Judges

 

Ariel Hyatt, Founder of Cyber PR

& Author of Music Success in Nine Weeks

@CyberPR & @CyberPRContest

 

Christina Duren, PR Director Cyber PR

@CyberPRUrban

 

Stefan Maillet, Video Promotions Director, CyberPR

@CyberPRVideo

  

Chris Gesauldi,Marketing & Social Media Cordinator, Cyber PR

@BlueChipVillage

  

Sara Dudine, Publicist, Cyber PR

@SaraDudine

Carla Lynne Hall, RockStarLifeLessons.com

and Cyber PR Mastermind Moderator

@CarlaLynneHall

 

Kelly Richey, kellyrichey.com

and Cyber PR Mastermind Moderator

@KellyRichey

Phil Putnam, philputnam.com

@PhilPutnam

Heather Smith, PR Director Cyber PR Books

@RubyfruitRadio

Tuesday
02Feb2010

Music Success in Nine Weeks Blogging Contest - UPDATE

So far, the blogging contest is going GREAT! We have over 30 participants, and I'd like to highlight a few:

Icky's Ego: http://ickysego.wordpress.com/ [They made a hilarious LA workout video]

Vikki Flawith: http://theshysinger-songwriter.blogspot.com/

Panache Orchestra: http://fiddlerchick.wordpress.com/ [The "Blogging about Blogging" post has funny photos]

Mona Sterling: http://monasterling.blogspot.com/

Brian Franke: http://blogs.myspace.com/bdfranke [Good video blog]

Is there another contestant you think is doing a great job on their blog? Share in the comments!

Thursday
17Dec2009

MSi9W Blogging Contest: First Round Contestants Announced!

The First Round Of Contestants Are Announced!

Congratulations to all of you who have opted in to participate in the Music Success In Nine Weeks Blogging Challenge!

Our judges may be watching you and commenting on your progress as you go along!

Follow Them on Twitter!:

http://www.twitter.com/andrealane1
http://www.twitter.com/bigbluebarry
http://www.twitter.com/bfrankemusic
http://www.twitter.com/colinrink
http://twitter.com/fiZbandcom
http://www.twitter.com/freqtheater
http://www.twitter.com/heidihowes
http://www.twitter.com/johnnyonlymusic
http://twitter.com/mossbluffmusic
http://twitter.com/nicolago
http://twitter.com/PerfectPitchMan
http://twitter.com/irainrain
http://www.twitter.com/runawaydorothy
http://twitter.com/symetrk
http://twitter.com/DSP_ROCKS
http://www.twitter.com/seanimler
http://www.twitter.com/IckysEgo
http://www.twitter.com/KGrocks
http://www.twitter.com/mdlstweet
http://www.twitter.com/maurajensen
http://www.twitter.com/snailquail
http://www.twitter.com/tamrahayden
http://www.twitter.com/vikkiflawith
http://www.twitter.com/offering
http://www.twitter.com/monarocks

Here is the first round of participants and links to their blogger challenge blogs:


Andrea Lane

http://www.andrealane.org/
http://andrealane.wordpress.com/
http://www.twitter.com/andrealane1
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Andrea-Lane-and-Freedom-Rocks/74629525840


Big Blue Barry

http://www.bigbluebarry.com/
http://blog.bigbluebarry.com/
http://www.twitter.com/bigbluebarry
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Big-Blue-Barry/216534772174


Brian Franke
http://www.brianfranke.com/
http://blog.myspace.com/bdfranke
http://www.twitter.com/bfrankemusic
http://www.facebook.com/bfranke.music


Colin Rink
http://www.colinrinkmusic.com
http://colinrinkinfo.wordpress.com/
http://www.twitter.com/colinrink
http://www.facebook.com/colinrink


Demimonde Slumber Party
http://www.dspband.com
http://melissalandblog.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/DSP_ROCK
Shttp://www.facebook.com/DemimondeSlumberParty


FiZ
http://www.fiZband.com
http://msi9wbloggingcontestentry.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/fiZbandcom
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Tony-dMattia-fiZ/40578086559? sid=63db5b8e56aee706d50d9a2765aecc88


Frequency Theater
http://www.frequencytheater.com
http://www.frequencytheater.com/blog
http://www.twitter.com/freqtheater
http://www.facebook.com/frequencytheater


Heidi Howes
http://www.heidihowes.com/
http://heidihowes.wordpress.com/
http://www.twitter.com/heidihowes
http://www.facebook.com/heidihowes


Hillbilly Hellcats
http://www.hillbillyhellcats.com
http://hillbillyhellcats.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hillbilly- Hellcats/210370150485


Icky's Ego

http://www.ickysego.com/
http://www.ickysego.wordpress.com/
http://www.twitter.com/IckysEgo
http://www.facebook.com/celascott

