Fran Vincent

Fran Vincent is the author of MySpace for Musicians: The Comprehensive Guide to Marketing Your Music Online, and founder and president of Retro Island Productions, Inc., a social media, Web PR, and music-industry consulting firm. Before starting her own company, she spent six years as the marketing and public relations specialist for Warner Bros. Publications, a division of Warner Music Group. Fran has previously worked at some of America’s most prestigious companies, including AOL Time Warner, General Motors, Campbell-Ewald Advertising (Chevrolet’s agency of record for almost 100 years), and Independent Newspapers. She has authored articles for Electronic Musician and InTune magazines and holds a master’s degree in music business (a hybrid music and business degree) from the University of Miami and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Oakland University. Fran is also an accomplished musician, performer, and college instructor, and has taught music licensing, marketing, public relations, and management courses at the University of Miami. She now resides in the Detroit area and continues to work with music, marketing, and social media clients around the world.

Visit Fran’s Web site at http://franv.snappages.com