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It Costs Apple $1.3 Billion a Year to Run iTunes and Other Great iTunes Stats
An analysis based on data released recently by Apple pegs the cost of running on the iTunes store at $1.3 billion per year. “Since we know something about the average price of songs and apps, and we know the split between developers and Apple (and roughly between music labels and Apple)," according to the new Asympco ...
Do Social Networks Really Help Musicians? Revisited
Dan Morgan asks, “Do social networks really help musicians?" On Music Think Tank, Shaun Letang gives his response to the question and views on the matter of social networks. “In short, I think social networking websites can be useful if they are used right. Having said that, I don't think a lot of musicians use them ...
Quick Guide to Timing Twitter and Facebook Posts
"Social media scientist" Dan Zarrella knows a lot about social media marketing. Recently he created a 60 minute webinar, “The Science of Timing," that draws on his last couple of years of research to explain the best times to send emails, post on blogs, update your Facebook status and post new tweets on Twitter. For this ...
Share Your Best Music Marketing Ideas and Win Bob Baker's New "Guerrilla Music Marketing Online"
To celebrate the release of his eight book, and third in the Guerrilla Music Marketing series, author Bob Baker is giving Hypebot readers a chance to win free copies of “Guerrilla Music Marketing Online". Here's how you can win: In the comments section below, post your best Internet-related guerrilla music marketing idea by Midnight on ...
Echo Nest Maps Music API with Facebook, Offers $10,000 Developer Prize
The Echo Nest has added Facebook to its free “Rosetta Stone" music ID mapping service in a move that should mean more socially-connected music apps on Facebook, and is putting up a $10,000 prize to encourage developers. What does all this mean for musicians and music fans? Hundreds of thousands of artists and millions of fans ...
Bonnaroo 2011 Webcast
TUNE INTO THE ACTION FROM THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME The 2011 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is nearly upon us, and fans that can't make it out to Great Stage Park in Manchester, Tennessee this weekend can check out the VEVO Webcast by clicking here. Take a look at the full schedule below. All times ...
What Do Fans Think of Your Website? 76% Say Make It Easier
This guest post comes from Michael Brandvold (@michaelsb), a 20 year music & online marketing veteran who has worked with unsigned bands and superstars like KISS and Britney Spears. His Michael Brandvold Marketing provides consulting services to musicians. What do users think is the most important part of a website design? Flash? Beautiful design? Cutting edge? ...
Mixed Reaction to Apple iCloud and iTunes Match
Early reaction to yesterday's announcement of Apple's iCloud digital locker and iTunes Match has been mixed. Some focused on how iTunes Match essentially legitimizes illegally downloaded music. Others were disappointed by the lack of cloud streaming. Sample reactions: “Apple throws music industry another life vest It looks a concession to piracy—but it at least offers a ...
Thinkup: Capture, Analyze, Share Your Social Network Activity
ThinkUp is an open source software solution for monitoring all that social network activity you've been doing to market your music or on behalf of your music clients. It's available as a free download that you host on your own server. Expert Labs leads development on this project and that's good news because they are a ...
This Hacking Thing Seems a Little out of Control...
This sort of seems like the Wilder West, and it could totally change the way companies and consumers interact with the web. Because if someone hates your company, hates your size, or just wants to expose a security flaw, then your sites and systems are vulnerable. And, it now seems like lots of companies are not ...
