Category: Sales/Marketing
One Sales Week To Go
The song we’re a’ singing has changed from “Jingle Bells” to “Auld Lang Syne” which means there is only one week left in the Nielsen SoundScan year. Yes, soon we’ll be talking about 2011 in past tense. But WAIT! We’re not there yet! First, let’s see what happened last week during country music’s biggest single sales week of 2011. […]
Category: Exclusive, Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
CoverGirl Gets Lashed For Taylor Ad
Thanks to her relationship with CoverGirl, Taylor Swift has brought her youthful visage to the pages of glossy magazines everywhere […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Country Stars Unlikely To Mimic Comic Sales Model
Comedian Louis C.K. recently earned over $1 million selling a DRM-free comedy special, direct-to-fans from his website for $5 […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Label, Radio, Sales/Marketing
Bridgestone Extends Arena Naming Rights
Bridgestone Americas and the Nashville Predators have extended their naming-rights agreement […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Facebook Ads Moving To News Feed
Advertisements will be part of Facebook users’ news feeds in 2012. Currently, these Sponsored Stories appear on the right side of the page […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Garner’s Beyond The Hits To Help Others
What has 20 tracks from 20 hit artists, is now available on iTunes and will help support St. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital, the ACM’s Lifting Lives and the CMA’s Keep the Music Playing charities? If you guessed the first project from syndicated radio personality Blair Garner, then give yourself a gold star. Garner, award-winning host of […]
Category: Artist, Featured, Radio, Sales/Marketing
Galante Adds Sales Perspective To 2011 Performance
Industry veteran Joe Galante checked in with some astute comments regarding this morning’s sales article which attributed lagging 2011 country album sales to a weak release schedule. […]
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Vevo Explores Expansion At Two-Year Mark
Music video site Vevo is attracting 57 million unique visitors per month […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Weak Release Schedule Blamed For Lagging Sales
The 2011 albums race is almost over, with scarcely two weeks remaining to be tallied. Are we going to fall behind last year? “Most assuredly.” The question is simply, “By how much?” […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing, Weekend
Digitally Thinking: Albums Sales, Ringtones and stretchy silicon
Improve your iPad’s keyboard touch; ringtones remain register friendly; plus advance weekly album sales looking good…
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
ACAs Boost Track Sales
We spoke with one of ACA’s producers, industry vet Fletcher Foster, to see if he detected a relationship between the show and the week’s sales figures […]
Category: Awards, Featured, Sales/Marketing
