Short takes — The changing face of social media (4)
Two interesting articles on social media:
- First from Kyle Bylin of music industry site Hypebot.com on how the pervasive use of social media to promote new bands is a double-edged sword, at best.
A New Age Of Extremes: Why The Social Media Hype Machine Kills What It Creates Too
An illuminating excerpt:
The emergence of the social web, one fueled by Tweets, status updates, and blog posts informs the same audience of what they should be listening to right now. This very minute. Artists that get caught in the stream, however delighted they are to be plucked from obscurity, oftentimes lack the resources to properly capitalize on their newfound stardom. Some have have the sites and the widgets. Some don’t. That or they’re just not mentally or emotionally ready to deal with it.
The slayer of these types of breakout artists—major label represented, indie, or otherwise—that same unfortunate paradox, is that the media hype machine that created them will likely kill them before it makes them stronger. Some may make it out alive. But, sadly, for most artists, the odds aren’t stacked in their favor.
- And an interesting article by Jay Baer over at Convince & Convert on when the social media winners and losers will begin to appear — great opening line (see below). Baer predicts it will begin to shake out in about 18 months.
When Will the Social Media Losers Emerge?.
Today, social media is like a soccer league for seven year-olds: everyone gets a trophy.
The vast majority of press coverage and conversations around social media centers around the fact that businesses are DOING social media, not necessarily doing it EFFECTIVELY. Do you know why every article or blog post with even a scintilla of information about success metrics goes supernova? Because we’re still in the social media head-patting phase, and we’re handing out participation ribbons by the truckload. Thus, anything with real data snaps us to attention like a Taser. (read on)
Related Article:
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- Social Media Quicksand (toddlyden.com) — offers a contrary view: there are already winners and losers!
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Written by Jeffrey Callen
November 5, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Posted in Internet, Music Business, Music Business, Social Media, Technology
Tagged with Convince & Convert, Hypebot.com, Music Business, Social Media, Social media marketing, Technology, Twitter
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