convert it to a trackable link. Click \u201cYes please!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you\u2019ll need to give GMass permission to connect to your Google Drive (if you haven\u2019t done this already for another purpose with GMass, like personalized attachments). Google requires us to ask for a lot of permissions here unfortunately \u2014 as always, the only reasons GMass ever goes into your Google Drive is so we can connect your campaigns to Sheets, include your personalized attachments if you ever use them, or now to turn your beats into trackable files.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20099\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified.png\" alt=\"Giving GMass Google Drive permissions\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified-300x242.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified-1024x826.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified-768x620.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified-1536x1239.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified-24x19.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified-36x29.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/track-drivepermission2-tinified-48x39.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you give GMass permission, you\u2019ll get the trackable audio link in your email. It works exactly the same as the trackable links for smaller audio files.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Click tracking with beats: On or off, your call<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By default, click tracking is turned on for GMass campaigns. We know many cold emailers like to turn click tracking off for various reasons (check out our article on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/cold-email-settings\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">optimal cold email settings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where we dig into the rationale).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The good news: Beat tracking is independent of click tracking. So <\/span><b>GMass\u2019s beat tracking features will work whether you have click tracking on or off.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here I\u2019ve turned click tracking off for a campaign:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-11\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified.png\" alt=\"Turning off click tracking for a campaign\" width=\"2450\" height=\"1670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified.png 2450w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified-1536x1047.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified-2048x1396.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified-36x25.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-off-tinified-48x33.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2450px) 100vw, 2450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have click tracking off for your campaign, the link in your email will go to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbeats.net\/?xxxxxxx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.gbeats.net\/?xxxxxxx<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You can see in this image what the link looks like when I mouseover.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-12\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20123 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified.png\" alt=\"The Gbeats link with click tracking off\" width=\"2330\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified.png 2330w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified-1024x633.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified-768x475.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified-1536x949.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified-2048x1266.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified-24x15.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified-36x22.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/noclickonlink-mouseovernew-tinified-48x30.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2330px) 100vw, 2330px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have click tracking on for your campaign, the link in your email will show your custom tracking domain or one of GMass\u2019s Amazon AWS trackers. (When someone clicks, of course, it will still take them to the beat page where they can listen.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-13\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified.png\" alt=\"Click tracking on\" width=\"2358\" height=\"1296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified.png 2358w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified-1536x844.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified-2048x1126.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified-24x13.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified-36x20.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/clicktrack-onlink-tinified-48x26.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2358px) 100vw, 2358px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But <\/span><b>in either case, when people click through to listen to the beat, you\u2019ll get full stats on who clicked, how many times they listened, and how long they listened<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With click tracking off, you just won\u2019t get any data in the Clicks column of your campaign reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What can I do with this new beat tracking and listening data?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With GMass\u2019s new beat tracking feature, suddenly you\u2019ll have lots of data on who\u2019s listening to your beats and more. What can you do with that data? We\u2019re sure you\u2019ll come up with a lot of your own ideas, but here are three big ones from us:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Send new targeted campaigns to people who listened to your beat<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-14\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20117\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified.png\" alt=\"A CSV of who listened\" width=\"1678\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified.png 1678w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified-1536x522.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified-24x8.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified-36x12.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/beats-reengaging-tinified-48x16.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1678px) 100vw, 1678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can download a CSV file of everyone who listened to your beat \u2014 including their email addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Send a new campaign (or many future campaigns) to those people, knowing they\u2019ve shown interest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 maybe offering them a deal, maybe showcasing other beats, or anything else you might want to do to get them to buy from you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just import that CSV into Google Sheets and and link it to a new campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Use the listening data for list clean-up and improving your emails<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">List clean-up is always a good thing. By removing people from your list who aren\u2019t interested (and probably never will be), you should see better performance on your emails, more accurate data, and ultimately better inbox deliverability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>listening data is a valuable asset for you as you figure out who should stay on your email list and who you should remove<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond that, you can also <\/span><b>use the listening data to improve your emails<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you seeing a lot of people opening your emails but not taking the time to listen to your beats? With this new data, you can find out. And if that\u2019s the case \u2014 high open rates, lower listening rates \u2014 you know you need to work on what you\u2019re saying in your messages to entice people to listen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Use the listening data as feedback on your beats themselves<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GMass\u2019s data shows how long people listen to your beats. This is really valuable \u2014 because <\/span><b>you can see where people are dropping off<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are they stopping in the first few seconds? Maybe you need to change up the intro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are lots of people stopping at a certain point? There\u2019s something at that point that could be a turn off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are people listening all the way through \u2014 maybe even multiple times \u2014 but not buying? You need to work on your call-to-action so people want to purchase your beats after they listen to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>GMass beat tracking: Answers to your burning questions<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some answers to (what we are assuming will be) frequently asked questions about GMass\u2019s beat tracking service.