With Facebook, the only constant is change …

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With Facebook, the only constant is change …

Facebook is changing the landing page of your band’s fan page.  It’s going be a version of Timeline much like your personal page.  As frustrating as Facebook’s recent changes to your Fan Page might be, there are a few advantages for Independent Musicians: – you now have much more space for your favorite Facebook music apps (nimbit, [...]

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Selling Physical Goods? If Not, You're Not Making What You Could

I just ran the “direct-to-fan online sales” numbers for Nimbit’s artists, and we’re seeing a split of 58% physical vs. 42% digital products. Are you selling merch, tickets, exclusive signed items, and bundles?

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Amanda Palmer Gets It – Video of her talk at Harvard

This “direct-to-fan” model is the way the music industry will go. And the foundation is based on (1) identifying who your fans are, (2) developing that “bond” and relationship with your fans, and (3) having your fans support you in any way they can. That support can be bringing you more fans, donating money towards your projects, coming to your shows and buying your merch and music, or buying unique VIP bundles.

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Tommy Boy Silverman vs. Jeff Price – The "Crappy Music" Battle

With the latest wave of direct-to-fan solutions, such as Nimbit’s, artists can now easily build a strong web presence, make their music merch tickets and bundles available to fans, and build relationships with those fans in a way that they “have the potential” to support their careers — so they can do what they love to do, which is make and play music.

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Hi, I’m Bob (Nimbit’s new CEO)

For those that know me, you know I’d prefer to do this over a beer, listening to live music. I love music because it fuels the soul, helps us make sense of a sometimes crazy world, gives a voice to those that have something to say, and takes each of us to a better place [...]

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