If you’ve used Mint.com, Dropbox or any site that uses the standard top notification bar then you’ve probably seen the “planned maintenance” notification or the “balance is low” warning. The two aforementioned sites are exceptionally good when it comes to UI design and interaction, but some sites just get it wrong. Here are a few tips that can help when designing one of these systems.
Champion Sound
Champion Sound is a free promotion tool for musicians, promoters and venues. As a group of lifelong music fans, we masterminded this concept, which is currently in private beta. Champion Sound is an example of our karmic approach to business, as it provides a product and service where everyone involved benefits - from the musician to the promoter to the fan.
Like the tag-line on the website says, Champion Sound is a free email promotion tool for musicians, promoters & venues. We have been in the email promotion business for a while and we’ve seen a lot of musicians and artists come through our dt.Communicate application. The biggest problem we have seen though is that a lot of musicians simply don’t have the scratch to pay for a decent email promotion – enter Champion Sound.
Through a well designed, sponsored email template, we are removing the cost to the user and passing it off to niche targeted advertisers. Only sponsors who are directly involved in the music industry are allowed to participate in the Champion Sound system. By limiting the types of advertisers that can be involved in sponsoring emails, all the content that musicians send to their subscribers stays relevant and doesn’t conflict with their message.
Champion Sound was created with the intention of enabling musicians and venues to simply, easily, and most importantly, cheaply promote themselves so they can better make a living off their trade. Right now we’re focusing on building a kick-ass experience for sending out email blasts, but Champion Sound won’t stop there. We figure, why stop at email? Why not make this into a full fledged promotion tool; let artists promote themselves and take out the middle-man. Keep an eye out on our blog for updates as Champion Sound evolves.
Services Utilized
- Web Strategy
- Research & Planning
- User Interface Design
- Interaction Design
- XHTML / CSS
- Logo Identity Design
- Ruby on Rails Integration
News & Updates
Tips For Site-Wide Announcements
September 10, 2009Extending the Capabilities of Web Apps, 140 Characters at a Time.
May 12, 2009Working on a slick web application like Champion Sound is a real joy, and keeping up with the times can be challenging. These days Twitter is becoming a household name, and Facebook already is, so it makes sense that Champion Sound should play nicely with these two platforms. If you want to get the word out, email is only part of the solution in today’s social climate. Short messaging has been on a rise since it became popular on mobile phones like the Nokia 5100 series in the late ’90s, and it’s still with us and stronger than ever today.
Champion Sound Scores Coverage With Mashable and BPM
February 27, 2009Champion Sound scored a bit of coverage in the last week thanks to some music related blog posts. We were recently featured in Mashable. The Guest List application also got some nice coverage on music in BPM, a magazine covering music, nightlife, tech and style.
New Champion Sound Features, Video and Mobile Application
February 20, 2009We’ve recently built a mobile marketing tool that allows musicians to manage their fan base in the studio, on the go or at the club wherever they may be. Venues can ditch the clipboard and manage guest lists or VIP lists via their mobile phone with our free guest list management tool. Event promoters can add fans to their marketing list or email last-minute reminders from wherever they may be. The mobile version of the broadcast and guest list management tool is available on the iPhone and Blackberry, as well as many other mobile phone models.
New Champion Sound Features Launched!
April 16, 2008Champion Sound launched into Private Beta about two months ago and we’ve been hammering this puppy hard, plugging holes, adding a few features, squashing a few bugs, etc., etc. Well, we just launched a few awesome features that will make email blast creation super simple.
Get your free email marketing!
October 31, 2007dt has just announced a new web app designed specifically for DJs, musicians and bands. Its our first and the first of its kind really. After all, email marketing is not that cheap, it also is hard to use for the novice marketer. We set our to solve that through ChampionSound.com.