I’m talking about using your smartphone to tap into and enhance your online presence while being up-to-date on all of the cool apps to make your life a little easier.

1. 7 Mobile Apps Musicians Need
NOW!

2. Greetings! Marissa from Team Cyber
PR® here, and I have a question:
Do you consider yourself mobile-savvy
musician?
I’m not just talking about texting
(although that’s important!). I’m talking
about using your smartphone to tap into
and enhance your online presence while
being up-to-date on all of the cool apps
to make your life a little easier.

3. If you could use a little help
understanding the magic of mobile, then
this blog post is for you!
Here are some interesting mobile
statistics to keep in mind:
There are 165 million Twitter users, and
50% of them use Twitter Mobile.
Over 1/3 of Facebook’s 900 million+
users also use Facebook Mobile.
Mobile internet usage will overtake
desktop internet usage by 2014.

4. Mobile coupons get 10x the redemption
rate of regular coupons.
3 out of 5 internet searches are done
with a mobile device.
91% of mobile internet access is to
socialize.
In March 2012, Smartphones were in use
by 50.4% of consumers in the US

5. As you can see, the popularity of mobile
devices is currently on the rise! And even
with social connections aside, new apps
are always finding ways to make just
about anything possible from your
phone.
If you’re ready to simplify your life and
amplify your fan interactions (mostly for
free), then get your smartphone in hand
and check out these 7 apps:

6. 1. Square / Cost: FREE
Let’s say you just played a show, and
you’ve got a newly converted fan that
absolutely can’t get enough of you. She
loves your music so much that she wants
to buy 5 CD’s – one for her, and the rest
for some family and friends. Awesome,
right? One problem, though – she only
brought her credit card. Well, that’s a
bummer.

7. How are you going to scan her card
without some sort of card reader? Oh,
wait, do you have a smartphone? Then
consider your problem solved!
Square is a fabulous app that allows you
to swipe any credit card and deposit the
money into your bank account. Once you
sign up on the website, they’ll send you
your free card reader. Then just
download the app and set everything up,
and you’ll never have to worry about the
“cash-only” dilemma again!

8. 2. Tweetbot / Cost: $2.99
Twitter is one of the easiest ways to keep
up with your network in real time while
you’re out on the road. While Twitter
does have its own app, many find it
somewhat lacking. For a Twitter app with
a little personality and some cool
features, why don’t you try Tweetbot?

9. Tweetbot lets you read and create
tweets, of course, but there’s more! You
can create lists of different types of
people, such as co-workers or fans by
location, and view timelines of only their
tweets.
You can also read a whole conversation
thread with a single swipe of your finger,
and customize the app so you can use it
however you’d like best.

10. 3. Facebook / Cost: FREE
You DO have a Facebook fan page,
right?! Good!
Make sure you’re staying on top of your
page with the Facebook app. Let
everyone know what you’re up to, scroll
through your news feed, upload your cool
photos easily, and check into your
favorite coffee shop! You can pretty
much do anything you could normally do
with Facebook, right on your phone.

11. 4. Instagram / Cost: FREE
Think you’re a good photographer? With
Instagram’s effects, you could even wow
yourself. And with photos acting as one
of the most well-received and popular
kinds of Facebook updates, there’s no
reason not to post them more often!

12. Instagram provides a smooth, easy, and
great-looking interface to snap pictures
with your phone, add different filters to
transform them, and share them easily
with your social networks. Warning: it
can be addictive!

13. 5. Dragon Dictation / Cost: FREE
Okay, so you’re out getting some lunch
with your buddies, and
suddenly…inspiration hits. You saw or
heard something, and you got a cool idea
for some new song lyrics. But you’re in
the middle of lunch, so what do you do?
Quick – just record your voice!

14. To record your voice and turn it into text
with surprising accuracy, give the Dragon
Dictation app a shot. You can even use it
to write emails, which could be especially
helpful if you aren’t the world’s fastest
texter.

15. 6. Tonepad / Cost: FREE
If you’ve ever wanted to create musical
compositions on the go, then you should
start playing around with Tonepad! This
nifty app lets you play different notes
with a touch of your screen. There’s no
limit to the number of songs you can
create and save!

16. If you want to share your creations, you
can hit the “Upload” button to get a
special code and give it to your friends.
If they also have the app, they can input
the code and hear what you made. Now,
start creating!

17. 7. SendHub / Cost: FREE
Mobile marketing has actually been
around for a while, but many still aren’t
taking advantage of it because they’re
not sure how. One of the reasons it’s so
useful is because people tend to have
their phones with them all the time.

18. How do you reach out to your fans and
let them know you have a surprise show
that night? The same way you’d reach
out to any of your friends: with a text!
SendHub is a service that allows you to
send texts to groups of people, and
they’ve just released a mobile app. Just
sign up on the website with your mobile
number and download the app to use the
site easily from your phone.

19. SendHub provides you with a unique
number, so your real number can stay
private. Anyone can subscribe to your
group texts by texting the group’s
keyword to your SendHub number, and
can unsubscribe by texting “STOP.”

20. The app lets you create your groups right
out of your iPhone contact list and
manage your account on the go! A free
account gets you up to 1000 messages
per month and up to three groups, with
50 numbers max per group.
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