Friday, August 18, 2017

Music for the Solar Eclipse: Playlist is Available on August 20



On August 21, 2017, the Great American Solar Eclipse will cast its shadow and darken the skies across much of the U.S.A, and serve up a spectacular sight for observers all over North America.

What better way to take in this big event at your Bowling Center than with the perfect solar eclipse background music?

“Dark Side of the Tune” is a new playlist created by our music experts just for the event, and will be available in your player on August 20 in the Seasonal playlists section.

The playlist is 2 hours and 15 minutes of sun and moon-themed music, such as “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” by Elton John, “Ain’t No Sunshine” by Bill Withers, “Dancing in the Dark” by Bruce Springsteen, and of course, “Total Eclipse of the Heart” by Bonnie Tyler.


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Monday, December 5, 2016

New Years Eve Day

Create an all-day celebration with your music, music video and digital signage system. 

Why limit the New Years Eve countdown to ten seconds? With the Bowling Music Network, your twelve-hour countdown automatically starts at noon! Countdown’s can also start at 6:00 PM or 8:00 PM.

Every half hour, your screens will light up with a notification of how long until the New Year.
At 11pm, the frequency increases, right up to the Bowling Music Network signature New Year’s Eve ten second countdown with Auld Lang Syne and a megamix of party hits to turn the party up.

Your screens will come to life with fireworks and you can add your own Video Text messages to create your branded experience.

Hosting daytime parties? No problem, we have pre-formatted countdowns. This is a ten-minute program including announcements to build up the countdown, countdown, and Auld Lang Syne.

Be sure to utilize our New Years Eve Infotainment to let your customers know you are the New Year Eve Celebration Headquarters!
Please contact us if you would like our Subscriber Success Manager help you create your custom New Year Party!






Thursday, September 8, 2016

Bowling Music Network introduces 3 Adult Fun Leagues to Fill Your Second Shift


Your first shift leagues are thriving and you’ve got your basic competitive league night rituals down-pat. But what about those holes of time during the week that could use a little energy? Those dead hours don’t have to stay that way Bowling Music Network can help! With a little creativity, networking within your community and thinking beyond bowling you can transform quiet times into one of your most fun, profitable and desired hours.

Where to start?
  1. Your first step is to think beyond bowling. Are there any fun trends or popular attractions in your community that you could piggy-back on by incorporating into theme night?
  2. Try a new demographic. You’ve got your bowling center's target audience covered, but what about setting something up that interests a younger, older or different type of crowd?
  3. Partner with your community. Is there another business or organization that might be interested in co-hosting a new league, theme or event? Talk to neighboring businesses and brainstorm ideas that can elevate your marketing efforts and boost your bottom line.
Looking for more in-depth ideas and tips to help breathe life into your second shift? Search no further! Our friend and Bowling Music Network Subscriber Collin Kerschner knows what it takes to create a successful league. Collin was kind enough to share his secrets to success and three tried-and-true league themes in the free guide: 3 Adult Fun Leagues to Fill Your Second Shift


Thursday, May 5, 2016

Song shares give you valuable—and free—brand impressions on Facebook

What if there was an app that promoted your bowling center every time someone requested a song? Introducing the myJAM social music jukebox.


Facebook is huge. You know this, and you know that chances are most of your customers are using it to some degree. You probably even use Facebook for marketing your bowling center—announcing specials or upcoming events, posting photos or videos, and so on. But have you ever thought about how your customers, by sharing what they’re doing to their Facebook network, could also help to promote your business?

To help us get a sense of how powerful Facebook can be, let’s take a look at some numbers. In its December 2015 usage figures, the social network reported a total of almost 1.6 billion users around the world—in other words, more than one out of every five people on the planet has a Facebook account. In the United States and Canada, 219 million people access Facebook at least once a month and, incredibly, 169 million of those users (or about 65%) access the site on a daily basis. An important side note to consider is that, according to Facebook itself, over time the percentage of users who visit the site at least once per day is increasing. In short, more people are using Facebook and doing it more often. So what does all this mean for your center?

The main takeaway has to be that Facebook is too big to ignore, and you need to make sure your strategy for using the power of social networking is well thought-out and is paying dividends back to your business. If you’ve done some serious marketing through Facebook, you’re aware of how their paid advertising model works, targeting users who are local to you with the advertising message you’ve developed. But how do you make sure you’re effectively targeting the right audience? With your Facebook advertising, it can be easy to end up with an ad that has a reach that’s too broad, with the result being a poor response rate and, ultimately, poor value for your social media advertising dollars.