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>How much does it cost to have this new beat tracking feature?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>There is no extra cost for using beat tracking \u2014 it\u2019s totally free.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Call it our latest way of showing love to all the beat makers who\u2019ve made GMass blow up in the community.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What if I don\u2019t want to track listening?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-15\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-20124 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified.png\" alt=\"Tracking is optional\" width=\"2054\" height=\"1362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified.png 2054w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified-1536x1019.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified-2048x1358.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified-36x24.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/notracking-new-tinified-48x32.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2054px) 100vw, 2054px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"disable\">Beat tracking is totally optional.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you don\u2019t want to track listens, upload your mp3 or other audio file normally. When the pop-up asks if you want to turn it into a trackable link, click \u201cNo thanks.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Can I get rid of the beat tracking popup completely so it stops popping up whenever I attach a music file?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-16\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified.png\" alt=\"Turn off the beats pop up\" width=\"1848\" height=\"1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified.png 1848w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified-300x289.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified-1024x986.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified-768x740.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified-1536x1479.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified-24x24.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified-36x36.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/turn-off-pop-up-tinified-48x46.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1848px) 100vw, 1848px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes you can turn off the beats popup altogether. Head to the GMass dashboard, go into your settings, and check the box to &#8220;Turn off beats popup.&#8221; Then save your settings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you ever want to bring back the popup, just go back to your GMass dashboard settings and uncheck the box.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Will this tracking only work for beats, or will it work with any type of audio?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we made this feature for our beat makers, it will absolutely <\/span><b>work with any type of audio file<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Songs, podcasts, audiobooks, audio-only instructional courses, spy recordings for all of our GMass users out there at the NSA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the trackable links will always take people to gbeats.net. Maybe one day we\u2019ll have gsongs.net, gpodcasts.net, and such \u2014 for now, though, everyone\u2019s headed to gbeats.net.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Does this only work with mp3 files?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-17\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified.png\" alt=\"Attach a wav\" width=\"2450\" height=\"1670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified.png 2450w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified-1024x698.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified-768x523.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified-1536x1047.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified-2048x1396.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified-36x25.png 36w, https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wavfile-tinified-48x33.png 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2450px) 100vw, 2450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nope. It works with WAV files, AAC files, and Ogg Vorbis files as well\u2026 if GMass detects you\u2019ve attached a music file, it will turn it into a clickable link.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>GMass beat and listen tracking: Conclusion and summary<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GMass has become the cold email marketing platform of choice for beat makers \u2014 and <\/span><b>we want to make it an even <\/b><b><i>better<\/i><\/b><b> place to share, promote and sell your beats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With GMass\u2019s new beat and listen tracking, you can <\/span><b>get incredibly valuable new data about your beats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 with no extra software, services, or even configuration required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you <\/span><b>attach an audio file<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of your beat to an email in Gmail, <\/span><b>GMass will automatically detect it and ask if you want to turn it into a trackable link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, whenever any of your contacts click that link, they\u2019ll go to a <\/span><b>special page where they can listen to the beat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 and <\/span><b>you\u2019ll get data on who listened<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when they listened, and how long they listened for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Use that data however you need<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, from retargeting people who listened to using the data as passive feedback on your beats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beat tracking service is included with GMass \u2014 it\u2019s <\/span><b>free for all GMass users and will automatically work with your account<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you aren\u2019t a GMass user yet, this seems like about as good a time as ever to sign up. Just <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/chrome.google.com\/webstore\/detail\/gmass-powerful-mail-merge\/ehomdgjhgmbidokdgicgmdiedadncbgf\"><b>download the GMass Chrome extension<\/b><\/a><b> and get started for free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You\u2019ll be sending your first campaign \u2014 with beat tracking \u2014 in minutes. (And if you want even more before you sign up, check out our page on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gmass.co\/uses\/beat-makers\">why GMass is the cold email service of choice for beat makers<\/a> everywhere.)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years back, we noticed GMass was becoming a legit player in the hip-hop world. 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