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Facebook's new timeline not good news for bands

News: 11th April 2012 by Louise Dodgson under Artist Managers, Creative & Branding, Media

As Facebook make their tweaks to the new look timeline mandatory, it seems it hasn't had the desired impact so far for those bands and musicians that have already previewed it before it went live. The main problem seems to be that bands can no longer select their default Facebook landing point for visitors to their page, meaning that add-on apps with the intention of promoting current releases, mailing list sign ups and so on are now more hidden away.

Digital Music News has gathered stats regarding hits on band pages utilising Facebook's new timeline and unfortunately things are really on a downer. Take a look for yourselfvia the links below...

Related Links

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120325facebook#cnflv_9Ohf2FX3ImRWWOEA

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/what-impact-is-new-look-facebook-having-on-band-pages/


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facebook timeline, facebook band page, facebook band profile, unsigned bands, unsigned artists, music promotion, social media, social networking

 

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