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Local Music Vibe Launches National Network of Local Music Communities
New Social Networking Site Connects Bands, Fans and Venues
May 18, 2009, Marin County, California – Local Music Vibe, the online service provider that will power a national network of local music communities, launches today in the San Francisco Bay Area. Each local site connects fans with live music in their community, while extending the reach of local bands and venues to a broader regional network. Iconic producer, and president of the San Francisco Chapter of The Recording Academy, Stephen Hart, states, “Local Music Vibe’s outreach to young bands and emerging artists, providing previously non-existent performance opportunities is too cool. They do more than merely report on the music scene, they become part of it. ”
Anyone who registers can instantly create free, custom pages for any aspect of the music industry they represent: band, musician, performer, venue or resource, such as studio, teacher, rentals, etc. Local merchants and corporations also benefit through targeted, interactive sponsorships, and advertising opportunities. User-generated content and a local focus enable complete coverage for ex-urban markets that are currently ignored.
Local Music Vibe is an extension of the wildly successful Marin Local Music founded by husband and wife entrepreneurs Dave and Shelley Champine. Since its launch less than a year ago, MarinLocalMusic.com has dramatically improved live entertainment business by increasing attendance, improving awareness, attracting new fans of all ages, and creating exciting new events. Musicians have benefitted from networking sessions, self-promotion opportunities, and showcases. The secondary benefits to local recording studios, music stores, restaurants and bars are immense.
Brian Zisk, co-founder of The Future of Music Coalition and Executive Producer of the SanFran MusicTech Summit states, "What Marin Local Music has done for Marin's music community is incredible, and it is great that Local Music Vibe will now expand this work around the Bay Area and beyond. The sort of grass roots network which Local Music Vibe has built is poised to have significant impact as it expands around the nation.”
Local Music Vibe also offers opportunities for entrepreneurs. A “Community Manager” in each location ensures quality and consistency while providing the human connection crucial to organize and energize the local scene online and in-person. This personalized, hands-on approach is unique among social networking sites and generates revenue from local events, advertisements, and sponsorships while fueling the growth for regional and national opportunities. A simple, but powerful technology platform makes it possible for one motivated person to transform a community of hundreds of thousands of music fans.
This video of Dave Champine from the SanFran Music Tech Summit describes Marin Local Music & Local Music Vibe in a nutshell - Where we came from and where we are headed. Thanks to Dean from the local band Faith in Phantoms for capturing it. If you live outside Marin County, CA and would like to start your own Local Music Vibe community, please contact us at shelley@localmusicvibe.com
Services
Note - Any self-posted event (Bay Area wide) goes in Weekly Music Shout Out – absolutely free
- Reaches approximately 4,000 people via our email users, Facebook friends, groups and fan pages plus Twitter etc
Google Anaytics: 31,000+ page views/mo - 12,000+ absolute unique visitors/mo
1,400+ registered users of the site
1,967+ Facebook friends
1,400+ Facebook users in a group who get the weekly Shout Out
1,676+ Twitter followers (plus more on various other social networks included in each status update)
Contact: Shelley Champine shelley@localmusicvibe.com / 415.606.7435
Premium Promotion Services:
Featured Event – $25/week
- Your single event on the front page of our site for a week
- Shared via Facebook/Twitter etc 3 times in that week
Featured Event plus Facebook– $50/week
-Same as above (front page, sharing on Facebook etc)
- We will create a full Facebook event and invite our “Invite Me to Stuff” group
Sponsor the Weekly Music Shout Out - $50/one post
-Your 350 character blurb goes right at the top of our blast (text only)
-Your photo can be used for the blog post version on the site
- Links to your website
- Reaches +/- 4,000 people via our email users, Facebook Group, Twitter etc
Everything above for $100
Put your event up on our Merchant Marketplace - $50/month (*can be negotiated depending on event)
- Your event rotates on our front page with our sponsors
- Also posted on our Merchant Marketplace page with a discount coupon
- We can create a contest and give out a few sets of tickets, generating a buzz
- Your spot links to your website or event link
Online media blitz for your single Marin/SF event - $300 (approx 3 weeks of online publicity for basically everything above and then some)
Full event post with “Marin Local Music Presents” as part of the copy
Full Facebook Event – we will invite our “Invite Me to Stuff” group
Press Release – to various North Bay media outlets
Submit to online calendars such as Pacific Sun & Z-vents & Craig’s List
Will try for a feature or review in the local press (no guarantees)
Numerous shares/tweets of your event
Mentioned in the Weekly Music Shout Out as one of “our” upcoming events
Sponsor of the Weekly Music Shout Out the week of your event
Can be listed in th Merchant Marketplace and rotate in the sponsor spot if you can supply us a discount
Other various services:
Let us manage your Facebook Fanpage/Group - Price varies
- We will manage a Facebook Fanpage/Group presence and post your events (with a graphic) for you so they get in the Shout Out too
- At least one event will be "featured" per week
- We can negotiate a cheaper rate if you do the MLM posting or stipulate that your bands post their own
- If you want us to also make sure your events it get in Marin IJ, Zvents, Pac Sun & Bohemian can do that too for just a little more (price depends on how many music events per week)
Talent booking - $50 referral fee per band
Onsite help for your event - $25/hour and up
Stage managing
Front of house coordinating
Ticket/door management
Take a video and upload to Youtube
Become a Merchant Partner in our Marketplace and Rewards Program
Get a sneak peak as we build our Marketplace http://localmusicvibe.com/marketplace
In a nutshell: businesses place an inexpensive ad, supply us with a discount and some freebies for our members and they get direct business from our users/music fans. You can figure out whatever sort of discount or freebie to offer and we'll spread the word for you! Also, with our forthcoming partnerships with the Pacific Sun www.pacificsun.marinlocalmusic.com and www.MoreMarin.com our (already high) traffic is going to increase exponentially!
