Harvard’s Twitter Research: Most Seldom Tweet And Men Follow Men
A new Harvard Business School based study of 300,000 random Twitter users in May of 2009 provided some interesting results. Among Twitter users, the median number of lifetime tweets per. Continue reading
Album Sales Drop Accelerated To 18% In May
On the eve of the annual NARM music sales convention, Nielsen Soundscan delivered the sobering news that the decline in album sales accelerated to 17.8% in May compared to the. Continue reading
Virgil’s Headed To NARM. Are You?
The Ongoing Adventures Of An Indie Entrepreneur Intrepid indie maven (Suburban Home, Vinyl Collective) and Hypebot columnist (You Can Always Go Back to School), Virgil Dickerson is packing his bags. Continue reading
Radio & Records And Performing Songwriter Stop Publishing
Two magazines that served the professional music industry are closing due to the tough economic climate and increases in online media consumption. Music and radio industry trade Radio & Records. Continue reading
Google Wave: What Is It And What Will It Mean To Music Marketing?
Whether text messaging or Twitter, its important to keep up to date with the latest tools for maintaining the all important artist – fan relationship. The newest tool for communication. Continue reading
Hip Digital Offers Downloads To Non-Music Retailers
Hip Digital has launched the "Hip Digital Music Engine" for the integration of digital music sales and pin code redemption into any website. The Hip Digital Music Engine allows companies. Continue reading
Thursday’s Music Brief: Twitter Research, Sales Fall Fast, Live Nation Tickets, Ditto & More
Our man Virgil is headed off to NARM. Try to say hello and share your NARM stories with us. Twitter and Google continue to make music marketing headlines and 2. Continue reading
How The Orchard Staff Start Their Day
Greg and The Orchard gang may have preferred that I not share this; but since it is a public (though admittedly unpublicized) web page that I stumbled across, I figured . Continue reading
Iggli Helps Fans Spread The Word About Gigs
When fans log on to the website of promoter and manager Bill Silva, they's see a green "invite friends" button (like the one to the left). Click on it and. Continue reading
