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Banner Advertising Online: Questions to Ask, What to Look For and Red Flags

By MICHAEL RICCI March 15, 2013

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As a leader in the online jazz music space, with years of hands-on experience at managing advertising sales and ad serving software, I felt it was a good time to help the many newcomers to this arena better understand how banner advertising works, and possibly offer solutions and insights into making the best decisions possible.

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Upload Your Events to All About Jazz and Jazz Near You

By MICHAEL RICCI May 9, 2012

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Musicians, presenters, agencies, venues and festivals can upload upcoming events to the Jazz Near You / All About Jazz calendar from a CSV file. What's a CSV file? “CSV" means “Comma Separated Values." And a CSV file is a plain text file where each row consists of fields that are separated by commas. Learn more ...

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An Open Letter to Musicians: Lemme Hear It!

By DAVE SUMNER March 20, 2012

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This begins a series of posts intended to give artists, labels, and promoters some insight into how I use the internet to discover and purchase music and how that knowledge might be used to the benefit of the artists.

I don't claim to be the prototypical music listener and buyer. I listen to, and ...

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Publicist? How to Maximize Your Client's Coverage at All About Jazz

By MICHAEL RICCI January 16, 2012

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All About Jazz was part of the 2012 APAP JazzConnect track and participated in the “Platforms That Move Jazz Forward“ session. One clear takeaway for me was learning that some publicists don't fully understand how to use All About Jazz to positively impact a client's promotional campaign. I also learned that some publicists are unfamiliar with ...

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Audio Player Service, Contact Your Fans and Other Free Ways to Promote Your Music

By MICHAEL RICCI January 6, 2012

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Dear Musician, 2011 proved to be a transformative year as we undertook several steps to completely rebuild All About Jazz and expand its focus. And the improvements and expansion will continue long into 2012. Please read on for the details... Index 1. Feature Your Music with AAJ On Demand! 2. Your New & Improved Profile ...

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More Improvements and we need your help!

By MICHAEL RICCI December 16, 2010

Dear fellow musician:

As the year draws to a close, I'd like to wish you a safe and joyous holiday season. And we, at All About Jazz, would like to thank you for your continued praise and encouragement.

Reflecting back on 2010, it's been a year of significant improvement, in particular, the sections that support musicians. ...

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The Crowdfunding Manifesto for Music

By BRIAN MEECE December 13, 2010

Adapted from The Crowdfunding Manifesto on RocketHub.org Introduction Welcome to The Crowdfunding Manifesto for Music. The purpose of this article is to educate and inspire you on the strategy of crowdfunding your music project. We define music projects broadly--to include traditional categories such as EPs, full albums, live concerts, music videos, tours, etc--and also fields such ...

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Jazz Education Conference 2011 to Unite Industry

By DAWN DEBLAZE December 8, 2010

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New Orleans hosts JEN's annual conference Only one, comprehensive, international jazz trade event is designed to bring together everyone in the jazz music community: The Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference. Scheduled for January 6-8, 2011, and located adjacent to the French Quarter in New Orleans, the conference seeks to build upon the momentum of ...

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Festivals: More opportunities to reach your audience

By MICHAEL RICCI November 3, 2010

Dear festival publicist:

All About Jazz is celebrating its 15th year on the web with a relaunch, making significant changes to our appearance and expanding our advertising services to festivals. Please read on for the details.

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Your 2011 Budget AAJ Coverage: How We Do It Improved Banner Placement New Advertiser Only Pages Meet ...

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Advertisers: Improved banner placement and more opportunities to reach your audience

By MICHAEL RICCI November 1, 2010

Dear advertiser:

All About Jazz is celebrating its 15th year on the web with a relaunch, making significant changes to our appearance and expanding our advertising services. Please read on for the details.

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Improved Banner Placement Reach Your Audience: Options New Advertiser Only Pages Meet the AAJ Sales Staff! Your Company's Profile at ...

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Publicist News: Improved news service and more features for your clients!

By MICHAEL RICCI October 21, 2010

Dear jazz publicist:

All About Jazz is celebrating its 15th year on the web with a relaunch, making significant changes to our appearance and expanding the promotional services we offer to musicians and to publicists. Please read on for the details.

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News Service Upgrade Massive Monday! More Options Your Company's Profile at AAJ ...

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October 2010: Photo Gallery Update

By MICHAEL RICCI October 14, 2010

Dear fellow photographer:

All About Jazz recently relaunched our website, making significant changes to our appearance and greatly raising the awareness of our photo gallery. Please read on for the details.

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New Photo Editor: Bill King Professional Directory Featured Photographers Photo of the Day / Photos of the Week Two Tips Your Copyright ...

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October 2010: New Features; New Opportunities

By MICHAEL RICCI October 7, 2010

Dear fellow musician:

All About Jazz recently relaunched our website, making significant changes to our appearance and expanding the services we offer musicians. We've outlined some of the various opportunities that you can take advantage of below.

Our immediate plans are focused on improving our calendar of jazz events and our jazz photo gallery; you can ...

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December 2009: New Photo Gallery, Profile Improvements and More

By MICHAEL RICCI December 16, 2009

Dear fellow musician:

We made several musician-related improvements since our September newsletter. We upgraded your musician profile and we added more features to promote yourself and your music. And we're also running a $100 off sale on our Showcase and Listening Party services. Please read on...

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