10 Strategies To Engage Fans Through Social Media
This post is by Hypebot intern Hisham Dahud. His Twitter: @HishamDahud. By now, it's well known that engaging fans through social media plays a large part in how music artists build. Continue reading
Artists Must Get Fans Immersed In a Great Story
"People want to be immersed. They want to get involved in a story, to carve out a role for themselves, to make it their own. But how is the [artist]. Continue reading
1 Simple, Yet Effective Facebook Marketing Tactic
This post is by digital music marketer Kyle Babson. Occasionally I’ll see an artist execute a simple idea or marketing effort and think “why didn’t I think of that?” Matisyahu. Continue reading
Admit It, Social Media Is Out Of Control.
If despots can't control social media, how can we expect to? It may seem a trivial comparison, but it is a useful one. In our own little world of music,. Continue reading
Advance Look: The Future of Facebook Documentatry
What happens when 600+ million people are connected on the same platform? That's the big question that this up-and-coming documentary called The Future of Facebook seeks to answer. Many of. Continue reading
Tw1tterband! 11 Strangers Create Music Via Twitter
Meet this band, and not just any band: Tw1tterband! They formed over Twitter. Have never met. And have recorded a cover or two. Devotee Richard Newman wanted to celebrate two. Continue reading
Major New Facebook Comments System: The Good, The Ads & The Ugly
Just days after a major change to its Like system, Facebook launched a robust new Comment plugin for blogs and web sites. TechCrunch, GigaOm and others we're quick to juimp. Continue reading
Hypebot Readers Say New Facebook Like Button Will “Surely Backfire”
"To every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction," wrote scientist Issac Newton. And if the comments yesterday's post about Facebook suddenly changing their Like button to mimic. Continue reading
D.I.Y Bootcamp: Fanbridge Fan Management [VIDEO]
EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V produced a series of videos that provide a virtual tour of the new music industry and some of the tools that make it work. Hypebot will feature. Continue reading
Facebook Changes “Like” Button To “Share” Without Notice & What It Means To You
On Sunday, Facebook changed its “Like” button on sites across the net to essentially give it the same functionality as its “Share” button. The new Like button no longer opens. Continue reading
Say What? – “All of My Friends And I Use Ping.”
The other day I had a chance interaction. I met a Ping fan, which is like spotting a Dodo bird. Mid-lecture at a university, I talked about the problems facing. Continue reading