Jeanine Guidry
http://offeringband.com/
http://jeanineguidry.wordpress.com
http://twitter.com/offering
http://facebook.com/jeanineguidry
http://facebook.com/offeringband


Johnny Only
http://www.johnnyonly.com
http://cyberprmastermind.ning.com/profiles/blog/list? user=0qfa9wbzolwlf
http://www.twitter.com/johnnyonlymusic
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Johnny-Only/73577878249? ref=ts

Kelly Greene
http://www.kellygreene.com/
http://www.kellygreenerocks.wordpress.com/
http://www.twitter.com/KGrocks
http://www.facebook.com/kellygreenemusic


Mama's Dirty Li'l Secret

http://www.mamasdirtylilsecret.com
http://mamasdirtylilsecret.blogspot.com/
http://www.twitter.com/mdlstweet
http://www.facebook.com/people/mamas_dls/559468962


Maura Jensen

http://www.maurajensen.com/
http://blogs.myspace.com/maurajensen
http://www.twitter.com/maurajensen
http://www.facebook.com/maurajensen


Melina Gerges
http://www.melinagerges.com/
http://blog.myspace.com/melinagerges
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melina-Gerges/155679246430

Mona Sterling
http://www.monasterling.com
http://monasterling.blogspot.com
http://www.twitter.com/monarocks
http://www.facebook.com/mona.sterling


Moss Bluff
http://www.myspace.com/mossbluff
http://blog.myspace.com/mossbluff
http://twitter.com/mossbluffmusic
http://www.facebook.com/people/Moss-Bluff/1000241813


Nicola Gordon
http://nicolagordon.com
http://nicolagordon.com/blog.html
http://twitter.com/nicolago
http://www.facebook.com/nicolag1

Older Than Hours
http://www.sethums.com/
http://www.sethums.com/the-blog/
http:www.twitter.com/sethumsmakesart
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Older-Than-Hours/12969854147


Panache Orchestra
http://www.panacheorchestra.com/
http://fiddlerchick.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/people/Brenda-K-Spevak- Saito/728435412


The Perfect Pitch Rhythm & Bluesical Band
http://www.perfectpitchbluesical.com/credits.html
http://theperfectpitcher.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/PerfectPitchMan
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php? ref=name&id=690994528


Rain Rain
http://www.iloverainrain.com/
http://iheartrainrain.wordpress.com/
http://twitter.com/irainrain
http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Rain-Rain/214322629743


Rhythma
http://www.rhythma.com
http://www.twitter.com/seanimler
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rhythma/87429519184


Runaway Dorothy
http://runawaydorothy.com
http://www.runawayd.wordpress.com/
http://www.twitter.com/runawaydorothy
http://www.facebook.com/runawaydorothy


Snail Quail
http://www.snailquail.net/
http://www.afutureinnoise.com
http://www.twitter.com/snailquail


Tamra Hayden
http://www.tamrahayden.com/
http://tamrahayden.wordpress.com/
http://www.twitter.com/tamrahayden
http://www.facebook.com/tamrahayden


Tobias Tinker
http://aeosrecords.com/
http://www.cliffjump.net/
http://twitter.com/symetrk
http://facebook.com/tobiastinker


Vikki Flawith
http://theshysinger-songwriter.blogspot.com/
http://www.vikkiflawith.com/
http://www.twitter.com/vikkiflawith
http://www.facebook.com/vikkiflawith

Thursday
10Dec2009

TAKE THE MUSIC SUCCESS IN NINE WEEKS BLOGGING CHALLENGE!

Announcing a New Cyber PR Contest!

To commemorate version 2.0 of my book, Music Success in Nine Weeks, I am launching a blogging contest.

The rules are easy

STEP 1. YOU READ IT!
Pick up your copy of Music Success in Nine Weeks here: Buy Book

Then send an email to ariel@arielpublicity.com with a link to your blog to let us know you would like to participate! 

Please use "MSi9W Blogging Contest Entry" as your subject line.

STEP 2: YOU BLOG IT!
Crack open the book (or the ebook version) and start with week one. Blog as you go along.

In order to qualify for this contest, all you need to do is create nine blog entries, taking readers through your experience with the book and blog about how it is helping, where you learned the most, where you are getting stuck, etc.

Wait: I don't have a blog on my site, you say?
That's okay! You can blog on your MySpace page, at your Last FM profile, on your Facebook Fan page, or set up a quick and easy blog at Wordpress or Blogger.

STEP 3: WE JUDGE IT!
The artist who has come the furthest and learned the most using the techniques outlined in the book will receive a complimentary Headliner Cyber PR campaign for three months starting in March 2010.

Who Judges This Contest?
The Cyber PR staff: Ariel, Chris, Sara, Christina & Stefan, and the moderators of the Cyber PR Mastermind site, Carla and Kelly, will be reviewing your posts.

