Blink-182

Quick Video Tribute

Here is a quick Tribute/ Brief History video of Blink-182. It talks about the start of the band to where they are today and is very interesting. All the music playing in the background are songs written by Blink-182

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gau7LdRlXRQ

The band that I chose was Blink-182 because I been a fan of them for the last 12 years and know a lot about them.

Founded in 1992 and currently the band members include Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker.

Formed in San Diego, California, with a genre of pop punk Sold over 40 million albums worldwide Had many #1 songs such as “All The Small Things”, “The Rock Show” and “Whats

My Age Again” Currently working on 7th studio album due out in late 2014

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE

“Blink-182's bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus says that Twitter is his "perfect medium" because it's like a puzzle that challenges him to communicate funny stories as succinctly as possible.”

Blink-182’s main social media preference is Twitter. The band has an official twitter as well as each of the members of the band and they all post multiple times daily.

Blink-182 can also be found on websites such as:

Blink-182.comFacebook.com/blink182Bompa.com/blink-182Plus.google.com/+MarkHoppusMyspace.com/blink182Instagram.com/blink182

In this photo, we see Mark Hoppus using the Google Plus hangout feature. Blink 182 was one of the very first bands to join Google Plus and have been advertising it ever since

BOMPA.COM/BLINK-182•Blink-182 uses Bompa.com to sell their merchandise to their fans. •Usually once a month they sell limited edition posters which sell out really fast and are hard to get.•Neat because they usually tailor their designs to whatever season it is etc Christmas, Halloween.•Allows the fan to engage with the band no matter what season it is

Online Communities

•Blink 182 used to have many online communities but as they become slower and slower at putting out albums the online communities have decreased.•Blink 182 still have the facebook, twitter and social media communities and they become very active when Blink 182 releases new music•One of the main fansites that blink 182 has is called www.BlinkDisasters.com where most of the die hard blink 182 fans go to post their thoughts on the message boards. This website has been up ever since I became a fan and I have made a lot of friends from other countries who share the same blink 182 interests as I do

Five Social Media TipsFINDING YOUR AUDIENCE

•Blink-182 has been around for so long that the fans who started listening to them when they first came out are in their 40’s and the younger die hard fans are in their 20s.•Using social media, they have been able to connect to their fans and let their fans know that Blink-182 are still alive and are working on a new album.•Blink 182 advertises their concerts on all their social media sites which helps them sell out almost every show they play

•Blink 182 posts picture of them in the studio doing updates almost every day•Not only do they post pictures and tweet about their music but they also post pictures of their day to day lives and tweet about ordinary things that everyday people do allowing them to connect on a personal level with their fans. Meaningful = connecting with the fans•Fans connect on twitter as seen in the picture above through replying, retweeting and favor ting the tweets.

POST MEANINGFUL, SHAREABLE CONTENT

•Not only does blink 182 post meaning content but they also get meaningful content posted about them•https://www.looktothestars.org/news/3698-blink-182-designs-shirt-for-charity•https://www.looktothestars.org/news/4814-blink-182-give-their-soles-to-charity•In these articles, it shows how blink 182 cares not only about their fans but about everyone in the world and shows how they give back to the communities in desperate need of help such as by designing a shirt of blink 182 for the fans to buy where the profits go to charities.

POST MEANINGFUL, SHAREABLE CONTENT

ENGANGE YOUR CURRENT FANS

•As mentioned previous, Blink 182 connect deeply with their fans through the use of live chats using google plus.•Sometimes Blink 182 also does live chat on websites allowing users to ask them questions and get quick replies.•Blink have also given back to the fans through allowing them to watch some of their live streaming concerts for free such as at “KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas”

CONTINUE SOCIAL PUSH IRL, HAND OUT SWAG, PUT UP FLYERS

•Blink-182 users allows users who are at the show to tweet before the concert, and they select the users with the best tweets and give them upgraded seats at the venue.•During the shows they have been said to have said for users to tweet certain hashtags # at them allowing them to connect even more on twitter•Once they even told the audience to pull out their phones, record a video of them talking right now in the concert and have everyone post it on twitter at the same time.

•Blink-182 has no problem keeping up to date and posting consistently. •I follow each of them on twitter and it is unlikely to see them post less then 3 tweets per day•There is almost never a day when you dont hear about blink-182 or their band members doing something

Post Consistently

Overall, out of all of the bands that I follow, Blink-182 is most up to date with all the new

social media trends and stays constantly active. Being a fan, this is what I look for

from a band. Long Live Blink-182

Conclusion