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How Could Giving to Charity Help Save the Music Business? This is a guest post written by Marcus Taylor, founder and director of Venture Harbour. Over the past few months an interesting trend has emerged in the music industry: tens of thousands of artists are deciding to use their music to support charities. But what’s [...]
Mid Tenn Listens ep. 32 This evening, I got to talk with Jesse Wojdylo about his post, “No, You Absolutely Cannot Blog for a Living.” We had a great time talking about the ugly side of making a living on the internet, the hours, the study, the work… Many people ask me, can I blog [...]
Below is a bit of a post genius, Mark Traphagen shared this morning. It has been very helpful to lots of folk, as evidenced by the quick stream of “Thank You’s.” I have shared it here, and with the attached video to show what happens when you re-purpose a G+ Post. Do it right, and [...]
I met Danielle Bowers a while back on a hangout show with a good friend. She’s one of those charming, at-ease young ladies that obviously knows her craft, so I circled her without delay. I always enjoy her posts and photos. She’s a “Writer, Photographer and Tech Geek who enjoys figuring how things work. I [...]
You can read any number of guides, articles, emails and blog posts telling you how to do this or that on the internet to make connections and spread your music. Heck we’ve written a few on this site… Today, a friend posted a letter about why we do these things. So far everyone I know of [...]
Facebook has their “lists” for simplifying and sorting your news feed, I don’t know anyone who really likes the way they work. On Google Plus, we use “Circles” for that task. It’s a great way to work, and G makes it easy for us by prompting users to put folks in the relevant circles of [...]
The Post-World War II economic expansion led to the explosion of American suburbs and the classic Leave It To Beaver imagery. A television in every home. More time for leisure led to more screen time which gave advertisers more opportunity to tap your brain. Even before television there was radio, door-to-door salesmen…one could even argue that [...]
Back in March 2012, we talked about musicians flocking to Google Plus and acting like it was a brand new uncharted territory for staking out their MySpace/Facebook like territories. “We are all far too familiar with the constant barrage of “hey check out my shit! don’t forget to like me on facebook, and twitter, and [...]
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