New Nimbit MyStore for Facebook Proves Big Hit for Music Artists
Seeking Direct-To-Fan Social Commerce
2,000 music artists sign with Nimbit in past month to promote,
market, and sell directly to their fans on Facebook.
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nimbit
(www.nimbit.com),
the leader in Direct-to-Fan music marketing and commerce, today
announced that in the first month since it was introduced nearly 2,000
music artists have signed up and deployed its new Nimbit MyStore? for
Facebook, the music industry?s first social commerce solution.
Introduced on September 8, 2009, Nimbit MyStore? for Facebook is
the first direct-to-fan commerce solution that provides musicians,
managers, and labels with the ability to easily market and sell their
music, merchandise, and eTickets directly within their Facebook
communities.
Go to YouTube for a quick, 2-minute video on how to ?Sell Music & Merch
on Facebook with Nimbit?s MyStore App": http://bit.ly/SellURMusic-Merch
?Nimbit makes online sales easy for independent musicians artists,? said
Randy Wong of The
Waitiki 7 (a hot group leading the resurgence of Exotica music).
?Through Nimbit
MyStore for Facebook we can see where our sales are coming in from,
and our fans can easily put our stores on their own pages and websites!?
Within the past month, thousands of music artists, managers, and
emerging labels have set up their own Nimbit MyStore for Facebook
accounts in order to better connect, communicate and sell to their fans.
Artists using Nimbit MyStore and other Nimbit products span the gamut of
musical genres from rock to jazz, hip-hop to alternative, including
these performers:
Ellis Paul
You?ve heard his songs in the soundtracks of several Farrelly Brothers
films, now folk singer Ellis Paul is using Nimbit MyStore for Facebook
to help market the 150 concerts he does each year, as well as pre-sell
his new album (The Day After Everything Changed), letting his fans buy
the album early, before its official release in January 2010: bit.ly/ellispaul/facebook
Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Nimbit is providing the Bosstones with soup to nuts release management
helping this classic new wave ska band to issue its first new release in
several years and doing it 'sans label'. The upcoming album is
attracting attention from loyal fans and new listeners alike--
generating raves and revenue. The Bosstones are offering a free song
download at: http://bit.ly/BosstonesMyStore
London Symphony Orchestra
Classical Music fans in need of a fifth of Beethoven or an earful of
Elgar have been wild about the London Symphony Orchestra since its
founding in 1904. Now, thanks to Nimbit, aficionados of the ?world?s
most recorded orchestra? can buy digital downloads of award-winning LSO
recordings, follow them on tour, watch videos and more: http://www.facebook.com/londonsymphonyorchestra
The Net is Abuzz about Nimbit Direct2Fan
At this week?s CMJ Music Marathon in New York, A2IM (The American
Association of Independent Music) encouraged indies to embrace new
technologies such as Nimbit?s #Direct2Fan platform as a new model that
will be essential to ?the music industry's future viability.?
Beyond the thousands who?ve signed up for the App, Nimbit MyStore for
Facebook has won kudos
from top music industry observers and blogs including @Billboard,
@DigitalMusicNws, @MusicAlly, and KnowTheMusicBiz.com -- building buzz
throughout the Twittersphere:
@Hypebot
- ?(Nimbit) enables higher artist profit margins, capture of fan
information and more control over the artist's brand.?
@MakeItInMusic
- ?We love Nimbit (and its) amazing direct-to-fan marketing tools?
@Musformation
? Nimbit is an ?Awesome Service? for the Independent Artist?
@TheStreetcom
? Nimbit: ?Turning Facebook Fans Into Customers?
Pricing & Availability
Nimbit MyStore for Facebook is now available at no cost for anyone with
a Nimbit account. Nimbit makes it easy and affordable artists to promote
and sell their music and merchandise online, while retaining high
margins. To set up an account and establish a Nimbit MyStore for
Facebook, visit www.nimbit.com/MyStore
.
About Nimbit
Founded in 2002, Nimbit,
Inc. is the music industry's leading direct-to-fan platform for
musicians, managers, and emerging labels. Nimbit powers the brands and
businesses of thousands of successful artists by giving them the ability
to easily market and sell their music and products (digital and
physical) directly to fans, wherever they are (web, gigs, social
networking sites, etc.) A complete online solution for fan engagement
and monetization, Nimbit ensures musicians? long-term sustainability and
success by fostering strong, interactive, lifelong, and profitable fan
relationships. For more information, go to www.nimbit.com.
Nimbit, the Nimbit logo, Powered by Nimbit, Nimbit Direct-to-Fan, and
Nimbit MyStore are trademarks of Nimbit, Inc. All other company and
product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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