Tag Archives: MySpace

Tech Crunch describes Nimbit as the anti-buzz-kill for the music industry

Tech Crunch describes Nimbit as the anti-buzz-kill for the music industry Last week, we announced the closing of an additional $1.25 million in funding, and the news is generating some buzz from top tech news sites such as Tech Crunch and BostInnovation. Rip Empson of Tech Crunch, who calls Nimbit “a one-stop shop for musicians [...]

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New Social Gaming Opportunities Emerge for Music Industry

Social gaming on Facebook is a growing trend that is slowly starting to see more opportunities for the music industry. The most recent development is the official launch of Nightclub City, a game that lets users oversee virtual live music settings.

The game soft-launched in April, meaning it just appeared on Facebook with no marketing and no details about what company was behind it. It’s since gained 4.5 million active users and was ranked by Inside Social Games as the No. 1 Best Facebook Game of 2010 [...]

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Today is Social Media Day!

Here at Nimbit, we’ll throw a party for just about anything.  First day of Summer?  Break out the margaritas!   It’s Friday?  Time for a beer!   We’ve even gone as far as to hire people based upon birthdate, so we have a weekly excuse for cake.   When we realized that today was Social [...]

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Nimbit Unveils Next Generation Direct-to-Fan Platform

Nimbit Unveils Next Generation Direct-to-Fan Platform Music industry’s first complete all-in-one solution for marketing, sales, and fan management HOLLYWOOD, CA—April 21, 2010—Nimbit (www.nimbit.com), the music industry’s premier direct-to-fan provider, announced today nimbitPro™, the first fully integrated solution allowing music professionals to easily manage their entire business from one place.  This next generation platform debuts today [...]

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The top 10 blunders independent artists make with their web presence

Where ever they are are on the web, there are simple blunders that artists, bands and labels make on their websites, MySpace, Facebook and other social media that turns away potential new fans and stops potential sales of their music. After visiting many artist websites, we found 4-5 of these easy to rectify issues on [...]

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Improve Your Online Presence

Your Website, Blog, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, … what are the best practices for each of these, without spending every waking hour doing it?

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Case Study: Mighty Mighty Bosstones

At the beginning of this project, the Bosstones had no fan database, an inactive (fan run) Facebook page, and had not released an album in seven years.

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Viral Marketing – What’s Really “Real” About It?

Cliff Goldmacher is a songwriter/engineer/producer/author and owner of recording studios in Nashville and New York City.  Cliff’s articles have been published in EQ, Recording and ProSound News magazines and his eBook “The Songwriter’s Guide To Recording Professional Demos” is available as a free download from his site http://www.cliffgoldmacher.com/ebook. The Bad News In my 15 years [...]

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SXSW (and Christmas) is coming soon! Are you ready?

“I wish there had been a music business 101 course I could have taken.” –Kurt Cobain Last night, The Musebox sponsored a night devoted to preparing artists for the SXSW music conference. For those who haven’t been, SXSW is a mega-event where thousands of bands are jockeying for exposure and connections to launch their careers. [...]

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