Facebook for Artists & Musicians

Facebook is for Artists & Musicians

Welcome to the world of Facebook - the backend of Facebook, that is, where you can utilize this popular social marketing tool to promote your music and your muse. You love creating harmonies, mixing paints, or stringing jewelry, but the business end of things is just not something you're into. My goal with this page is to provide you with the tools you need to promote your products on Facebook for whatever purpose you desire: expanded reach of your music, sales of your product, or a nice showplace for your creations. I love music and art and know that these tools can help you use Facebook to succeed while doing what you love.

Facebook Links for Artists and Musicians

Facebook | Create Page: First things first, create your Facebook professional page! Facebook Pages provide a customized presence on Facebook for your band, brand, small business, and more.
Facebook | Pages Manager: Access your Facebook professional page.
Facebook | Business Dashboard: The central area to manage your professional page on Facebook. Here you will find analytics on how your page is performing on Facebook. You can also control any Facebook advertising you may purchase.

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Facebook Page Applications for Artist & Musicians

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Please rate the best and most useful applications

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Music Player

Music Player lets your fans listen to your most recent tracks directly from your Page. Add as many tracks as you want, and update Music Player as you...1 point

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Discography

Discography helps your fans track the history of your records. List your albums as well as the tracks each one included.1 point

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Video

Facebook Video provides a high-quality video platform for people and pages on Facebook. With Video, you can upload video files, send video from your m...1 point

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Reviews

With reviews, your fans and customers can leave honest opinions about your business. Reviews lets your prospective fans know what to expect with you,...1 point

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Events

With Facebook Events, you can organize gatherings and parties with your friends, as well as let people in your community know about upcoming events.1 point

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Wall

The Wall is an open forum for your fans or friends to leave comments, thoughts, and ideas about you on your Page or Profile. This application makes it...1 point

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Discussion Boards

Discussion boards enable your fans to get their ideas out into the open. Discussion boards let you know exactly what your fans and customers think and...1 point

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Flash Player

This application will add a box to your Page in which you can upload your own Flash files to achieve advanced customization.0 points

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Static FBML

Add advanced functionality to your Page using the Facebook Static FBML application. This application will add a box to your Page in which you can rend...0 points

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Facebook 3rd Party Application Links

MUST HAVE's

PortfolioJoe | Facebook: Be able to send out your professional company or personal portfolio of projects to potential clients or employers. Add multiple projects and project descriptions images, videos, and more.
Shopit | Facebook: Stir the entrepreneur within! Set up shop on your profile. Add items for sale, post them to your store and tell all your friends. Then sit backand watch your stuff sell itself.
My Merch Store | Facebook: Design products, post them for sale and when anyone buys them, Zazzle creates the product on-demand and you earn $$$. Not a designer? Discover and purchase great products, share them with friends and showcase them on your profile.

iLike | Sign up!

Manage your page and reach fans on multiple networks

One universal dashboard lets you manage your Page on Facebook, iLike, iTunes*, Ticketmaster, and more... reaching over 30 million music fans and 500,000 more every week.

Features for artists (Free)
One artist page on hi5, Facebook, iLike and Bebo
Add songs and events to your page
Send multimedia bulletins using iCast (New)
Get detailed stats on your fan base

Add your photos, songs, and events... get more fans

Unlimited song uploads- Free!
Fans can add your songs to their profiles
Fans can say "I'm going / Wanna go" to your shows
Your fan base grows virally - easier than on MySpace

iCast to communicate with your fans, personally

iCast = multimedia bulletins
Post text, photos, audio, video
Send video/photos from your mobile, direct to fans
Fans receive updates each time you post

See the results of your efforts

Stats on your fan growth
Recieve a weekly stats newsletter
"add to profile" and "dedications" stats
More coming soon

iLike Applications Link List

Must Sign Up on iLike first!

Manage your Page on Facebook with iLike: Musicians: Use iLike to build your pages on Facebook - iLike offers a fast, easy way to populate your pages on Facebook. This document shows the benefits of using iLike's technology, and instructions on how to do it.
iLike | Facebook Song App: Musicians, add music to your Page with Songs (by iLike)! No other music player will generate as much sales for your music, or spread your music faster among Facebook user.
iLike | Facebook Concert App: Musicians, add events to your Page with Concerts (by iLike)! Only iLike's concerts will display on the "Concerts my friends are going to" pages in Facebook.
iLike | Facebook iCast App: Musicians, send bulletins to fans with iCast (by iLike)! You can send multimedia, you can send mobile bulletins (including video or photos from your phone), or just plain blogs.
iLike | Facebook iLike this Artist App: Musicians, add your Fans from iLike to your Page! You want the most fans showing on your page. Use iLike, get more fans.
iLike | Facebook Fan Wall App: Musicians, add iLike's Fan Wall to your Page! You want the most fan activity showing on your page. Use iLike, get more fans.

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