Category Archives: Dotted Music

What To Make Of The Spotify And Facebook Partnership

By Francis | Published: October 12, 2011

  [I write for DottedMusic.com on music technology, marketing, and lifestyle. The following is an article that I've written for Dotted Music, which I is republished on Musebox on a 5-7 day delay.] Facebook marketing is no longer about the mere maintenance of your band’s Facebook page since Facebook’s release of Facebook Music and their announcement [...]

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10 Ways To Get You And Your Bandmates Started On Google Plus

By Francis | Published: August 30, 2011

  [I write for DottedMusic.com on music technology, marketing, and lifestyle. The following is an article that I've written for Dotted Music, which I will republish on Musebox on a 5-7 day delay.] So you’ve heard of Google+ and may or may not have gotten an invite. Word on the marketer’s grape vine is that Google+ is looking [...]

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5 Social Media Strategies To Interact With Your Fans

By Francis | Published: August 8, 2011

  [I write for DottedMusic.com every Wednesday on music technology, marketing, and lifestyle. The following is an article that I've written for Dotted Music, which I will republish on Musebox on a 5-7 day delay.] Most bands maintain a social media account, but the profile is a billboard for their own accomplishments and updates for those [...]

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Unorthodox Ways I’ve Discovered Musicians for Musebox

By Francis | Published: August 1, 2011

  [I write for DottedMusic.com every Wednesday on music technology, marketing, and lifestyle. The following is an article that I've written for Dotted Music, which I will republish on Musebox on a 5-7 day delay.] Social media, social media. You’ve talked to your friends, band mates and managers and were convinced to create a Facebook, Bandcamp, [...]

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Why Album Ratings Need To Die

By Francis | Published: July 5, 2011

  [I write for DottedMusic.com every Wednesday on music technology, marketing, and lifestyle. The following is an article that I've written for Dotted Music, which I will republish on Musebox on a 5-7 day delay. This article also appeared on Ultimate-Guitar.com] Don’t forget to rate [insert album/movie] at the bottom of your article. It’s one command, [...]

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The Fork In The Road For Technology Companies In The Music Industry

By Francis | Published: May 17, 2011

  Picture byPierre Guinoiseau We’ve been eavesdropping on the major record labels wheezing their last breaths. We’ve been impatiently waiting for the monotone flat line to commence its perpetual beep. We’re reading news about Google, Spotify, Amazon and Apple’s utter frustration with the large shifty eyed record labels. In turn, the technology companies that share [...]

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Why And How You Can Find And Reward Your Devoted Fans

By Francis | Published: May 10, 2011

  photo by baonguyen via Flickr Word of mouth. Nothing beats word of mouth. The power of the elusive marketing strategy is immensely effective and one that social media sites like Twitter or Facebook find sustenance in. So this week I’m going to offer an extremely simple proposal for those bands that were looking to improve [...]

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