Music. Marketing. Social Media.

I know I seem like a bit of a Twitter junkie am a huge Twitter junkie, but at the risk of repeating myself, this post started with a tweet:

True to my “What the hell, why not?” personality, I sent an email with a few quick questions. They’re included below.

1. I see you’re still using MySpace as a homepage, or as an “online hub”. Why? Is MySpace your “now and forever” home?
2. WHAT’S UP WITH ALL THE CAPS ON TWITTER? Really, I’m wondering.
3. If we want to find you online, where should we go? We know you’re on Twitter, MySpace and YouTube, but where else do you exist?
4. Out of those places, why are you there? Which one do you enjoy using most?
5. How has social media marketing impacted your business? Have you gotten shows out of connections made online? Find that fans that follow you on Twitter buy more stuff? What is the impact of it all?

They sent me a video response, as promised, just a few short hours later (!!). It’s pretty short at 2:05, so take a look.  If you don’t have 2:05 to spare, you can cheat and look at their answers and my commentary below. Also, if you don’t have 2:05 to spare, bookmark this and revisit it when you do (or just lighten up and take a break).

Q: I see you’re still using MySpace as a homepage, or as an “online hub”. Why? Is MySpace your “now and forever” home?

A: We use MySpace becuase it’s the place where we first came up, but we are working on launching our own site and we’re active in other places. MySpace is nice for putting our pictures and videos up, as well as saying “what up” to our fans.  It’s not the end all, be all for us.

Q: WHAT’S UP WITH ALL THE CAPS ON TWITTER? Really, I’m wondering.

A: We’re a loud group of individuals and we rock really hard (interrupting “blap!” and “blow!”). They’re also colorful personalities and “like to tell people what we think – loudly”.

Commentary from the blog peanut gallery (aka: me): I will say that you guys are loud on the video as well as on Twitter, so while it’s a pet peeve of mine TO BE SCREAMED AT, it’s genuine to their brand. I support being genuine.

Q: If we want to find you online, where should we go? We know you’re on Twitter, MySpace and YouTube, but where else do you exist?

A: Tumblr and Facebook.

Q: Out of those places, why are you there? Which one do you enjoy using most?

A: We enjoy using all of our social networking. We always have tabs up and are always takling to a lot of people. No one helps us more than the other.

Commentary from video-based peanut gallery: Johnny likes hi5.

Follow-up from the blog peanut gallery: Wiseass.

Q: How has social media marketing impacted your business? Have you gotten shows out of connections made online? Find that fans that follow you on Twitter buy more stuff? What is the impact of it all?

A:  Social networking helps us get gigs sometimes, and it’s nice to talk to people off all over the US, especially in our hometown, without having to meet them. We can help make our shows better by connecting with more people.

Summary

The question most businesspeople people as is “does it all work?” This is second to the “Why would anyone care what I’m having for lunch?” Twitter question.

I don’t remember how I started following @SHINOBININJA on Twitter, but I’ve now checked out their Tumblr, Facebook, MySpace and YouTube pages, emailed them with a few questions and have written a blog post about them.

Is social media working to get more eyeballs (and potential fans) for them? I’d say so.

Has social media caused me to pay more attention to them? Absolutely.

Would I now go see one of their shows? You betcha.

Would I have found out about them if it wasn’t for Twitter? Perhaps.

Thanks to SHINOBININJA for the offer, the quick response (within a few HOURS people!) and your time. Not to mention the laughs. I’ll be seeing you soon…

Tags: behind the scenes, Facebook, Interview, MySpace, shinobininja, Tumblr, Twitter, youtube