January 2012
1 post
Dropcards speaks to Favored Nations Records
[As part of our continuing client spotlight series, we are exploring the opinions, advice, and experiences of some of the brightest minds in the entertainment industry. Please feel free to be part of the conversation by emailing us hello@dropcards.com.]
Favored Nations is an independent label started by guitar hero Steve Vai. Household name Guitar Heroes like Tommy Emmanuel, Andy Timmons, Eric...
December 2011
2 posts
Dropcards Holiday Savings
Bust out the stockings. It’s that time of the year when all of your fans, loved ones, and loyal followers get download cards. We honestly can’t think of a better gift idea. To help alleviate the stress of your holiday shopping, we’ll be offering 20% your orders until January 15th and throw in some free ground shipping* when you use coupon code: HOLIDAYSROCK on your next order. Check out...
Get Dropcards Through Your Orchard Account!
Our friends at The Orchard recently launched The Orchard Marketplace, a collection of discounted sales, marketing and business tools for artists and labels, and Dropcards is among the apps offered!
The Marketplace is one of many handy solutions that The Orchard offers to its clients through an organized account dashboard. These tools, which are intended to make your life a lot easier,...
November 2011
2 posts
Dropcards speaks to Century Media
[As part of our continuing client spotlight series, we are exploring the opinions, advice, and experiences of some of the brightest minds in the entertainment industry. Please feel free to be part of the conversation by emailing us hello@dropcards.com.]
Century Media Records became a major independent label in the 1990’s with the signing of bands like Iced Earth, Eyehategod, and Nevermore....
Fall into Dropcards
Fall is finally here on the East Coast of the US. The weather is getting colder, the leaves are turning brown, and the worst part is there’s no more baseball until Spring training. That said, we’re droppin’ some knowledge on you with an interview with Century Media COO Brian Sharp and talking about our recent project for Batman: Arkman City. Let’s get started, shall we?
Got Video games?...
September 2011
1 post
Check Out Our New Dashboard. It’s Cool #%@!.
Dropcards, the industry leader in custom music download cards for bands and artists, is proud to announce the release of our new and improved client services dashboard. The new and improved web application allows customers to manage their download card projects in a better online environment that takes advantage of advances in web technologies, the most notable of which being HTML5. Users will...
August 2011
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Hand out some Dropcards this summer.
Remember merch tables? They are these wooden, sometimes plastic objects that display your band’s merchandise for people who like your music and want to buy some stuff. Sometimes they hold t-shirts, LP’s, and various items with your bands name printed on them. I recently visited some of these at a music festival this summer and was happy to see a lot of Dropcards sprawled out with signs that...
July 2011
2 posts
Dropcards Summer Style
Roll out the lawn chairs and coolers! It’s that time of the year again. A new summer of music events and releases is underway, and in preparation our staff is standing by to help out with all of your download card needs. With a range of sizes, Dropcards is your one stop shop for promotional Dropcards and Droptags in our standard, event pass, or VIP pass sizes. Give your fans a souvenir...
We're Hiring: General Manager
About our company
Established in 2007, Dropcards works with some of the world’s largest entertainment companies and consumer brands to create music download cards and code based promotions. Our clients range from local musicians and independent record companies to major labels, movie studios and Fortune 500 consumer brands.
We are located in the New York Metro area of New Jersey, USA. You can...
May 2011
2 posts
Pre-Sell Your Album With Dropcards
Pre-selling an album is one of the easiest ways to generate a buzz and get fans excited about your new record. Selling a download card puts the album in your fans hand before it’s even available. It also gives you time to plan your pre-sale strategy and reward your fans along the way.
The key to a good pre-sale is to carefully plan ahead and send a clear message to your fans about the perks of...
Dropcards Webinar Time!
We’ll be having a quick webinar to introduce you to who we are and what we do. Visit our registration page HERE to sign up for the presentation on Thursday May 26th at 3:00PM EST.
April 2011
1 post
Add downloads to your record pressings.
Whether you’re an artist or a record pressing company, we have the tools you need to add digital downloads to your vinyl records.
We’re not here to overcomplicate things, but only help you understand how incredibly simple yet valuable 45RPM inserts can be to your customers and their fans. Here are a few reasons why choosing 45RPM by Dropcards is a good idea:
1) It’s a turn key solution. We...
March 2011
1 post
Another great year in Austin.
It’s taken a few days for us to get re-adjusted now that we’re back in New Jersey. Our trip to Austin was well worth it and we’re really missing those 80 degree days. Did we mention it’s snowing here?
There were a lot of highlights to the trip, including seeing a ton of new bands (our wonderful customers), seeing famous people (which as it turns out are not the friendliest when you try and take...
February 2011
2 posts
Can you design nice looking websites? Want some...
Hello! Come work here!
About our company Dropcards is a young and energetic music download card company located in Parsippany, NJ. We specialize in music download promotions for some of the biggest names in the music and entertainment industries. Our clients include indie and major music labels as well as consumer brands, authors, filmmakers, and bands. You can learn more about us...
It's time to head to Austin!
Dropcards will be heading south to Austin, TX on March 15th for music week! We’re setting up shop right in the heart of it all and looking forward to seeing some familiar faces. Shoot us an email with your showcase info; we’d love to see you too! Like previous years, we’ll be offering some promos to help you cut costs on your Dropcards campaigns for the festival. Follow...
January 2011
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December 2010
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November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
5 posts
Dropcards at BIMA Fest 2010 - Recap
This year Dropcards was a proud supporter of BIMA Fest 2010. Our friend David Andler gives us the night by night run down on how this year’s festival went down.
Night 1 - As the sun began to set Friday night, the VIP Party at Hour Haus was filling up, promising a long and fun filled night ahead. The party, whose guest list read like a partial who’s who of the Baltimore music scene, featured hors...
August 2010
4 posts
July 2010
7 posts
It seems like more and more artists are using their Dropcards to deliver their live shows. With a general decline in ticket sales this summer it’s no wonder artists want to give attending fans as much as possible. We all know that part of the post-show nostalgia nowadays is going online and finding clips other fans have posted. Of course there will always be the mediocre camera phone videos...
[We love hearing what our clients have to say about music, life, and our industry in general. It’s nice to just hit the brakes and get a conversation started, you know? We’ll be running a series of posts that explore the opinions, advise, and experiences our customers have had in the music industry. Please feel free to be part of the conversation by emailing me at melissa@dropcards.com.]
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Flood Relief
Dropcards is proud to support NYC Loves Nashville, a benefit concert to help raise money for flood relief. This past May record breaking flooding devastated most of Nashville, TN and in an effort to raise funds for the Music City, former resident musicians initiated this concert. The show is being held in downtown New York City this month and proceeds from the concert will be donated to the...
June 2010
9 posts
Free Image Editing Sites
Step one in creating your custom Dropcards is designing them. We offer design services, as well as templates on our website so you can whip up your creative and send it over all ready to go. Occasionally clients ask us if we know any ways around having to download the Adobe Creative Suite for their project. I would say Paint, but we all know how that would turn out. I recently came across a few...