Thisis where myJAM comes in. With myJAM, there’s now a way for you to enlist your customers to work as your brand ambassadors, spreading the word about your venue to their social networks in a manner that gives you more value than you’ll receive from just placing ads on Facebook.

When you enable access to myJAM in your music system, you can encourage your customers to download and use the myJAM app. Once they’ve done so, they can use it to “check in” to your center and make song requests—then share all of this with their Facebook social network. Keeping in mind that your customers’ social networks are, in general, going to be largely composed of people from the same demographic, this means that these Facebook shares are inherently targeted to potential customers very similar to the ones you already have. And not only that—when a customer uses myJAM to share on Facebook, that share is particularly valuable because it’s tied to a customer who is actively at your establishment right now.

As an example of how quickly this sharing can multiply, imagine that you receive 50 song requests through the myJAM app one typical evening, and then imagine that only half of those song requests are shared to individual customers’ Facebook networks. If each of those networks contains the statistical average of 250 friends, that works out to as many as 6250 Facebook views of the shares your customers made on that one night. Given the 2015 average cost of Facebook ad impressions at $5.99 per thousand, our example would result in a benefit to you of $37.44 in free Facebook advertising. Even if only half that number of friends saw the share in their News Feed, over the course of your busiest days (let’s say Thursday-Sunday), that’s almost $75 in brand impressions on Facebook that you didn’t need to lift a finger to make happen! This is the real power and value of myJAM.




As a bowling center owner, you want to get the best impact for your marketing dollars, while ensuring that your advertising is as targeted as possible. With myJAM, because your customers are making social networking shares organically, you’re able to increase the reach of your Facebook advertising while ensuring that it’s being precisely targeted—all at no cost to you. In short, if your venue isn’t currently using myJAM as part of your overall marketing strategy, you have to ask yourself: “Why not?”


Want to get started with myJAM? Contact us and we’ll take it from there!

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Drive Sales with Bowling Music's March Madness Marketing Tools!

It’s almost spring and you know what that means, it’s time to “March in for Some Hoops”. Working closely with our subscribers, we’ve found a number of ways to utilize their Music and Music Video Systems to pack their venues for March Madness!

Ice cold beers, hot wings, and their favourite teams on your screens! Ensure your customers know your venue is the destination for College Hoops in March. Take your pick from our library of Digital Signage and promotional announcements to promote games, events, and specials.

Utilize “Smart Marketing” templates in your Music and Music Video System to integrate Infotainment with your high-energy playlists. Your Subscriber Success Managers can bring all the excitement of court-side seats to your venue with a single click!



Whether they are cheering for Kentucky, or betting on Virginia, keep your customers coming back for more. Let the Bowling Music Network help bring all the madness of March to your venue, it’s what we do best!



Click below for a free online demo and see how Bowling Music Network’s turn-key solutions help build businesses like yours.

Monday, December 14, 2015

Taking care of business means taking care of people!

The holiday season is a time to fill our lives with music, fellowship, family and cheer. The reality is, this is not the case for all the members of communities.


Taking part in the Business Cares food drive has become a holiday tradition at Bowling Music Network. We believe that taking care of business means taking care of people.

We're very fortunate to be part of a growing company in our vibrant community. As a successful organization, we believe it is our responsibility to assist those in our community that need a helping hand over the holidays.

It's staggering to learn that over 40% of our community's food bank clients are children. Our entire team is committed to do our part to help families in our community.

We're grateful for the dedicated subscribers to our networks and our incredible team that consistently contribute to our success. They make it possible for us to be part of Business Cares.



Happy holidays from us all at Bowling Music Network.  We ask that you also consider those in your community that could benefit from your generosity this holiday season.

Monday, December 7, 2015

New Years Eve Day

Create an all day celebration with your music, music video and digital signage system.

Why limit the New Years Eve countdown to ten seconds? With the Bowling Music Network, your twelve hour countdown automatically starts at noon!

Every half hour, your screens will light up with a notification of how long until the New Year.
At 11pm, the frequency increases, right up to the Bowling Music Network signature New Year’s Eve ten second countdown with Auld Lang Syne and a mega mix of party hits to turn the party up.

Your screens will come to life with fireworks and a crystal ball. Add your own Video Text messages to create your branded experience.

Hosting daytime parties? No problem, we have pre formatted countdown downs. This is a ten minute program including announcements to build up the countdown, countdown, and Auld Lang Syne.

Be sure to utilize our New Years Eve Infotainment to let your customers know you are the New Year Eve Celebration Headquarters!
Please contact us if you would like our Subscriber Success Manager help you create your custom New Year Party!