Month: June 2013

The Tools of Music Fan Engagement [Part 3]: Facebook Basics

So far Bandzoogle's “The Tools of Music Fan Engagement” series has covered blogging and email newsletters. Now it’s time to talk about social media, starting with the biggest social media. Continue reading

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Freebies & Bargains: From Apps To Streaming Music

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. A penny saved is a penny earned. We’ve spotted some digital music bargains:

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New York Hosts Music Research and Music Education Hackathons

By Paul Lamere of Music Machinery and The Echo Nest. Next weekend, (starting Friday, June 28th) there are two music-related hackathons in New York City. First up, there’s The Hamr:

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Google+ Dashboard Launches, KISSmetrics Google+ Marketing Guide Available

Earlier this month Google+ introduced a dashboard designed for businesses to manage their pages and related Google properties with useful features for musicians and music marketers. In addition, KISSmetrics posted. Continue reading

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Live Nation And Insomniac Form Creative Partnership

Live Nation has signed a deal with EDM promoter Insomniac Events, the company behind the successful Electric Daisy Carnival. In a post on Insomniac's website, CEO Pasquale Rotella said they. Continue reading

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NEWS BRIEF: Is VEVO For Sale?, Billboard vs. Jay-Z, Instagram Video Reaction, Pandora Lawsuit & More

FRIDAY 6.21.2013 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously Under Hypebot's More News Tab Above

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ReverbNation Passes 3 Million Users [VIDEO]

ReverbNation used Twitter's poplular 15 second Vine video app to announce that as of today they've passed 3 million musicians, venues, labels and music industry proffessionals using their artist and. Continue reading

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Facebook Launches Video On Instagram with ‘Cinema’ [WATCH]

Facebook launched Instagram video today on bot the iOS and Android platofrms.  In an effort to best Twitter's Vine short video app, Instagram videos are 15 seconds and do not. Continue reading

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Warner Deal Means Sean Combs’ Revolt TV Will Have Biggest Launch In Cable History

Revolt TV, the cable network led by Sean "formerly known as Puffy" Combs, has finalized a national carriage agreement with Time Warner Cable. Together with previously announced distribution including Comcast, this will. Continue reading

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Top 7 Reasons Every Musician Should Blog from Ariel Hyatt’s New Book “Cyber PR For Musicians”

Early this year music marketer and educator Ariel Hyatt successfully completed an ambitious crowdfunding campaign whose goals included the creation of three new books and a social media course. While. Continue reading

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Michael Robertson Launches UberStations, Takes On TuneIn

Digital music serial entrepreneur Michael Roberston today launched UberStations. Robertson previous projects included MP3.com and MP3Tunes, as well as the still active DAR.fm, a DVR for radio. UberStations monitors thousands of. Continue reading

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