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URL Change: MF or VM?

URL Change: MF or VM?

By Ryan Van Etten on 01/09/2011

I consider my URL selection virtualmusic.tv as a minor fail. Of course when I launched the site in July 2009 I thought it was brilliant, but truly, only hindsight is 20/20. Last summer a conversation with Bandzoogle founder Chris Vinson helped confirmed in my mind that the URL choice of virtualmusic.tv was not ideal for the core reason above—it’s no .COM.

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You Have 10 Seconds

You Have 10 Seconds

By Ryan Van Etten on 07/26/2010

10 seconds to engage someone. 10 seconds to impress them. In his research for Futurehit.DNA, Jay Frank discovered an impressive trend: Shorter song intros lead to better sales. “2/3 of bestselling songs have an intro that’s less than 7 seconds.” The average intro length for Top 25 songs is 6.6 seconds. “You really have 10 seconds to engage people.”

Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Popular | Tagged 7 seconds, Ariel Hyatt, attention, attention span, business, consumption, don't make obstacles, engagement, Eric Garland, first impressions, Futurehit.DNA, Google, Gwen Lipsky, impact, Jay Frank, marketing, Mike Doernberg, monetization, MusicBiz, New Music Seminar, NMS NYC 2010, obscurity, people, Ralph Simon, ReverbNation, SEO, song intros, tips, What I Learned at NMS10 | Leave a response

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