The death of Twitter appears to have been reported prematurely. A Q1 report to Wall Street beat expectations Tuesday morning with 21% year over year growth in revenue to $655 million and an uptick in users. Key takeaways: Monthly active users: 336 million, up 3% year-over-year U.S. MAUs: 69 million,…
Category archives: Social Media
How Women Are Fighting Back Against Online Bullying — and the Tech Companies That Allow It
The new film ‘Netizens’ details the threats to life and livelihood women endure and what they’re doing about it.
8 Reasons Artist To Fan Social Apps Can Be Effective
While major social networks are typically seen as the best option for funneling fans to you online, smaller more targeting platforms can in many ways yield greater success when it comes to bringing fans and artists closer together. _______________________ In this latest post on MusicThinkTank, Kevin Brown explores direct artist…
Nick Tieder of Frontiers Music: ‘Your Biggest Problem Is Indifference’
Nick Tieder, GM North America Frontiers Music, talks with Michael Brandvold on The Music Biz Weekly podcast. They cover a broad range of topics from streaming, touring, social media and what artists can do to help their career.
Facebook Signs Indie Licensing Deals with Merlin, Beggars, PIAS, Ingrooves
Following deals with the majors label groups, Facebook has announced world-wide licensing packs with key independent music companies including Merlin, which represents more than 20,000 indie labels and distributors, as well as, Beggars Group, PIAS and INgrooves. Recent deals with Universal Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Kobalt, SACEM, and ICE, and…
Prepping Facebook Events For Optimal Promotion
Being able to clearly present and describe your event on Facebook is essential to reaching your patrons and fans, and being able to capture their interest to increase their chances of actually showing up at your event. _____________________________ Guest post from Event Marketing Toolbox Writing a clear and catchy description…
Marketing Strategy For Facebook Music Events
Here successful advertisement campaigners detail how to develop an effective strategy for marketing facebook events, comparing the classics approach to of event marketing to how it should be tailored for facebook events. _____________________________ Guest post from Event Marketing Toolbox Three important steps to promote Facebook Events We have successfully launched…
Bernie Sanders says ‘Cardi B Is Right’
Rapper Cardi B and Senator Bernie Sanders have a least one thing in common – a love for the original democratic socialist, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 1992: Bill Clinton: throws Bronx born hip hop artist Sista Souljah under the bus. 2018: Bernie Sanders: "Cardi B was right." #progress #bx pic.twitter.com/Q4uwOY68HY…
#DeleteFacebook Is Dead: Here’s Why [David Deal]
While The Zuck and his team at Facebook have certainly been marinating in hot water over the past weeks, and the social media network does have a host of issues to worry about, a hemorrhaging of users as a result of the #deleteFacebook campaign isn’t one of them. Here we…
Social Media Marketing Is a lot Tougher With Trust in Social Media Plunging
Raise your hand if you have ever read a privacy policy.