Here are the Facebook contest rules for the Ecko watch giveaway. They’re really simple. On our Facebook page is this image. Tag yourself in the image, and express why you love hip hop. Feel free to be as creative as you want. You can use just words, a photo upload, or video etc. A winner will be selected by our crew and announced Monday morning, Aug  22nd. Good luck.

Tomorrow on Friday, August 19th, 2011, IndieHipHop.net along with Marc Ecko and Co. will run a contest to give away this fly-ass watch to a lucky reader. The contest details will be revealed tomorrow. To enter you must join our Facebook Page

We’re living in an age dominated by social networks. Facebook, Myspace, and Twitter are populated with artists, business owners, and casual users who are just screaming for attention. It’s normal to see status updates like…”I’m about to walk my dog.” “Damn this hamburger is good!” or “I’m on my way to the gym!” These are people who make it a point to Read the rest of this entry »

Some time ago I addressed some very irritating marketing tactics that artists were using on Twitter. The article was called 5 Very Bad Twitter Marketing Habits.  But equally irritating are tactics some Facebook users use to promote themselves or their music.  Here are some of the most annoying ones.

1. Event invitation spam.  This is at the top of my list of Facebook annoyances. Promoters repeatedly send RSVP notices about their events and they flood my inbox. You actually have to take time out to find the event and click that you won’t be attending or you’ll leave yourself vulnerable to repeated alerts. Sometimes you can’t tell who is even sending you these invites.

Any Facebook friends of mine that abuse this function get blocked. Some abusers don’t even take to the time to notice that they are inviting me to an event that’s not in my state. Most people are annoyed at this and I hope that Facebook comes up with a better way to stop this.  Over aggressive promotion is a sure way to turn a potential fan to a person who’s more than glad to leave your social network. Read the rest of this entry »