iLike Builds iPhone Apps for Artists and Integrates With Twitter, YouTube, MySpace & More

This morning we made the biggest product announcement in iLike’s history.

We’ve taken our ‘Post Once, Publish Everywhere” syndication model to a new level by empowering the more than 300,000 artists who use the iLike Artist Dashboard to maintain an active presence on even more of the leading consumer destinations via a single dashboard.

Specifically, iLike is expanding to Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, and beyond. We also launched a turnkey system to enable any artist to rapidly create and distribute their own iPhone app featuring their concert dates, photos, blogs, bulletins, and videos.

What this means for artists is that anytime they post new content, in addition to the iLike network of leading widgets and plugins, we'll now update their Facebook and MySpace pages, we'll submit the content to their YouTube channel, we'll tweet about it on the artist’s behalf, it will show up on their official Ticketmaster page, we’ll update their official dotcom website, and lastly it will show up in their iLike-built iPhone app.

And of course we’ll monetize this music discovery by offering prominent “buy” links to empower musicians to sell music and concert tickets. Additionally, we launched a Premium Stats Service so artists can get detailed reporting on fan interactions with their content across our syndication network.

What this means for fans is that it will be simple and fun for them to connect with their favorite artists on even more of the leading consumer destinations, including the hottest mobile device on the planet: the iPhone.

"Twitter is helping people discover and share what's happening right now in all aspects of their lives," said Biz Stone, Co-founder of Twitter. "iLike enriches a growing ecosystem by making it easy to find and follow our favorite artists on Twitter—and for them to form a deeper connection with us."

We’re thrilled with the early response we’ve received from artists and fans. We look forward to sharing more related news with you in the coming weeks.

Finally, I’d like to thank and congratulate the iLike team for building an unrivaled suite of new features for artists while making it even easier for fans and musicians to connect online.

And one more thing: iLike now has more than 45mm users. That works out to approximately 2mm users per full-time employee. Wow! We are awed by iLike’s rapid growth rate. Thank you for your support.

To learn more, go to: www.iLike.com/manage or you can read the press release.

-- Hadi Partovi
President of iLike

Comments

[Thomas Richmond]

Greetings and Thanks!

Thomas here just excited to hear about your reports, you know we cant get enough!

Keep up the good work! :)

Best Regards-Thomas
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[Sofia]

I'm still waiting to get my iPhone app approved. How long will it take? Can't wait to try it out.
/Sofia Talvik
http://www.ilike.com/artist/Sofia+Talvik

[اس ام اس جک جوک]

Very nice

[Joseph Rose]

Jeez how long does this take? The "setup confirmation" email I got from iLike is from May 16.

What's the deal?

[Kev (for Ian)]

is there a way I can incorporate my blog into my web site? I don't want to have to enter everything twice -- once here and once on my main site.

thanks

[Joseph Rose]

"...enable any artist to rapidly create and distribute their own iPhone app..."

RAPIDLY?! Really? Where is my app and/or where is my $99?

[Chillout Music Liedschatten]

Sorry,

but building the app is impossible.
Either on Safari or on Firefox.

Never uploads my pictures....tried different sizes and formats...

[Telmo Cardoso]

I tried to contact ilike about a partnership, but there isn't any direct contact. Please email me to the email of this comment.

Thanks

[Take No Glory MUSICIANARIES]

Thank you for building our iPhone app!

How can we change the age section on our app from "14+" to "4+"?

Appreciate your help...

www.TakeNoGlory.com

[Take No Glory MUSICIANARIES]

Hi...we are still wondering about how to change the app age from 14 to 4? Thanks for your help :)

Take No Glory is a non-profit musicianary band. These musicianaries offer all their music through mp3 downloads available FREE on the www.TakeNoGlory.com website

[Mark]

You know I hate having to post a comment to reach someone on iLike. Forget about it . . . But really how do I contact you? Your way of personal contact is mysteriously hidden, or its not obvious. Anyone know how to contact them? My question is not answered by your FAQ.

[Keith]

Nice Post

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[John Graff]

You should try to get this resolved - Kaspersky anti-virus 2009 says you are guilty theft of passwords, credit card numbers and other confidential data.

When I try to access your site most of the links are blocked by Kaspersky.

I posted a copy of the Kaspersky alert on our site at:
http://www.sacred-geometry.com/kaspersky-ilike.jpg

I called their support to complain but was on hold for 30+minutes then disconnected when I got to talk to a tech.

Best Regards,

John Graff

[Lisa]

Why is there no general iPhone App for iLike?? This would be great...

[Chris Checky]

If there was an app for this on the iphone it would really be cool. I love this.

[Fanartikel]

thanks for great article for fanartikel

[Colie Brice]

When will iLike start reporting on sales of the iPhone application?

[Sher]

My iphone app is now live. Is everyone that was waiting? In the app, my songs show up with "buy" links. Does anyone know how to make them free, but at the same time keep them with a price on iLike's site? It's like iLike and iPhone are connected with pricing, but I'm already making people download the app for 99 cents. They shouldn't have to buy my songs, too. What about customer support with iLike? Anyone break through?

[jeux pour enfant]

I think I don't want to have to enter everything twice once here and once on my main site.

[Bigbadboston]

Your recent icon update added some unnecessary sheen at the top. The clean B/W guitar was much more iconic and on-brand. By breaking free from the roundrect shape it stood out (in a really good way).