STEP 4: YOU WIN IT!
If you are selected as the winning blogger, you will receive one full Headliner Cyber PR campaign from Ariel Publicity.

This campaign is worth $1,595 and will get your music into the hands of bloggers, podcasters and online radio station DJs, plus it will help you organize your entire Social Media attack plan (Twitter Facebook, etc.)

So, get started right now and e-mail us to let us know where you're blogging so that we can begin to watch your progress, and cheer you along!

Judging Starts TODAY • Judging closes March 10, 2010

So... Not sure you want to do all this work?

Here are a few quotes about our Cyber PR campaigns from artists who paid full price ;)

"Ariel has incomparable reach. Less than one month into my campaign, I've already been played around the world, in Australia, England, the US, the Netherlands, and more. I've already come across in-depth reviews of my debut album from widely-distributed bloggers to which I would otherwise have no contact. No effort is wasted, and I can follow the campaign, in detail, in real time. It's incredible, and it's working."
–    Trey Green

"Hiring Ariel Publicity was by far and in large the best money my band ever spent. Ariel starts right away and within days we had more publicity than our record label's publicity company had gotten us since we signed... worth every penny."
–    Jeffrey Todd, Fort Pastor

"Ariel and her staff are simply the cutting edge of cyber publicity. It's not that Ariel has enhanced my music's exposure. She's put it on the map."
–    Beth Hirsch


Participants will be posted shortly!  Stay tuned....

Wednesday
22Apr2009

Drumroll Please....

The Winner of the Twitter Pitch Contest Is: The Divorcees!

Their winning pitch:

The Divorcees are the hard liquor sandwich of Americana 1 shot Jagger (Cash) 1 shot Tequila (Willie) 1 shot Whiskey (Waylon)

Here is some more about them: "Those who prefer their roots music raw with a little lap steel twang   on the side really need to check out New Brunswick outlaw country hooligans the Divorcees. The Johnny Cash- and Waylon Jennings-inspired   tunes on their You Ain't Gettin' My Country (Haysale) should give you a good idea of what these shit-kickin' hombres are all about – hardcore honky-tonkin' and haulin' ass."

- NOW Magazine

Congratulations guys!  

We are looking forward to working your May 2009 release "Last of The Free Men"

Wednesday
22Apr2009

Bio: The Divorcees

The Story Of The Divorcees resonates with a lot of younger music fans   who have made a return to their country roots. Alex Madsen, Danny Roy, Denis "Turtle" Arsenault, Brock Gallant, and   Jason "J Byrd" Nicholson  came up in the maritime music scene having   played in rock, punk, funk, grunge, and even metal bands. But their love of country was always just under the surface. Like many of their maritime friends and family, the back porch was a   prime spot to dig out their flattops and belt out the songs of their honky tonk heroes at the top of their lungs. It was only a matter of time before the five like-minded small towners gravitated to each others gigs, parties and barbeques.

By 2005, that coalesced into what is now the The Divorcees. In a matter of months, rock and roll friends and more than a few die-  hard country folk started filling the bars they were playing. Before   long, they were at The East Coast Music Awards, bringing their brand   of "country" country to an even larger audience. In the making of their first album (You Ain't Getting My Country) they   had re-discovered a precious part of themselves and were eager to   share it. So, the band hit the road. The same thing happened;   generations of country fans as well as rock and rollers packed in to   see their rowdy, old-school outlaw country show from coast to coast. Before they knew it, they had crossed the country numerous times,   sharing stages with people like George Canyon, Johnny Reid, Tim McGraw   and Faith Hill, Tim Hus, Corb Lund, Aaron Pritchett, and a host of new   found friends. Casey Clarke was wearing their tour shirts on CMT...and   playing The Divorcees first video for "Red Haired Red Blooded Woman". Then, in 2008, the East Coast Music Association awarded them Country   Album Of The Year in Alex Madsen's hometown of Fredericton - a   grateful moment of validation after three years of hard work and hard touring.

As of 2009, The Divorcees have completed and are preparing to release   their sophmore album, titled "Last Of The Free Men", produced Josh   Finlayson (The Skydiggers) at the Tragically Hip's Bathouse. They were   also thrilled to have their second record mixed at the legendary   Blackbird Studios in Nashville (using components originally found at   Abbey Road) and mastered by Richard Dodd, associated with artists such   as Johnny Cash and Tom Petty. The Divorcees love the road, so it's no surprise that they're   currently on a Western tour of Canada for the month of March,   immediately followed by an April tour through Ontario. When that winds   up, they'll head home for regional touring through New Brunswick, Nova   Scotia, PEI, and Newfoundland. The group's excited to tour their way to the Canadian Country Music   Awards in Vancouver at the end of the summer and are raring to cross   the border to bring their brand of outlaw country to their American   friends. For The Divorcees, the next show always beckons.