Listening to music on Facebook is not an easy job. There are certain technical restrictions built into the platform, designed to limit music streaming tools within the website.

Therefore, we have worked with Facebook to develop a player that is secure and efficient and will allow you and your fans to share your music on Facebook, on users’ walls, via the internal messaging and more.

Making use of this new tool could not be easier, simply paste the URL of your BelieveBand profile into Facebook and the pop up widget shown below will appear. E.g. http://waynebeckford.believeband.com/

This tool is available free of charge, to make use of it, simply set up your BelieveBand profile from your Believe Backstage area.

Over the past 6 months we’ve added many new tools and statistics to Believe Backstage, allowing our artists and labels to make the most of new internet technologies to optimise digital marketing strategies, and, ultimately, increase sales.

Well now, you can do this on the move with the new Believe Backstage iPhone app! From your phone, you will now be able to track your sales in real time, from iTunes and more than 7 other services, update your promotional tools (BelieveBand, widget, Facebook and MySpace apps) and more, all from anywhere you have an Internet connection!

You will also be able to keep up to date with all the latest news from Believe Digital thanks to integration with our blog, follow the progress of your distribution in various territories and stores and more.

But that’s not all, perhaps the most exciting new aspect of the app, is that you can provide access to your artists to update their own promotional content directly to their players! This is a fantastic tool when an artist is on tour or wants to post news updates without access to a computer. Artists will be able to upload photos, news stories, new gig ages and more, all directly from their iPhone!

The application can be downloaded here: http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/believe-backstage/id393314039?mt=8

The new and improved Believe player is now available in your Believe Backstage area.

Your Backstage area has been updated today with the new player, which has been given a design and functionality overhaul to improve the visual impact and uses of the player for your music!

What does this mean for you?

The new player is the best tool to convert your audience and fanbase into digital customers and can be implemented across all web applications. When featured prominently on your website, Facebook or MySpace page they are heavily used and often convert 10-30% of users clicking on a store link into paying customers.

The major changes to the player are listed below:

A preview of the new player is available here: Test Player

Quicker : the new player is quicker to load and will always display the correct local store link for your fans based on the location of their IP address.

More Practical : The improved player will now display your entire discography in one place, there is no longer any need to embed different players for each individual release.

More Customisable: Pick any background image, you no longer just have the option of using your artwork and there is a huge choice of colours available to suit.

More Complete: Link your player with your social networks and the player will automatically update news, videos and more from your feeds online ; YouTube videos, Twitter feeds, MySpace, Facebook and more …

More Viral: With direct links to the major social networking tools; MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, your fans can link to keep up to date with all your 2.0 activities.

Finally, the improved player is the first stage in a brand new complete CRM solution which we will be launching next week. The newsletter tab enables you to start collecting email addresses from your fans which will be available in your Believe Backstage area. You will be able to contact your fans directly with personalised newsletters.

All of these functions can be configured from your Believe Backstage area.

Your feedback and suggestions are invaluable in creating the best service and tools for you, please don’t hesitate to sent us any suggestions, criticism or feedback that you think may help us improve Believe for the future.

Real-time sales information has already been available for some time on your Believe Backstage but has only been available for sales on iTunes. However, you can now monitor real time sales data from SFR, Beatport and Juno Download and French artists opting to distribute their music to VirginMega can also track real time sales. Real time sales data will be available online 48 hours after the period of time you want to check. You can access this information by clicking on the ‘Realtime Sales’ tab on the Believe Backstage area where you can select which dates you want to analyse, countries and more.

Log into your Believe Backstage area for more information!