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Is Facebook the Next Big Thing in Music?
Facebook saw a bevy a new features and changes recently, and while they have been met with mixed reactions, it looks as though they may be just the start of something even bigger. As Facebook gets even closer to a billion users, more changes are coming and this time they have to do with how users share their music. Will these changes make Facebook the go-to site for music?While illegal file-sharing is certainly not a part of their plans, reports state that Facebook is reaching out with many legal music services to deliver a new sharing experience for its users. For instance, they are partnering with Spotify, which allows users to listen to streaming music for free. In addition to the ad-supported free version, Spotify also offers a paid-for subscription that is completely ad-free. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek spoke at the 2011 Facebook F8 conference to announce that Facebook would be partnering with Spotify. He detailed a plan to have users connect with not only words, but by sharing music as well. Facebook's nearly one billion users will be able to play music shared by their friends over Spotify right from their browser without leaving Facebook at all. He also stated that Facebook's Spotify users are also more likely to purchase music.
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5 Ways To Manage Online Feedback
Business owners spend much of their time focusing on their marketing campaign and production costs. However, there is one aspect about their business that is really important: Feedback.If you have been in business for a while, there will eventually come a time when you will receive a negative feedback comment. There is no possible way to satisfy every customer. However, there are some great ways you can manage your online feedback and turn those negative comments into something positive. Here are five ways to manage your online feedback.
1. Embrace the negative feedback
According to some research studies, most negative feedback comments are constructive, approximately 80 percent of them. Instead of allowing negative comments to discourage you, embrace them. Allow your customer's comment to help you develop ways to solve new problems.
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6 Ways To Increase Blog Traffic
With several million blogs out there on just about every topic imaginable, it can seem impossible to drive plenty of high-quality traffic to your own. A bit of ingenuity and a thorough understanding of how the web works, however, can go a long way towards increasing blog traffic. Here are six tips to make yours stand out:1. Utilize social media.
Social media sites can help increase your blog's traffic exponentially, if they are used correctly. It can be a simple matter of adding share buttons to each post for the major sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google+, but you should also consider using these sites more extensively. Social bookmarking sites such as Digg should be used sparingly, as posting links from the same site over and over will be considered spam and can get you blacklisted.
2. Publish fresh content regularly.
The key to quality traffic is to publish quality content on a regular basis. Your posts should be relevant to the blog's purpose, informative, and well-written. New content keeps visitors coming back regularly and keeps search engine spiders crawling your blog.
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Flickr Tightens Photo Sharing Privacy Controls
Photo sharing and social networking site Flickr has recently rolled out a series of privacy setting options that might redefine the way pictures are shared online. With the release of "geofences", Flickr is aiming to contain the backlash over privacy concerns unleashed by certain geolocation features found in social media platforms.With geofences, Flickr users can specify a geographic area on a map for which photo privacy controls can be specified. A geofence can be thought of as a radius that circles the geographical location of photos and albums. Once a geofence has been drawn, a Flickr member can choose who gets to see geotagged photos and videos located inside the geofence. For example, a Flickr member may only want to share pictures taken around their children's school with family members. A geofence drawn around the school can effectively limit the number of people who can look at photos taken near the school.
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Music On Facebook!
Adding a music feature to a social networking platform can generally be conceived as a great idea. Music has always been considered to be one of the most powerful social lubricants. For Facebook, the world's largest online social network, what could the unveiling of a powerful music feature mean?According to recent news reports, Facebook could soon release a new feature that would enable its members to enjoy unlimited free music. Facebook Music, the rumored name for the feature, is expected to be powered by three already-established Internet music giants: MOG, Rdio and Spotify. The formal announcement of the venture is expected to be made on September 22, at the upcoming Facebook conference for developers. Prior to the latest rumors, Facebook may have accidentally leaked information about its musical intentions with the launch of its video chat service. Programmers who read between the lines of code of the video chat application found possible references to a future music service.
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