Archives for June, 2010

Zimbalam’s CEO now President for France’s Music Industry Recording Association

June, 28th 2010 02:11

SNEP, which represents the recording industry in France, has elected Denis Ladegaillerie, founder and president of Digital Believe, as its president for the next two years. Olivier Montfort, president of EMI Music France, was elected vice president.

Denis Ladegaillerie founded Digital Believe in 2004. He has worked for 10 years in the new media sector and is a graduate of the ESCP, Duke University and was called to the Bar of New York State.

The full new SNEP council line-up:

  • President: Denis Ladegaillerie – Believe Digital
  • Vice President: Olivier Montfort – EMI Music
  • Yves Riesel – Abeille Musique
  • Eric Hauville – Pschent
  • Stéphane Le Tavernier – Sony Music
  • Mehdi El Jai – XIII Bis Records
  • Pascal Negre – Universal Music
  • Thierry Chassagne – Warner Music

Read more here…

Believe Digital Launches US-Focused A&R Team; Signs Global Distribution and Promotion Agreement with Anoop Desai

June, 24th 2010 19:29

Go to www.zimbalam.com to  try the new Zimbalam CRM system and Social Media Player with Integrated Stores (only one approved on Facebook).

We are proud to announce that Believe Digital has not only established an A&R team for the US market, but that the team is already on a roll, signing a distribution and promotion agreement with former American Idol contestant Anoop Desai.  Under terms of the agreement, Desai’s record “All Is Fair” will be distributed across Believe Digital’s Zimbalam network, receiving coverage in 350 stores including Amazon, eMusic, Napster, Real, and hundreds more worldwide.  Zimbalam will also provide marketing support to Desai through the network’s host of promotional tools and real-time CRM capabilities.

Desai will benefit from a personal A&R manager at Believe Digital, who will provide valuable advice and support on strategy, marketing and promotion investment and who can ensure he is receiving the greatest exposure while maximizing monetization opportunities.  Desai’s  album debuted in the “top new artist album” section at #65 and #177 overall in the digital album category at Soundscan.

At Believe Digital, our goal is to provide independent artists with a powerful marketing tool set and global reach rivaling those of the largest record labels. We are proud to reach this agreement with Anoop Desai, and we view it as a testament to the promotional opportunities and revenue potential offered by the Zimbalam network on a global basis.

With the recent launch of the US version of Zimbalam, Believe Digital’s A&R team will monitor and offer additional promotion services to other top performing independent artists on the network.

How Zimbalam’s Real-time CRM System and Social Network Player Makes More Money for Independent Artists

June, 16th 2010 20:27

Go to www.zimbalam.com to  try the new Zimbalam CRM system and Social Media Player with Integrated Stores (only one approved on Facebook).

Zimbalam is very pleased to announced that the new Zimbalam Backstage real-time CRM system and fully intergrated Zimbalam player and Facebook Widget are now live for all users (we previously did post about the CRM system).   The integrated distribution and marketing system gives artists a huge advantage in selling music by integrating personalized purchase links in the player (Zimbalam automatically suggests the best music online store in the player based on the listener’s location).

The Zimbalam Backstage CRM system provides data into what is working best for streaming and purchase referrals.  Real-time sales data from participating stores like iTunes gives the ability to understand the daily, weekly and monthly progression of sales and precisely analyze day-to-day earnings each quarter.   

Artists can also customize the Zimbalam player to create an album like experience with the entire discography available in a single player.  The player also acts as a marketing widget for viral distribution on social networks.  There’s also a special Zimbalam Facebook widget player is also the only Facebook player featuring direct purchase links to the major online stores.  

Other player features including the following

  • Fast loading times to quickly capture fans attention
  • Displaying the best local store for the listener based on their location (via the IP address)
  • One player for the entire discography – display of the artist’s entire discography in one place eliminates the need to embed different players for each individual release
  • Customizable look and feel to deliver album like personalization: Artists can select from a wide variety of built-in background images and colors
  • Optimized for live updates from artists online feeds including YouTube, Twitter feeds, MySpace, Facebook and more

Check out the new player…