New Ways to Think About Facebook Timeline for Bands

The Facebook timeline requirement for pages has been looming for a while and now that it is a requirement, many artists have been wondering how to take advantage of the new features. While I won’t go into the detailed steps about it (there are plenty of other blogs that do that), I did want to offer some unconventional advice. Creating a niche marketing approach through a unique experience for your fans is the best way to grow your audience organically. 

Here are some of my tips:

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MusicThinkTank Weekly Recap: Facebook's Timeline & More

Where

The Music Industry

Thinks Out Loud

• Bas Grasmayer: The Next Music Format Case-Study: Twisted Music
• Dave Cool: The Four P’s of Playing Live Shows: Promotion
• Brian Thompson: The Twitter Trolls: How to Deal with Criticism Online
• Ariel Hyatt: Musician’s Arsenal: Killer Apps, Tools & Sites - Facebook’s Timeline
• Jamie Leger: What Can We Learn From Indie Band Pomplamoose?

The Musician's Arsenal: Killer Apps, Tools and Sites Featuring BandsinTown

We test a lot of Apps and tools and look at a lot of websites. On behalf of our artists and me and the Cyber PR team are going to start featuring them here at MTT. I’m thrilled to introduce you to Jason Loomis. Jason has worked at Ariel Publicity for a year this week, first as an intern, then as my assistant and now as our Director of New Media Maker Relations. Enjoy this first installment of The Musician’s Arsenal: Killer Apps, Tools and Sites

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The 5 Biggest Facebook Fan Page Screw-Ups

Thousands of artists, bands and music companies have a Facebook fan page these days. Perhaps you do too.

But way too many of them screw up big time when it comes to using a fan page effectively. (Of course, I’m sure YOU don’t fall into that category … or do you?)

Watch this new video clip and find out if you’re making any of these major Facebook music promotion blunders.

Haven’t created a Facebook fan page yet? Then you REALLY need to watch this so your first fan page gets off to a great start …

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