Spotify is steadily becoming a less social service, even as most social platforms from Facebook to TikToc are putting music front and center. It’s a contradiction that’s not lost on some Spotify users. "Today I found out that in the section ‘Discovered On’ there are no other playlists anymore than…
Category archives: Social Media
10 Tips For Growing Your SoundCloud Community
Part of the main ethos behind SoundCloud which allows it to function is the idea of its users sharing and engaging with each other not just on a musical level, but also sharing common interests and ideas. As an artist, this can make for the perfect environment in which to…
5 Things Missing From Most Musician Facebook Pages
Chris Robley of CD Baby highlights the five things every artist must include on their Facebook page that are so frequently neglected. When it comes to your Facebook page, a first impression is likely the only impression you’ll be able to make. ____________________________ By Chris Robley of CD Baby from…
Decoded: Instagram’s Latest Trends, Secret Menus
Here we look at how the Facebook-owned social media platform powerhouse that is Instagram is dominating a transforming the music industry’s social media landscape, and some of the statistics, trends, and hidden tricks through which it’s doing it. _________________________ Guest post from AWAL Decoded dismantles big topics into manageable insights…
7 Holiday Music Promotion Tips To Engage A Fanbase [ Cyber PR ]
Ariel Hyatt and hear team at CyberPR share 7 tactics to use to first activate any fan base around a holiday music promotion to build engagement or sales – or both. It is that time of year again…. The HOLIDAZE! For artists, there is no better time to work on…
How to Become a Social Media Marketing Pro for Less Than $20
Do you have what it takes to organize the next viral campaign?
How To Have A Long And Successful Career In Music
Making a career in the music industry is no easy task, (just getting people to listen to your music in the first place is hard enough), but developing a sustainable career is even harder. That said, it is doable with the right strategy. _____________________________ Guest post by Martina Sanchez The…
TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
This week some of our most popular pieces on Hypebot covered a petition urging Spotify, Apple, and Amazon to label indie music, how bot farms are continuing to manipulate streaming numbers, why image is so important in the streaming age, and more. Spotify, Apple, Amazon Urged To Label Indie Music…
What Happens When You Fake Social Media Numbers
There have been a number of stories released in the past week covering a fake LA hard rock band created by a one Jared Threatin who purchased massive numbers of followers, views, and Facebook attendees only to, unsurprisingly, have the "real" tour go up in flames. _____________________________ This was written…
Threatin’s Fake News, Fake Fans and Fake Reality
The rise of the streaming age has brought with it an unsurprising uptick in artists attempting to game social media and streaming platforms in a less-than-honest approach to finding success in the music business. The "band" Threatin’s faked fanbase and resulting failed tour has become perhaps the most extreme instances…