For an artist, their online presence can provide a variety of promotional opportunities. Launching a contest is one of them, and can be an excellent method for increasing fan engagement. ______________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 One of the great things for an artist about being online…
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7 Reasons Why Startups Need to Embrace Agile Marketing
Every moment your message isn’t in market is a moment that your competition is winning over your audience.
Why Brands Love Country Music And Country Music Loves Brands
A recent Sounds Like Country concert hosted by Pandora in Nashville has revealed that the genre may be more popular than ever, and with more mainstream brands cottoning on to the genre, sponsorship deals have become both more common and more valuable. ___________________________ Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights…
Getting Out Of The Garage: Tips For Starting A Band Successfully
While the number of bands and artists performing at bars and clubs each night are too numerous to count, only a select few of this groups will ever move on to moderate touring success or a record deal, much less fame and fortune. In this piece we explore how bands…
Tech Leaders’ Best Business, Success and Marketing Tips
Four technology experts reveal their advice and predictions on the future of marketing.
Successful Pitching: 5 Steps To Getting Gigs, Sync Placements
Being able to effectively pitch yourself to venues, promoters, licensing agents, etc., is one of the great skills of being a musical entrepreneur. In this piece we look at how artists can get through to people in these positions without irritating them, and actually ultimately receive a yes. ______________________________ Guest…
How Do You Create a Loyal Customer Base From Scratch? That’s What the Las Vegas Raiders Want to Know.
Here’s how one number-crunching data wiz is looking build an oasis of football fandom in the middle of the desert.
You Can Be The Band Nobody Wants To Play With In 10 Easy Steps
Being a band or artist that other musicians can stand to play with is important to building a long-term successful career. Here we look at ten steps to avoid taking which will transform your band into something no will ever want to work with. ____________________________ Guest post by Evan Zwisler…
#FreeFader Trends As Twitter Bans Fader, Pigeons and Planes, Other Top Music Sites
#FreeFader fever spread across the net after Twitter suspended the accounts of a number of top music sites including Fader and Pigeons and Planes on Tuesday. Twitter has declined to explain the ban, but copyright infringement is likely the reason. ____________________________________________ us placing calls trying to get off twitter suspension….
Facebook Now Has 2 Billion Monthly Users
In a post on… I’ll be you can guess where, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social network… I mean community, now has 2 billion monthly users. Just in case you’re counting, that’s almost 27% of the 7.35 billion people on the entire planet and 62% of…