Artists of the world can officially rejoice. CD Baby, the largest online distributor of independent music, has just released its new app. The Music Store on Facebook App allows existing CD Baby artists to sell, share, and stream their music directly from a Fan Page.

Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, Angela Crocker believes that social networking is part art and part science and that it can be done in no time at all. She is the creator and CEO of Beachcomber Communications and the author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Social Network."

Cendrine Marrouat: Hello Angela, it is great to have you. What initially attracted you to social media and why did you decide to specialize in social networking? 

Emerging artists can now show off their content and get discovered more easily thanks to a new platform that combines interactivity with user-friendliness.

Since the demise and recent sale of MySpace for $35 million, independent artists have found themselves forced to rely more and more on YouTube and Facebook. While they certainly are powerful promotional tools, these two platforms are saturated with new content on a daily basis, which makes it increasingly challenging for artists to be seen and heard.

The other day, I wrote an article about a new social media platform called Jaspud.com. After I was done publishing it on Digital Journal, I asked myself the following question: Do we really need another network to connect with people?

I have grown tired of Facebook. While I love the fact that the platform allows me to showcase what I do through my Fan Page, I honestly find that the social network has become unreliable. Too many changes occur too often. You never know what will happen next, and for someone like me, who does everything on their own, it is annoying to have to spend hours figuring out any new change.

Since its launch at the end of last month, Google+ has garnered a great deal of (well-deserved) attention. Hundreds of thousands of people have been busy testing it out, asking questions, sharing tips, and casually chatting with one another.

Are you among the lucky ones who have been invited to use Google Plus? And are you looking for tips to make the most of this very promising social networking site? If so, this article is for you! Here are 10 tricks that you may want to implement right away.  

Google Plus vanity URL

For the moment, users of Google+ cannot claim their vanity URLs. However, there are ways to get around that problem.

In this day and age, information flies from every corner of the Internet. Users are literally bombarded with content at any moment of the day. Whether it is Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or other major networking sites, this social media maze can be very challenging to navigate.

The challenge is even greater for entrepreneurs and brands, who always have to find novel ways to reach customers where they are the most likely to respond. These days, it would be computers and mobile devices.

Are you familiar with About.me and Google Profiles — now part of Google+? If so, you will certainly enjoy using Infostripe.

The following is a guest post by Joseph Baker. His bio is at the end of the article.

Like millions of other people, I have a Facebook page.  I fought against the trend for years before I finally accepted an invitation to join, and we have been inseparable since.  I recently bought my first smart phone, and the Facebook app was one of the first things I installed.  This site offers me the opportunity to reconnect with old friends and learn more about new ones, and has added a source of entertainment to my dull life.

Spam happens when a person sends unsolicited bulk messages indiscriminately. It is the case with e-mails. However, spam also affects social networking sites. When Myspace became a vast spamming pool for artists, people started to join Facebook en masse.

Well, guess what? Spam is back with a vengeance! And this time, it is taking over Facebook. So what can be done to avoid being spammed or at least minimize it?

Why do many entrepreneurs fail on Facebook? Usually because they use their personal profiles to mix pleasure with business and promote their products and services to the wrong crowd. And when they have Fan Pages, they focus on numbers rather than on branding and interacting with fans.