Pre-save Campaigns: Questions and Answers

This post has moved to: http://blog.presavetospotify.com/2017/06/pre-save-campaigns-questions-and-answers/

Why are these pre-save campaigns proving popular?

Pre-saves have become the streaming equivalent of “Pre-orders”.  You’ll be hard pressed to find an artist or a label who doesn’t understand the value of doing a “Pre-order”. Well the same principal applies to Pre-saves! Fundamentally pre-saves make obvious marketing sense – it is better to start “collecting” your Spotify “streams and adds” sooner than later! That’s essentially what a pre-save allows you to do – it allows you to start the marketing process for generating and encouraging streams well in advance of your single, EP or album’s release.

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Metablocks Widgets New Features & Fixes Update (2017-06-27)

New features and bug fixes in today’s build:

  • Phone and Text application support added, phone functionality moved to phone tab
  • Translation support added, allows users to contribute to the localization process.
  • Subscription plans added.
  • Referral system in place under the settings tab.
  • New modules added:
    • Pre-save (Built-in) – this module has been updated and re-enabled for users with paid accounts
    • Text and Mobile Opt-ins – allows fans to opt-in to get mobile updates from the artist.

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How to Set MP4 Video as Background

Our platform enables users to customize their widget’s background using different static or dynamic, pre-set or personalized themes. We also introduced the option to add an mp4 video as background. Whether it is a newly launched video for a song you want to promote or an exclusive video created for fans, you can maximize its exposure by posting it as background for the widget.
To add a mp4 background to your widget click on the Edit Widget button.

In Settings field add the link to your mp4 video following the structure shown below.
video_background=http://your-video-url-here.mp4

Then, click on Advanced Settings and select Video (MP4) as Background Effect.

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