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Artist Mobile Messaging
Ethan Blumenthal | Product School
What’s happening with Spotify?
 71 million subscribers / 157 million active users
 $8 billion paid to rights holders
 Upcoming direct listing
 Streaming wars
How do we win the streaming wars?
 Music streaming  music ecosystem
 Increase engagement with platform
 Focus on features that add value
Our efforts outside of streaming
 Desktop messaging (killed)
 Artist pages
 Concert listings
 Merchandise offers
 Artist bios
 Artist playlists
 Genius “Behind the Lyrics”
Meet our users
 Relaxed Rob likes to listen to music as
background noise in his house. He uses the
freemium version of Spotify and often leaves
his music selection up to our playlists.
 Music Mike is an audiophile who buys records
and owns a Sonos. He is constantly listening to
his favorite bands and discovering new music
through our recommendation engine.
Don’t forget the artists
 Singing Sarah is a struggling artist who needs
to grow her following to support her career.
To do so she constantly plays local gigs and
reaches out to her fans on social media.
 Big Band is a relatively famous group who has
no issues selling out their arena tours. They
are looking for new strategies to spice up
their marketing message and keep the band
together.
What do our users want?
 Users want a more personal experience
 Artists want to act on our data
 SOLUTION: allow artist-to-fan communication
What are our competitors doing?
 Apple Music – Ping (FAILED)  Pandora – AMPcast (TBD)
Product Vision
 Allow artists to message their listeners on mobile
 The message will contain a call-to-action to click through
 Messaging can be targeted by location and loyalty
 Implemented in Spotify for Artists
Areas to avoid
 Desktop version
 Mobile is the future
 Voice messaging
 Focus on premium tier (no ads)
Roadmap
 2 month completion window
 Design – 1 sprint
 Engineering – 2 sprints
 Testing & marketing – 1 sprint
From the listener’s perspective
 User begins listening to a song on mobile
 Message appears in rotation with album
artwork and Genius “Behind the Lyrics”
 User can click for more information
Some examples…
 Relaxed Rob is listening to a Spotify playlist
on his freemium account when he hears a
song that he really enjoys. He looks at his
phone and sees a message from the band
with a link to more information. Rob clicks
to learn more.
 Music Mike is listening to a band he loves
when he gets a message on screen
displaying ticket information for a newly
announced concert in his town. Mike
decides that it would be a fun time and
clicks through to buy tickets.
From the artist’s perspective
 Artist logs into Spotify for Artists
 Tabs to the messages feature
 Submits form with message and targeting
info
Some examples…
 Singing Sarah just opened a merchandise
store on her website and wants to invite
her listeners to check it out. She uses the
new messaging feature to drive traffic to
her site.
 Big Band is reissuing a classic album on
vinyl and wants to offer hard core fans a
discount on the preorder. They create a
message delivering the coupon code to
heavy listeners.
How will we measure success?
 Click through rate – 3-5%
 Usage by artists – 50%
 Frequency of messages – 2/month
Go to Market Plan – Pre Launch
 Limited beta release
 Partner with mid-sized artists to test feature
 Listeners do not need to be alerted
 Create informational materials for artists and stakeholders
Go to Market Plan – Launch
 Make sure artists and stakeholders are set
 On call for any questions or issues
 1 week of beta testing
 Collect feedback and aggregate data
 Make decision on wide launch
Go to Market Plan – Post Launch
 Update website, blog, and email newsletter
 Publicity campaign for industry recognition
 Technology & Music publications
Let’s do this!
 Artist Mobile Messaging
 Increase artist and listener engagement
 Transform Spotify into a complete music ecosystem

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Spotify Artist Mobile Messaging

  • 1. Artist Mobile Messaging Ethan Blumenthal | Product School
  • 2. What’s happening with Spotify?  71 million subscribers / 157 million active users  $8 billion paid to rights holders  Upcoming direct listing  Streaming wars
  • 3. How do we win the streaming wars?  Music streaming  music ecosystem  Increase engagement with platform  Focus on features that add value
  • 4. Our efforts outside of streaming  Desktop messaging (killed)  Artist pages  Concert listings  Merchandise offers  Artist bios  Artist playlists  Genius “Behind the Lyrics”
  • 5. Meet our users  Relaxed Rob likes to listen to music as background noise in his house. He uses the freemium version of Spotify and often leaves his music selection up to our playlists.  Music Mike is an audiophile who buys records and owns a Sonos. He is constantly listening to his favorite bands and discovering new music through our recommendation engine.
  • 6. Don’t forget the artists  Singing Sarah is a struggling artist who needs to grow her following to support her career. To do so she constantly plays local gigs and reaches out to her fans on social media.  Big Band is a relatively famous group who has no issues selling out their arena tours. They are looking for new strategies to spice up their marketing message and keep the band together.
  • 7. What do our users want?  Users want a more personal experience  Artists want to act on our data  SOLUTION: allow artist-to-fan communication
  • 8. What are our competitors doing?  Apple Music – Ping (FAILED)  Pandora – AMPcast (TBD)
  • 9. Product Vision  Allow artists to message their listeners on mobile  The message will contain a call-to-action to click through  Messaging can be targeted by location and loyalty  Implemented in Spotify for Artists
  • 10. Areas to avoid  Desktop version  Mobile is the future  Voice messaging  Focus on premium tier (no ads)
  • 11. Roadmap  2 month completion window  Design – 1 sprint  Engineering – 2 sprints  Testing & marketing – 1 sprint
  • 12. From the listener’s perspective  User begins listening to a song on mobile  Message appears in rotation with album artwork and Genius “Behind the Lyrics”  User can click for more information
  • 13. Some examples…  Relaxed Rob is listening to a Spotify playlist on his freemium account when he hears a song that he really enjoys. He looks at his phone and sees a message from the band with a link to more information. Rob clicks to learn more.  Music Mike is listening to a band he loves when he gets a message on screen displaying ticket information for a newly announced concert in his town. Mike decides that it would be a fun time and clicks through to buy tickets.
  • 14. From the artist’s perspective  Artist logs into Spotify for Artists  Tabs to the messages feature  Submits form with message and targeting info
  • 15. Some examples…  Singing Sarah just opened a merchandise store on her website and wants to invite her listeners to check it out. She uses the new messaging feature to drive traffic to her site.  Big Band is reissuing a classic album on vinyl and wants to offer hard core fans a discount on the preorder. They create a message delivering the coupon code to heavy listeners.
  • 16. How will we measure success?  Click through rate – 3-5%  Usage by artists – 50%  Frequency of messages – 2/month
  • 17. Go to Market Plan – Pre Launch  Limited beta release  Partner with mid-sized artists to test feature  Listeners do not need to be alerted  Create informational materials for artists and stakeholders
  • 18. Go to Market Plan – Launch  Make sure artists and stakeholders are set  On call for any questions or issues  1 week of beta testing  Collect feedback and aggregate data  Make decision on wide launch
  • 19. Go to Market Plan – Post Launch  Update website, blog, and email newsletter  Publicity campaign for industry recognition  Technology & Music publications
  • 20. Let’s do this!  Artist Mobile Messaging  Increase artist and listener engagement  Transform Spotify into a complete music ecosystem