Share I use Dropbox daily as a tool to manage and share files from multiple locations and coordinate them. Every computer I have has Dropbox installed so I can save a document from any computer and access it from any computer as well. When paired with the iPhone app or Blackberry application the tool becomes [...]
Posted by Nick on Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Filed under Artist Tips, Business Tools, Documents, Featured, Web 2.0, Websites · Tagged cloud sharing, document, drop box, dropbox, drops, file sharing, file sharing iphone app, film, iphone, share document
Share Tadcast offers a unique solution for musicians looking to advertise their music as well as viral video producers. The concept is unique, musicians can pay to place their songs in the viral videos of YouTube sensations on a PPC basis. Raising the question of how many artists will pay to feature their songs in [...]
Posted by Nick on Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Filed under Artist Tips, Featured, Keys to Success, Licensing, Online Marketing, Video, Web 2.0, Websites · Tagged advertising, exposure, Licensing, monetize videos, ppc, promote music, tadcast, Video, video producers, viral, viral video, youtube
Share In today’s world where content is king, the most highly sought after content is high quality video. Many artists invest significant amounts of money to create great music videos for their fans, without realizing they have produced great content that can generate significant revenue. Gone are the days where Music Video budgets are just [...]
Posted by Nick on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 12:06 am
Filed under Distribution, Facebook, Featured, Marketing, Media, Monetize Music, Myspace, Online Marketing, Social Networks, Twitter, Video, Web 2.0, Websites · Tagged bet, blip, blip.tv, budget, content, facebook, itunes, make money, monetize, money, mtv, music, music video, music video distribution, platforms, tv, vevo, Video, video content, video monetization, video syndication, vimeo, youtube
Share In today’s music industry it is absolutely neccessary to establish an online marketing plan centered around a website, preferrably a domain that you own so YOU reap all the benefits of your hard work. The first step to setting up your website is thinking of a domain that encompasses your brand and some keywords [...]
Posted by Nick on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 10:52 am
Filed under Facebook, Featured, Keys to Success, Marketing, Monetize Music, Myspace, Online Marketing, Social Bookmarking, Social Networks, Twitter, Web 2.0, Websites, Youtube · Tagged artist website, blog, brand, build a website, concert, experts, model, music industry, search engine optimization, seo, social network optimization, Social Networks, venue, website, wordpress, wordpress express
Share Coast 2 Coast New Music Industry Convention Announced for August 27th-29th in Miami, FL Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes & Magazine announce the 2nd Annual Coast 2 Coast Convention to take place in Miami, FL August 27th-29th. The conference will be attended by a large list of music industry guests and sponsors such as iStandardProducers.com, [...]
Posted by Nick on Saturday, July 24, 2010 at 4:09 pm
Filed under Artist Tips, Basics, Conference Networking, DJ Coalitions, DJs, Distribution, Email Marketing, Event Marketing, Facebook, Featured, Industry Events, Industry News, Keys to Success, Licensing, Marketing, Media, Monetize Music, Myspace, Networking, News, Online Marketing, Publishing, Radio Marketing, Social Bookmarking, Social Bookmarking, Social Networks, Twitter, Web 2.0, Websites, Youtube, major labels, radio · Tagged all hip hop, blogs, coast 2 coast convention, convention, datpiff, fl, hiphopdx, hiphopgame, hot 97, hot97 nyc, istandard producers, jive records, magazines, Marketing, media partners, miami, music dealers, music industry, music industry convention, music monetization, mystudio.net, myxer, new media, new music industry, panelists, production tips, promotion
Share Hootsuite is a great platform that allows a business, brand, or celebrity to easily manage and track multiple social networks, most notably Twitter. The software also manages: Facebook, Facebook Pages, LinkedIN, WordPress, Myspace, Foursquare, and Ping.fm. We use their platform to schedule Tweets across multiple platforms with uniform links and branding messages. This allows [...]
Posted by Nick on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Filed under Artist Tips, Facebook, Featured, Marketing, Myspace, Online Marketing, Social Networks, Twitter, Web 2.0, Websites · Tagged automation, facebook, facebook pages, foursquare, hootsuite, hummingbird 2, links, manage, Myspace, ping, ping.fm, scheduled tweets, Social Networks, tweetadder, twitter, url shortener
Share Vimeo is a great site that is developed for the more creative community. With less focus on stats and commercialization, the site offers great tools to let creative types thrive and live virally. The site has proven itself to not only the independent community, but major artists and directors alike. Recently, John Mayer joined the [...]
Posted by Nick on Friday, May 14, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Filed under Artist Tips, Featured, Marketing, Online Marketing, Social Networks, Video, Web 2.0, Websites, Youtube · Tagged a life in the day, aritsts, content creators, creatives, directors, events, hd, john mayer, music video, music videos, p diddy, Video, video platform, video sharing, vimeo, viral, viral video, visual artists
Share MobBase is a great platform that allows artists/bands and more the ability to easily and very inexpensively create a custom iPhone Application with streaming music, news, shows, purchase links, photos, videos and much, much more. The dashboard is very easy to use and allows you to create a custom app in a matter of [...]
Posted by Nick on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Filed under Artist Tips, Distribution, Featured, Marketing, Monetize Music, Online Marketing, Twitter, Web 2.0, Websites, Youtube · Tagged app, appications, apple, apps, artists, bands, fans, iphone, iphone app, itunes, itunes app, itunes app store, itunes store, mobbase, mp3, music, News, shows, staistics, streaming, tour, tweets, videos
Share Bandcamp.com is a great upcoming service that looks like the model of the future for online music distribution. This is a complete DIY solution for independent musicians of any size. The list of Features is endless, including multiple song formats, set your own pricing, advanced statistics, viral/social distribution and much, much more. The best [...]
Posted by Nick on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 2:18 pm
Filed under Artist Tips, Business Tools, Distribution, Featured, Marketing, Monetize Music, Online Marketing, Web 2.0, Websites · Tagged bandcamp, Distribution, independent, itunes, online distribution, online music, sell music, viral marketing
Share I’m sure everyone is aware that Facebook is now the largest social network to ever hit the internet, it is currently ranked the #2 site in the world for traffic, second only to Google. This feat is pretty amazing and leads one to contemplate how exactly can a business, brand, or individual take full [...]
Posted by Nick on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Filed under Facebook, Featured, Marketing, Online Marketing, Social Networks, Uncategorized, Web 2.0, Websites · Tagged facebook, facebook automation, facebook fan pages, facebook page, involver, rss, Social Networks, spam, twitter, Web 2.0, youtube