Archive for the ‘Band Marketing Tools’ Category

FanMail Powers Rothbury Street Teams
Monday, January 12th, 2009

FanMail Music Marketing Fuels the The Rothbury Festivals Street Teams with email groups and accessibility.

The Rothbury Festival will take place July 3rd – 6th, 2008 near Ludington, Michigan. It includes big names such as:

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND + WIDESPREAD PANIC + JOHN MAYER + 311 + PHIL LESH AND FRIENDS + PRIMUS + THIEVERY CORPORATION + SNOOP DOGG + MODEST MOUSE + MICHAEL FRANTI AND SPEARHEAD + GOV’T MULE + STS9 + COLBIE CAILLAT + SLIGHTLY STOOPID + RODRIGO Y GABRIELA + THE BLACK KEYS + KELLER WILLIAMS AND THE WMD’S + YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND FEATURING JON FISHMAN + GOGOL BORDELLO + CITIZEN COPE + THE DISCO BISCUITS + MEDESKI MARTIN AND WOOD + RAY LAMONTAGNE + DEREK TRUCKS AND SUSAN TEDESCHI SOUL STEW REVIVAL + DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS + MICKEY HART BAND FEATURING STEVE KIMOCK AND GEORGE PORTER JR. + OF MONTREAL + ETOWN RADIO SHOW + THE DRESDEN DOLLS + GOMEZ + BRETT DENNEN + TAJ MAHAL + MIKE GORDON + ZAPPA PLAYS ZAPPA + CRYSTAL METHOD DJ SET + STATE RADIO + JJ GREY & MOFRO + THE GREYBOY ALLSTARS + THE SECRET MACHINES + RAILROAD EARTH + BETH ORTON + THE WAILERS + JAKOB DYLAN AND THE GOLD MOUNTAIN REBELS + A3 + BETTYE LAVETTE + EMMITT-NERSHI BAND + LOTUS + EOTO + PANJEA WITH MICHAEL KANG + YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW + THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS + SAGE FRANCIS + TEA LEAF GREEN + BASSNECTAR + PNUMA TRIO + DIPLO + FLOSSTRADAMUS + THE JUAN MACLEAN + THE DYNAMITES FEATURING CHARLES WALKER + DJ REKHA + DEAD CONFEDERATE + TRAMPLED BY TURTLES + MOTION POTION + DJ ROOTZ + SOJORN + BUSDRIVER StreetTeamers can volunteer here: http://www.rothburyfestival.com/streetteam.html

Headcount Documentary
Monday, January 12th, 2009

We would like to congratulate long time FanMail client Headcount on their new documentary. HeadCount is a non-partisan organization devoted to using the multi-faceted power of music to enable voter registration and participation in democracy. With interviews from folks like Bob Weir, Bela Fleck, Trey Anastasio, Michael Franti, Patrick Jordan, Johnathan Schwartz and more, this documentary is a real call to action for the music industry to change the world. Watch the Preview >>

Langerado Keeps Things Rolling
Monday, January 12th, 2009

Our client Langerado just keeps things rolling!  Artist additions to their already packed festival keep being released. The festival will take place March 6-9 at Big Cypress Indian Reservation (yup same Big Cypress).

www.langerado.com

Send To A Friend
Monday, January 12th, 2009

Using our automated interactions capabilities, we have build a new send you your friends utility for our client’s marketing toolbox.
Viral, viral, viral… woohoo.
Check out this one in action at http://www.sfoutsidelands.com/

Cartfly: Sell Anything from Anywhere
Monday, January 12th, 2009

Let me just begin by welcoming Cartfly to the FanMail family. Cartfly makes it easier for anyone to run there own on-line store through a PayPal account, which means the barriers between artist and consumer are continuing to fall.

Everyone knows that music is traded in files, not on tapes or CDs anymore, but there are somethings that cannot be downloaded. Posters. Shirts. Commemorative coffee-cups that let everyone at the office know that while you might work a nine-to-five, you are still more hip than they are. But how is an artist supposed to sell these things? There are two ways that immediately spring to mind: door-to-door (merch table), or by mail order. Obviously the direct person-to-person method has its limitations, especially for smaller acts who play to smaller crowds, but mail order also has its problems. The main problem with selling merch by mail is that you have to have someway of getting the orders and processing the payments. That is where Cartfly comes in. Cartfly allows a seller to create an online shopping cart widget that can be posted anywhere. I mean anywhere: Facebook, MySpace, blogs, websites, on your daughter’s homework. Okay, so I might be exaggerating a little with the last one, that is, unless her homework is an online presentation or web-site. All it takes is the ability to copy and paste the code that they give you. That’s it. Oh, and a PayPal account. All of Cartfly’s sells are immediately processed through the seller’s PayPal account. That means a band can set-up shop on the cyber-strip without a merchant account or dedicated host-site. Wow. Did I mention that it’s free? That’s right, free. That leaves only one question, really. Why isn’t your band/venue/label/grandmother peddling their wares via the Internet right now? Oh, and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Motion Potion Mobile
Monday, January 12th, 2009

From your cell, send a text message “mopo youremail@yourdomain.com ” to 66937. It will trigger a text message back as well as an email reply. On the backend, your email will be added to Motion Potion’s FanMail list.

Triggering 30% More in Additional Monthly Revenue
Monday, January 12th, 2009

Here is an awesome case study from our partner ExactTarget on TicketsNow.
TicketsNow has been using ExactTarget’s transactional send engine. This is particularly interesting to us because this is the exact same engine that FanMail uses for our client’s automated interactions.
In a nutshell:
TicketsNow took a hard look at where they were loosing people in the sales pipeline. After a complete evaluation they implemented a re-marketing strategy to automatically reengage people who abandon their shopping carts.
Using dynamic content and automatic triggers, TicketsNow saw an immediate lift of 30% in total company revenue from email contribution.
Also, be sure to check out the section “TicketNow Stands Out from the Crowd”.
“TicketsNow offers the first and only loyalty program in the industry. The InCrowd features tiered member benefits that increase brand loyalty and perks on parallel tracks.”
- Mark Hodes, Senior VP of Customer Marketing for TicketsNow
Sweet. Gotta love a company that loves their customers!

How To 101: How a label can represent their artists
Monday, January 12th, 2009

So Many Artists, So Many Emails
Monday, January 12th, 2009

FanMail client SCI Fidelity Records maintains subscriber lists for over 20 artists on their roster. To enhance communications and continuity throughout e-mail sends, SCI Fidelity uses the masking tool within their FanMail Advanced account. Sends are shown as from the particular artist subscribed to. Using this feature, SCI Fidelity Records has been able to enhance the experience of their most important fans. Subscribers feel better connected and embraced by their artists based on features like the reply mask. Another great example of a FanMail client using “best practices” to effectively communicate with their subscriber base and boost fan/artist relationships. Catering to their “Super Fan”.

The New Rules
Monday, January 12th, 2009

That was then, this is now – the new rules in email marketing. Download the PDF