The Age of Engage: An Urban Guide to the Social Music Evolution
1. The Age of Engage: An Urban Guide to The Social Music Evolution Thursday March 04, 2k10 Daniel “Danny Dee” Aguayo Minister of Propoganda Digipendent Artist Services
4. State of the Digital Union 40% of music was bought digitally in 2009 1 billion Youtubevids watched daily 20hrs of content uploaded every minute 175k new blogs create daily Facebook users = 400million 45million daily status updates Myspace users = 120million 50 million tweets per day (600 per second )
10. Do For Self! Avg. Rev Per Sale: iTunes = < $3 / ARPS: D-T-F = $20-$50
11. Create your own Dream Team Manager(s) Lawyer Promo team P.R. Distro (physical/digital) Radio promoter Web design Booking agent Misc: Publisher/manufacturers/video/label, stylist etc…
12. The 3 Stages of Development Alert, Connect, Sell
25. OLD Model vsNEW Model High Volume, Low Margin Millions of units One-size fits all product Tiny Revenue for artist Lower Volume, High Margin Multiple Products (SKUs) Smaller, segmented market Efficient, high-margin
36. The 3rd Ying Yang Twin Your Hype Man as the “TYPE Man”
37. The Top 2 Things You should be doing… …as unsexy as they me be, are: Collecting fan email addresses (only when its permission based) Worrying about Search Engine Optimization (SE0)
38. Key Takeaways It’s all about the data! website = homebase CwF + RtB = $ You can’t DIY Include tiered premium offers + collectibles w/ higher value experiences Focus on low friction/cost fan acquisition None of this is possible without GREAT music.