Mobile Social Net MocoSpace Wants MySpace
Amid all the rumors of who might or might not be buying MySpace from parent News Corp., the one that has had the most legs has now been confirmed. MocoSpace,. Continue reading
ShareSquare Upgrades QR Music Promo Tool & We’ve Got Free Private Beta Invites
ShareSquare has been private beta testing QR codes (barcodes scanned via smartphones) that bridge the offline-to-online gap to create crowd-sourced street teams for musicians over the last 2 months. Today,. Continue reading
AARP Says Old People Are Online Too! PS: These Are The People Still Willing To Pay For Music
The American Association Of Retired Persons (AARP) has created a short video to remind us (and advertisers) that those 55 years old and over are online too. In fact, those. Continue reading
MySpace Begs Users To Come Back
Earlier this week MySpace sent an email to lapsed which offers a hint of how desperately they're fighing for survival. The letter came on top of an earnings report from. Continue reading
Chart: More Proof That Music Ads On Facebook Work
A recent Webtrends survey of 11,000 Facebook ads measured clickthrough rates (red) and cost per click (blue) for different categories of ads. Check out the big jump in clickthrough rates. Continue reading
What Makes Facebook Fan Pages So Succesful: Lessons From Linkin Park & The Major Brands
Almost overnight, Facebook Pages have become one of the most powerful tools in the music marketing toolkit. But beyond the massive number of eyeballs that Facebook offers, why are Fan. Continue reading
Photo: T-Pain Gets A Facebook Tatoo
"I get a tatt every time I come to Hawaii", T-Pain tweeted showing off an arm which now reads: "You don't have to 'like' me" with the Facebook "like" button.. Continue reading
Facebook’s ReverbNation Block Was Just “A Mistake”, But Serves As Reminder Of Larger Issue
Yesterday, ReverbNation told its tens of thousands of active artist users that Facebook had disabled RN links on their site. "This was a mistake in one of our automated systems. Continue reading
Sonicbids Adds Its Own Facebook Profile Builder Plus A Video Tour
RootMusic is getting kudos for its program that creates great looking Facebook Profiles and ReverbNation has a popular tool that makes it even easier by pulling from assets already stored. Continue reading
Why The Decline of MySpace Is Great For Musicians
This post is by Robin Davey of The Hoax and The Bastard Fairies. Interview. Before you could say "We're big on Myspace", it seems the foundations of this once burgeoning. Continue reading
Bln.kr – Update Your Band Profiles All At Once
If you're a regular reader of Hypebot, chances are, you're already updating your MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter all at once. However, everyone loves options and shiny new artist tools, so. Continue reading