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Facebook and Free Music
Call me old-fashioned, but I still listen to music in one of three ways: 1) on my iPhone, 2) with Pandora, and 3) on an FM car radio. That’s it. XM Radio, RDIO, Spotify, Last.fm, Google Music, and MOG have thus far eluded my attention, though I have accounts in all services (except MOG, I [...]
How to Add the Google +1 Button to WordPress With the Digg Digg Plugin
I was delighted today to learn that my favorite social sharing WordPress plugin, Digg Digg, recently added the Google +1 Button to the long list of buttons it already supports. It took me about 20 seconds to turn on. Eazy fo’ sheezy. Not only does Digg Digg enable a huge variety of share buttons, including [...]
Get a Beta Account for LoopPort’s Royalty Free Sample Service
Loopport is a new company — currently in private beta — entering the royalty free audio sample space, but with a professional subscription spin. In a nutshell, DJs, musicians, bands, and producers will pay a monthly fee (though I’m not sure what that fee will be) to have unlimited access to an ever-renewing library of [...]
How Not to Buy a Google+ (Plus) Invite
Yesterday, I listed four ways to get a Google+ invite. One of the ways was to simply buy a GooglePlus invite in eBay. I promised to give it a try, and report what happened. You can buy Google+ (Plus) invites either via a bidding auction, or via a ”Buy It Now” auction. At a glance, bidding auction [...]
How to Get a Google+ (Plus) Invite
The Social Media world is all abuzz, scrambling for invites to Google’s Facebook-targeting social network product, Google+ (or GooglePlus, or Google Plus). Invites are pretty scarce — are you searching for one? Here’s how you can get your hands on an invite: 1. Just Ask Google for a Google+ Invite. When in doubt, just ask. You [...]
9 Online Tactics to Complement Your Band’s Offline Presence
This week kicks off with a guest post from Nick Lewis of Zimbalam, a European digital distribution company, giving solid tips around leveraging social media to build effective relationships with fans and influencers. Take it away, Nick… A lot of bands make the mistake of treating their online and offline presence as completely separate entities, [...]
Klout Crowns Bieber “King”, and Rihanna a “Thought Leader”
I swear, there must be hundreds of sites that claim to rank social media effectiveness based on social metric-driven algorithms now. It’s a challenge to keep track. Klout is one of the bigger ones basing its influence score (0 to 100) on Facebook and Twitter presence and influence. Klout’s blog just posted about the the [...]
Google Guitar Logo App: A GarageBand Killer??
No, but a neato app nonetheless. Google continues it’s oh-so-amusing trend of messing with its logo on special occasions. Today’s celebrates the great Les Paul — a mouse-playable, recordable, and shareable Google Guitar app doodle. You can actually send a recording to someone else, and that person can jam along with you. Granted, there are [...]
