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Free playbook for label managers
The week after statements go out is the expensive part
Get the free playbook that shows you how to run your half-year statements faster, send statements artists can read, and pay out without chasing anyone.
Sound familiar?
These came up again and again when we spoke to label teams about statement season.
Statement season takes over
Hundreds of statements, sales files arriving late, and everything squeezed into the last two weeks.
A week of questions
Why is this lower? Where are my Spotify streams? Most questions come from statements that only show a total.
Invoices to chase
Wrong amounts, wrong VAT numbers, missing invoices, and payouts made one by one from a spreadsheet.
Inside the playbook
Make statement season the easy part of the year
Each section ends with one thing to do before your next run. It works with any royalty system.
Send me the free playbook- 01The royalty run in plain languageThe eight steps of every run, and the terms that matter. Page 3
- 02A statement season timelineWhat to do every month, six weeks out, and the week after statements go out. Page 4
- 03Statements artists can readWhat to include, plus a cover email that heads off the usual questions. Page 6
- 04Payouts without chasingPayee details, payout thresholds, self-billing and batch payments. Page 8
- 05Switching systems between runsWhen to move, what to export, and how to test before you go live. Page 9
- 06What your royalty run really costsA simple calculation with a worked example. Page 10
Who wrote this
Written by people who run a record label
Qlero is built by the team behind Nova Sounds, a record label and distribution company. We ran our own statements on the same tools as everyone else.
This playbook comes from 25 conversations with label teams and managers about how they run statement season today.
Is it really free?
Yes. Enter your email and it lands in your inbox in a few minutes.
Do I need Qlero to use it?
No. Everything in it works with any royalty system. The last page explains how Qlero makes each step faster.
Who is it for?
Label managers and royalty teams at independent labels, from a handful of artists to a large catalog.
Make the next run the easy one
The free playbook for label managers. Read it before your next statement run.
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