Can Short Video Apps Like Strum, Viddy, VJAM, Snapchat & Vine Be Used For Music Marketing?
Though it's easy to be attracted to every shiny new mobile app that comes down the pike, and I'm certainly prey to such Jackdaw thinking, most photo apps are only. Continue reading
MTV Announces “Artist To Watch” Music Discovery Campaign
MTV has unveiled a new list that they call simply “MTV Artist to Watch”, a new artist / music discovery initiative and campaign that spans across all of MTV’s television. Continue reading
7 Tips For Musicians On Becoming A Local Star
For a musician or band that is just getting started, building a local fanbase is the place to begin. Ari Herstand began his music career at the University of Minnesota. Continue reading
Good Lizard Media’s David Riley & Hypebot’s Clyde Smith Appear On Digital Music Trends
Last week I appeared on Andrea Leonelli's Digital Music Trends podcast along with David Riley of Good Lizard Media, a London-based digital marketing firm for music. We had a great. Continue reading
Music Subscription Services Introduce You To Fans But Then You Must Take Them Away
By Julian Weisser (@iamweisser), co-founder of Bundio, a direct-to-fan subscription platform for creators. I was watching a Danish film on Netflix a few weeks ago called Klown. I had never heard. Continue reading
Indie Musician Website Review: Anacron [VIDEO]
This is the 5th of 5 website reviews as part of the Hypebot & Bandzoogle Video Website Review Contest. For this last review, we look at the website for Anacron,. Continue reading
10 Music Press Release Tips
Press releases aren't given a lot of respect these days, but they are still used daily by the media as sources even when left unacknowledged. Though they represent only one. Continue reading
Musicians’ Tune-up: Establish Your Web Presence With Authority
To establish your web presence with authority, whatever aesthetic or commercial form that presence takes, requires a solid network with an official website, an active social network presence and passive. Continue reading
Instagram Users Continue Drop, Flickr On Rise. Does It Matter For Music Marketing?
Last week a variety of media outlets noted a drop in Instagram users as measured by AppData that many attributed to the uproar over Instagram's change in terms of service.. Continue reading
Gangnam Style: Analysis Of A Viral Video
By Nic Robertson (@nicjrobertson), online obsessionist & co-founder of Jaden Social. Two weeks ago we posted a Gangnam Style infographic up on our blog and have had a really fantastic. Continue reading
How The 80/20 Rule Applies To Your Social Media Strategy [Best Of Hyepbot 2012]
Over the next few days we'll be featuring our best and most popular posts of 2012. This one comes from Hypebot Senior Writer Hisham Dahud. The Pareto Principle, more commonly also. Continue reading
