How to Win & Engage Fans on Facebook – SXSW Presentation

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How to Win & Engage Fans on Facebook – SXSW Presentation

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I was invited to give a presentation on Best Practices for Musicians on Facebook last week at SXSW and thought it would be helpful to share my slides from the talk and some audio excerpts that were posted online for those who couldn’t make it to the conference. I tried to tailor this talk toward [...]

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Try This Promotion & Get More Tips From Fans

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New Feature: Tip-in-Cart Fans want to support you. We’ve had a mission at Nimbit for some time now to make it easier and last month we added a new way. Now, with every purchase or free download, your fans will see a “support this artist” slider in the checkout cart.   Great news…It’s working.  While [...]

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Ultimate Facebook Guide to Sell and Promote Your Music – UPDATED

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The Ultimate Guide to Selling and Promoting Your Music on Facebook  Since launching the new Nimbit Spotlight Store for Facebook, we’ve had thousands of artists sign up. We’re thrilled with the response and have provided a series of tips and articles to help you get the most out of your music promotion and sales on [...]

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New Feature: Name Your Price

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You asked and we listened. Now all Nimbit users will have the option to make their music available in a pay-what-you-want format. It’s incredibly easy to set up, and it allows you to make your music available for a very low price to capture new listeners while also creating a potential source of revenue from your [...]

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New nimbitFree feature: free tracks

Ok we admit it. It was kind of silly that you couldn’t distribute free tracks using our NimbitFree platform. You asked for it, we answered, and now you can. By popular demand, nimbitFree artists can now give away their songs for free. Giving away songs is a great way to reward your fans and turn [...]

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Facebook Marketing Tips For Entertainment Brands

In a recent article by Mashable.com, they gave readers some awesome Marketing Tips for Entertainment Brands. 1. Use Questions, Polls and Quizzes to Engage Your Community 2. Reward Your Fans 3. Let Fans Behind-the-Scenes 4. Use a Facebook Storefront to Turn Fans into Buyers As you can imagine, because of Nimbit’s popular Mystore for Facebook, [...]

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The Importance of Social Media AND Email for Musicians

By Guest Blogger: Elizabeth Edwards An Excerpt from:  Create A Large List of Raving Fans 7 Simple Strategies Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn – Some would have you believe that Social Media is the answer to your marketing dilemma and that you don’t need to do anything else. I suggest that Social Media is only [...]

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Required Reading for Musicians: ASCAP, Lefsetz, OK GO

Over the last couple of weeks, a few articles have been published that provide practical advice on Direct-to-Fan activities that you can start today to grow your fanbase and maximize the money you earn. Direct-To-Fan: Hitting Your True Potential was written by Nimbit to provide advice for ASCAP members on capturing fans, getting them engaged, [...]

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Building the Fan Relationship

Bob Cramer, Nimbit’s CEO recently moderated the Take A Left At The Label: D.T.F panel at CMJ. This short video from the panel features Lyon Lyazidi of MeTalkPretty, Michael Doernberg of Reverbnation, and Bob as they discuss the importance of developing a personal connection and being responsive in managing the relationship with your fans. What [...]

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How to Capture Fans with Promo Codes – AMCON 2010

Everybody loves a deal…right? Did you know that with nimbitIndie or nimbitPro you can create promo codes to give your fans special offers, access to free tracks, and more? There’s more to it than just a feel-good giveaway. Promo codes are a means to capture your fans so you can grow that relationship. They’re also [...]

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