It's a little like an electronic coupon book...
- Affordable rates for every type of business: Merchant, Sole Proprietor, Non-Profit
- You ad appears on our front page and your discount/coupon appears in our rewards catalog
- Real customers visit your business with coupons or codes from our site
Step 1 - Place an ad on our website (placement in 2 areas)
• Rotates on our Front Page (30,000+ local views per month) with links to your site
• Displays in our online Rewards Catalog with optional printable coupon
Step 2 - Offer a discount code or coupon to local music supporters (our registered users):
• 15% off merchandise, 2 for 1 glass of wine before 7pm, $1 off cover charge, etc.
Step 3 (optional) - Donate prizes to our rewards catalog where our most active music supporters can redeem points:
• Show tickets, 2 for 1 dinner, promo merchandise, etc.
Step 4 - Watch as real customers come through your doors with coupons, codes, or membership cards
Merchant Price
1 year $588 ($49/mo)
9 months $531 ($59/mo)
6 months $414 ($69/mo)
3 months $237 ($79/mo)
month to month $89
- Offer a minimum 10% discount (or equivalent)
- Donate the equivalent of $25 in prizes per month for even more publicity! (optional)
• Ask about our rates for non-profits
• Refer a new Merchant Partner and we will give you 15% of the sale – That’s $88 per 12 month commitment
• Prices subject to change without notice
Contact: marketplace@localmusicvibe.com – 415.606.7435
If you can think of anything else, we can get creative - just ask us!
Thanks to the support of the music community at large, Local Music Vibe continues to grow. With your feedback, we are constantly coming up with new ways to serve the community and provide valuable tools and services for musicians, venues, and fans. Here is a list of services that we offer:
- Free Services (user-generated content)
- Event Listing
- Band Listing
- Venue Listing
- Resource Listing
- Community Blogging
- Band Listing
Contact us at shelley@localmusicvibe.com
Privacy
Local Music Vibe is a small, and honest company. We will do our level best to protect the privacy of your information using modern standards in technology. We won't sell or give away your email address, and we won't share any of the information you put into your personal profile.
The only information we collect about you is the standard statistical information that Google analytics compiles, and the information you voluntarily input.
If you have questions or concerns about your privacy, please contact us at info@localmusicvibe.com - A real person will respond to your questions.
Thanks,
LMV
Support
Mail:
Local Music Vibe
4460 Redwood Highway #16-333
San Rafael, CA 94903-1953
Support Local Music Vibe!
If you would like to see this site grow, you can help us in the other following ways:
Word of Mouth
- Tell your friends about this site
- Ask your favorite venues/bands to self-post their updated information
- Ask your favorite venues/bands to place an ad or be featured on LMV
- If you have a business, add the name/URL of our website to the bottom of your sales receipts
- Allow us to give out a marketing freebie at your event, restaurant or venue
- Offer LMV a "free sponsorship" at your next community event
- Hire Local Music Vibe/Shelley Champine to plan your next event or publicize your band
- Offer your venue space or band performance for an upcoming benefit performance
Donate/Fund/Partner
- Become an "angel" sponsor - a little or a lot will help
- We are seeking funding of any kind
Collaborate
- Create a login and let us send our Weekly Music Shout Out email about highlighted events
- Become a guest blogger and blog about performances that you see
- Submit your events here consistently
- Be on the lookout for new bands & venues and tell us about them
- Comment on blog posts & listings
Increase Site Traffic
- Add MLM it to your favorites and visit regularly
- Subscribe to our RSS feeds
- Add our RSS feeds to your homepage
- Link our website to yours (highly visible or low profile)
Support by Association
- Create a co-marketing campaign: customers can click through to your website from ours or vice versa
- Offer an incentive to your customers if they say they "saw it [your logo] on localmusicvibe.com"
- Join our Local Music Marketplace by placing an ad: http://localmusicvibe.com/merchant-partner
As always, we welcome your questions, comments & submissions.
Please contact us by emailing shelley@marinlocalmusic.com or calling
