jason@indieshuffle

Music Player
There really isn't an easy way about this. You can go with services like Shuffler.fm or ex.fm, but ultimately if you want something like that, you're going to need to get the basic coding foundation to setup Soundmanager2 and get it all w…

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BMI licenses

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Best Commenting System
It's hard to say exactly what's coming from where, but w/ ~20 comments a day, I have little doubt that there's traffic coming in. That basically means ~20 people are sharing to their feeds every day.Jason

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Best Commenting System
Facebook comments. Hands down. When people comment, goes to their FB feed and sends you more traffic.

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Advertisements: Useful or Distraction
Most of our ads are running through SPIN....but occasionally we do direct sales w/ some folks. Until you're doing 500k+ pageviews monthly, deals like that probably won't manifest :-(

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Advertisements: Useful or Distraction
Tim, what kinda CPM and fill rate you getting from them?

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Advertisements: Useful or Distraction
Yep, I'd say there are very few above 1 million. Excluding hip-hop, I can think of roughly 10 music blogs > 1 million.

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Advertisements: Useful or Distraction
I agree with Tim and Squashed. While you're still small, it's not worth the effort. But, once you're approaching 100k pageviews a month, it can begin to be worthwhile. At these levels, you can probably make $100 - $200 per ad per…

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How To Get Your Music Blogged
Amazing infographic! Tho far less than 20% make it through stage 1 for me :-(

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We've only gone and done a redesign
I dig it, dude. Noticing something a little off on the FB widget? Seems like the text is getting smooshed.

Comment by jason@indieshuffle January 2012 permalink
Blogroll
Hey bud, I'm down. Added yours. Lemme know when you've returned the favor! Anyone else out there interested in exchanging with Indie Shuffle?

Comment by jason@indieshuffle December 2011 permalink
Indie Shuffle v3.0
Hey Squashed, responded to some of your comments. But dropped off at the end -- I think we have very different visions here.The front page looks like music e-store. (album pic, short blurb, very strict graphic outlay.) Yep, it's pretty consist…

Comment by jason@indieshuffle December 2011 permalink
Jobs and other such mischief
I know David from SFCritic is now working at Thrillcall -- no doubt through connections made running his blog. Also Pigeons&Planes is now working for Complex. Again, through the blog connect!

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Indie Shuffle v3.0
@Squashed -- you're making me think here. You're saying the frontpage needs variation, which is confusing because it already has that. What I think you're trying to convey is that people will gloss over the bottom, short posts because …

Comment by jason@indieshuffle November 2011 permalink
Responding to the Countless E-Mails
I tend to ignore them, unless it's an eye-catching release from artists I'm already familiar with. The volume is just too high to possibly go through all of them, particularly as most of us have other full-time jobs. It got to the point wh…

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Wordpress or Blogger
Wordpress. No doubt. The flexibility is leagues better than blogger in terms of hosting it on your own.

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Are Bounce Rates Important?
APFOS -- sorry mate, but I have to be skeptical about those numbers. They just don't make sense! Anyway, for reference...our average time on site is 12 minutes and bounce rate is 64%.

Comment by jason@indieshuffle October 2011 permalink
Question for Longtime Bloggers -- hosting MP3s
No one wants sloppy seconds.

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Question for Longtime Bloggers -- hosting MP3s
The advantage to premiering something is being "first" on Hypem. Tim covered the rest.

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Music blogging
I'm with Tim -- doing this all for the money. ...wait, what?

Comment by jason@indieshuffle October 2011 permalink
Slowest Traffic Days
I don't think the slow traffic on weekends has as much to do with whether you post or not. It's simply that everyone is out and about, rather than sitting at home / in the office in front of a computer. Mobile traffic, meanwhile, spikes lik…

Comment by jason@indieshuffle October 2011 permalink
Elbo.ws & Hype Machine: How To Get Added? & Tips And Tricks For Fellow Bloggers
Word. Unfortunately this community has quieted a lot lately. As for Hypem, wait a few months -- build up some content -- and then apply. It seems that the main mistake people make is applying too early. A nice, stand-out and original web design is …

Comment by jason@indieshuffle October 2011 permalink
YAYBLOG! 2.0
Just hit our 10 millionth page view in just over 2 years of existence. Yay!

Comment by jason@indieshuffle October 2011 permalink
Are Music Blogs Dying?
You have to keep working for your traffic. It doesn't come magically. Plateaus are completely normal, as are dips. Just wait until the Christmas season...ouch!

Comment by jason@indieshuffle September 2011 permalink
Are Music Blogs Dying?
Yeah, our traffic keeps growing. Spotify + Pandora are exposing a new population to music -- and providing new tools for discovery -- but most of their audience weren't the type to check out music blogs anyway. If they're enticing more user…

Comment by jason@indieshuffle September 2011 permalink
How To Get Traffic From StumbleUpon
Guys, I'm going to discontinue this. The results were mixed, so I'm not going to push it any further. I don't think SU likes mutual thumb-ups, and I assume they're fairly easy to track.

Comment by jason@indieshuffle July 2011 permalink
How To Get Traffic From StumbleUpon
Nice APFOS! Looks like there were some latent effects for people. I'm actually seeing a bit of a boost again.

Comment by jason@indieshuffle June 2011 permalink
How To Get Traffic From StumbleUpon
I think they're smarter than that. I conjecture that they likely cancel out mutual thumb-ups, thus rendering all of our work void.

Comment by jason@indieshuffle June 2011 permalink
How To Get Traffic From StumbleUpon
Gonna survey the ~8 or so who participated to see if any of them got more traffic. Mine actually went down :-( Will ask them to update this thread.

Comment by jason@indieshuffle June 2011 permalink
Sony is screwed
Lol

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