In this piece James Shotwell argues that, as music industry becomes increasingly crowded with artists, the need for more music journalists grows, and that social media’s ability to fill this void is sorely lacking in the quality department. ___________________________ Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Music journalism matters more…
Category archives: Social Media
Instagram Denies That It Hides Posts Like Facebook
A viral post on Instagram claiming that the site limits posts to just 7% of a person’s followers has prompted the company to respond. The post was shared across social media sites on Pinterest and Facebook, claiming Instagram severely limits posts. The…
Leon Bridges Turns Trump’s Tweets Into Songs [VIDEO]
Donald Trump is known for his outrageous tweets, and newly Grammy nominated singer Leon Bridges turned them into short songs this week on Jimmy Kimmel Live! It’s hard to know if one should laugh or cry… photo: Michael Vadon [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)]
Want to Do a ‘Marie Kondo’ on Your Messy Social Media Accounts? Here’s How.
Tip: Only follow accounts that ‘spark joy.’ Put those messy phone apps (gently) in the trash! (Just be sure to thank them first.)
3 Steps To Effective YouTube Tags
Something artists often neglect when posting videos to YouTube is proper tagging. This is unfortunate, as tagging is often what makes the most difference when it comes to your video being discovered by an unsuspecting future fan. _________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski from Music 3.0 One of the things…
Cardi B’s Epic Trump Shutdown Rant Is Now A Song [LISTEN]
Cardi B took to Instagram on Wednesday to express her righteous outrage over the longest government shutdown in history. "Now, I know a lot of y’all don’t care because y’all don’t work for the government or y’all probably have a job,’ she said addressing Trump and Congress. "This s— is…
Cardi B’s Epic Trump Shutdown Rant Is Now A Song [LISTEN]
Cardi B took to Instagram on Wednesday to express her righteous outrage over the longest government shutdown in history. "Now, I know a lot of y’all don’t care because y’all don’t work for the government or y’all probably have a job,’ she said addressing Trump and Congress. "This s— is…
Instagram Secret Menus, New Trends Decoded
In this edition of Decoded, our fiends at AWAL look at the trends and hidden tricks shaping entertainment inside the Facebook owned and operated social media crown jewel that is Instagram. _________________________ Guest post from AWAL The sheer scale of Facebook’s owned-and-operated crown jewel makes it a vital endpoint in…
YouTube To Disable Automatic Posting To Twitter, Google+
YouTube is disabling the ability to automatically repost activity (uploads, liked videos, etc.) on Twitter and Google+ as of January 31st. "We’ve found that sharing these actions with a custom message (instead of through automatically generated posts) provides a better experience for the sharer and their followers on other social…
Instagram Enables Reposts To Multiple Accounts
Instagram has added the ability to publish posts to multiple accounts that you control at the same time. This limited regram feature is a small concession to the artists, influencers and marketers that have been pushing the social network to enable native reposting of content. An Instagram spokesperson confirmed to…