Top 10 Social Music Brands From Venture Harbour’s Music Industry Social 100
Though Facebook fans and Twitter followers are not the final word in social media presence, comparing follower counts can sometimes lead to surprising findings. That's certainly the case with Venture. Continue reading
Music Marketing Takeaways From Comscore’s 2013 Mobile Future in Focus Report
Leading web and mobile analytics provider Comscore recently released a group of free reports as the "2013 Digital Future in Focus Series." Their mobile report includes some useful takeaways for. Continue reading
5 Aspects Of The Old Music Industry Being Disrupted And Replaced By Social Media
In a widely noted Billboard interview, Amanda Palmer stated that "Twitter has replaced Google and [music] management." Nobody cared about the Google part but her claim of replacing music management. Continue reading
Facebook Admits They’ve Been Underreporting Your Page Reach For Months
In an unexpected turn of events, Facebook last week announced that their "engineering audit" of Page Insights "uncovered bugs that impacted impression and reach reporting." Apparently this is the explanation. Continue reading
Tumblr Announces Curated #Music Tag In Likely Bid For Music-Related Native Ads
Yesterday Tumblr announced the introduction of an official #Music page featuring content curated by handpicked editors. With a related exclusive interview on Billboard.biz, the news seems designed to attract music-related. Continue reading
Apps For Turning Tweets Into Music
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. When you put words on Twitter, those words become data. Twitter has an API. You know what would be cool? To turn that data. Continue reading
Harlem Shake: From Real To Unreal To #1 On The Billboard Hot 100
As is typical of early adopters, many have already claimed the Harlem Shake meme to be dead. But yesterday's news that Billboard's new YouTube plays policy will put the track. Continue reading
Music Video Strategies For Promotion And Monetization
By Caroline Bottomley of Radar Music Videos (@radarmusicvideo). Caroline Bottomley from Radar Music Videos recently chaired a panel at the legendary music industry conference Midem. Top industry professionals discussed strategies. Continue reading
Vyclone Helps Fans & Bands Work Together To Create Music Videos From Live Shows
Over the coming months, I'll be adding a focus on mobile apps developed for use by professional musicians in the broadest sense. Last week I interviewed the cofounders of two. Continue reading
Chirpify: 0% Transaction Fees For D2F Music & Merch Sales Forever [Limited Time Offer]
Social ecommerce platform Chirpify, which facilitates in-stream social media sales, website sales and fundraising campaigns, is currently offering "independent artists" 0% transaction fees for the rest of their lives if. Continue reading