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
