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Social Media Vocabulary: Pinterest Edition

by Mitchell Cuevas on April 4, 2012

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There has been a lot of talk about Pinterest lately and rightfully so. Everyone’s favorite new network is lighting up the referral traffic game, currently responsible for driving more traffic than Google+, LinkedIn, and YouTube combined. This edition of social media vocabulary brings you the basics of Pinterest and what all this ‘pinning’ verbiage means. Read more...

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WMC 2012

If you’re busy growing a business and getting your MBA, or if “life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans” (John Lennon), you need to find a way to attend the 2012 Miami Winter Music Conference (WMC) from home.  Look no further my friends – all you need is Be-At.TV!      b Read more...

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3 Streaming Options For Holiday Music

by Mitchell Cuevas on December 14, 2011

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Looking to add a little holiday cheer to your playlist this season? Music always helps me get through a ton of work, so try these sites for holiday music right from your browser. Pandora: Nothing new here, Pandora has a number of holiday channels, here is an old, but great list of them to look Read more...

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Last.fm Quilt: Social + Music + Art

by Mitchell Cuevas on December 10, 2011

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Looking for a quick way to jazz up your computer and share some of your amazing music taste? Well if you’re a member on last.fm and scrobbling your tunes, a sweet screensaver is just a download away. If you’re not a member on last.fm, it’s definitely worth a try! To get a sweet desktop screensaver based Read more...

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Bring A Little Love To Facebook With Last.fm

by Mitchell Cuevas on October 17, 2011

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If you’ve been on Facebook lately and seen all the Spotify posts about what people are listening to, you know that sharing tracks is a really natural social  thing to do. Well, before all this business with Facebook Music and Spotify, some people over at last.fm already knew this. In fact, they’ve been helping people Read more...

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By now, you have probably either accepted the new look of Facebook, albeit grudgingly, or moved on to Google+ or something else. Either way, you will want to know what all this new stuff is so you can properly praise it or complain about it. So, this week social media vocabulary is giving a name to Read more...

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Social Media Vocabulary: Cloud Music!

by Mitchell Cuevas on August 30, 2011

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Not only is Katy Perry probably on cloud nine after her haul at the VMA’s on Sunday, her recent distinction as the only woman and only one of two artist’s (Michael Jackson) to ever have 5 number one singles from one album, must have her feeling pretty good. Not only that, she has the perfect picture Read more...

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Make Marketing Fun Again

by Nicole Donnelly on August 25, 2011

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“Social Media makes marketing fun again!” exclaimed Kelly Batke, (the brunette) and Communications Manager at Faronics Vancouver, BC. Wow Kelly, we can’t agree more! Take a Salty Waffle social media class and learn how you can make marketing fun too!

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The Social Media Game

by Kayla Reuter on July 26, 2011

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An author on wikispaces wrote an article about a game that can be planed at a workshop to teach people about social media. Here is an explanation of how to do it!Props: Instructions (You have to know how to play, in order to play!) A pack of cards: These cards can be created by you or Read more...

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Part I, Part III With social media, managing and controlling your band and music is easier than ever.  In the past, musicians relied on record labels to take care of the business side of music and propel their career into stardom.  Record companies provided the resources necessary for mass-production of albums in order for their musicians Read more...

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Part I, Part II, Part III The music industry has gone through a Michael Jackson-like transformation since digital music overpowered analog as the primary source of music consumption in the 2000′s.  Record labels have suffered the most from this digital music revolution.  Annual album sales have been cut in half over the last decade (dropping from $14.6 Read more...

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Part II, Part III In honor of Independence Day, it’s time to celebrate the growing independence that has occurred for musical artists in the music industry over the past few years.  Artists are no longer bound down by the restrictions and expectations set by their record labels.  Of course there are several factors that have lead Read more...

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Getting A “Kickstart” On Your Music Projects

June 27, 2011
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The entertainment industry is a very tough and cut-throat industry to make it in.  In order to make it in the music industry it often comes down to survival of the fittest.  Gaining profits out of the music business can be an ever more challenging task that requires time and money.  Kickstarter is an online Read more...

The Last.fm: Not Quite Your Ordinary Radio Station

June 24, 2011
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Pandora Radio may be the pioneer in the online music recommender field, however it is not necessarily the king of the hill.  The Last.fm is a serious contender for the top dog in the online music streaming industry.  Pandora may have more total users than the Last.fm (Pandora has a total of 48 million users compared Read more...

Making It Big On Myspace: The Arctic Monkeys Story

June 23, 2011
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Myspace is a great tool for artists to represent themselves, share their music and create a following around their music.  It can also be used as a launching pad for indie bands to transform their band from a garage band into a headlining act at major festivals.  One such garage band to achieve such phenomenal Read more...

Social Media: A Double-Edged Sword On The Music Industry

June 21, 2011
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Gone are the days when bands such as Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin conquered the world with millions upon millions of album sales. Gone are the days when major record labels such as Capitol Records and Atlantic Records constantly pumped out platinum records as if on an assembly line.  The death of the glory days Read more...

The Growing Hype Behind The Hype Machine

June 20, 2011
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Since the turn of the past century, online music blogging sites have become a powerful social media tool for artists to gain followers and most importantly, hype. People love talking about themselves and their personal opinions and online music blogs have become the perfect medium for people to voice those musical tastes and opinions.  On Read more...