Earlier this year, rapper/producer and Headliner.fm user Blue Jones made a short video guide to using Headliner.fm. In the video, Blue Jones demonstrates how to use most of the features on our site. We found the video on youtube and thought we would share it our users. Check out Blue’s take on our site here.
Emerging trends website Trendhunter.com recently did a TrendhunterTV spot on social media up comers. Headliner.fm came in 9th, one spot above Flipboard. You can check out the video and the rest of the top 10 below.
Thanks Headliner I give you the THUMBS UP!
Hello Ok What are we to do here at this website i thought this was a site that would help me find some singers for the music i wrote and produced???
Headliner.fm Helps bands cross promote with each other on their social networking profiles. Contact support@headliner.fm, or use the chat box below to talk to us if you need any help getting setup.
Hello superstars” remember this is your World! Enjoy everything you do,in this new online Music World! And allway’s check in for the Best! Promotions in the World” Headliner:fm..so get at me,@twisted_E007.
Hello, and happy! Easter to all you wonderful superstars” enjoy, and stay in the loop! That’s Headliner:fm
Get excited! We have another sweet contest going on this month. Panic at the Disco is hosting our artist of the month contest. One lucky band will have their message sent out by Panic at the Disco to Panic’s social media fan base of over 2 million people. Find out more information here.
We made some improvements to the Create a Promotion screen today. The new Create a Promotion screen makes it easier than ever to reach new fans. Here’s what you need to know:
We think the changes make the Create a Promotion screen better than ever. If you have any questions or suggestions for us email nickh@headliner.fm.
Since most bands and artists on Facebook use Facebook pages, we designed Headliner.fm to connect to pages rather than personal accounts. This was fine for the majority of our users, but unfortunately artists who had personal accounts and no pages were caught in a bind. Sure, they could create a new Fan Page, but that account would start with 0 fans and they would be unable to leverage their existing fan base on Headliner.fm.
Luckily, that problem is now solved. Yesterday, Facebook released an update that allows users to convert their personal accounts into fan pages with a few clicks. More info here
Facebook also probably wants as many people to be on Facebook as possible for advertising revenue of course ..Facebook explains .. Profiles represent individuals and must be held under an individual name while Pages allow an organization business celebrity or band to maintain a professional presence on Facebook…In addition Pages are managed by admins who have personal Facebook profiles. Pages are not separate Facebook accounts and do not have separate login information from your profile. People who choose to connect to your Page wont be able to see that you are the Page admin or have any access to your personal account. .You can see how Facebook is encouraging the fusion – NOT the separation – of Pages and Profiles.
Over at Hypebot, Bas Grasmayer has an excellent article about what he calls the “Eco-system” approach to marketing. Grasmayer’s approach focuses on mobilizing fans to spread music by word of mouth in what he calls “non-linear communications.” Here’s a taste:
This is where you start stimulating the non-linear communication. Treat every listener as a guest to your house party. If you don’t introduce them to others, you’ll be the center of attention all the time, but you can’t talk to everyone at the same time, so people are likely to get bored and leave. The key to a successful party is connecting the strangers, so they can have fun together. You’re still the center of the ecosystem, but you’re not the only person to communicate to. The communication becomes non-linear!”
You can check out the rest of the article here.
Earlier this week, Headliner.fm CEO Mike More sat down with for an interview with virtualmusic.tv‘s Ryan Van Etta. In the interview More and Van Etta discus the inspiration behind Headliner.fm, the difference between offline and online music promotion and much more. Here’s a tasteRyan Van Etta: Headliner launched in late 2009—what are some things you’ve learned along the way since then?
MM: The most important thing we learned is to listen to our users. Headliner is here for one reason—to serve their needs period. We have just partnered with Soundcloud so our users can check out other bands music quickly and easily before they accept promotions from other artists. This was the number one request by the bands who use Headliner so we implemented it quickly. The SoundCloud partnership allows bands to syndicate their music to Facebook and Twitter—Headliner is becoming an artist-run content syndication network on top of Facebook and Twitter.
You can read the rest here.
Every week we like to spotlight some of the artists who have had success reaching fans on Headliner.fm within the past 7 days. Here are your Top Headliners of the Week.
Shook Beats 6:43 pm on April 26, 2011 Permalink |
Yo that’s a really hot video and a great way of explaining it. It’s all kind of simple however you look at it, but you did break it down in a way that I’m sure should help a whole lot of new artists.
mike 4:24 pm on April 28, 2011 Permalink |
awesome thanks