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It’s also a time where graphic designers show off their best work of the year.  All of the year’s worth of designs come down to one special night.

Here are a few good New Years Eve flyers that we’ve found by scouring the internet.

Do you have other flyers to show us?  Submit a flyer to flyers@nightlifemarketingresource.com and we’ll categorize them and feature them in a post.

As New Years rolls around, we’re already getting a taste of great graphic design and web development in the area of NYE Mini-Sites. Feast your eyes with these examples, it’s not too late to get yours up to par!

In no particular order, here are 5 great examples of promoters, nightclubs or event coordinators really embracing the power of mini-sites to drive more interest to their events.

We salute you!

P.S.  Do you have any examples to show us?  Write them in the comments below and we’ll do a “Part 2″ of this posting.

New Years Forever Miami

Event by Vitamin C Communications

Chicago NYE Ball

Event by React Presents and Surreal Chicago

New Years Eve LA

Event by Go Ventures

Official Playboy New Years Eve Celebration Chicago

Event by Global Adrenaline

Alesso Wall Miami W South Beach

Event by Wall Miami

We found this great article written by The Creative Complex with the various characteristics you need to be looking for when hiring a graphic design firm or freelance designer for your jobs.

Link to Full Article on The Creative Complex

Ok, so as I’m sure you all know Dubstep is the new rave and all the kiddies favorite new thing. Ask 10 twenty-somethings that say they love it what it actually is though and 9 of them will look at you like you just asked them to solve a calculus problem without giving them a TI-83 to figure it out.

Point is, its a fad.

We’re not saying its not good, we’re just letting you in on some of the designs so you can ride the wave too!  Dubstep’s lifespan is obviously showing to be a longer-than-usual trend, but that’s the perplexity of fads….
Here are some more dubstep flyers for your inspiration.

Whether you are like graffiti style visuals, illustration, custom type treatment, electro style artwork, grunge or metal style flyers or something totally unique you can be sure that dubstep flyers can give you all of this in ONE shot!  Whether you have a new club night to promote or a venue to create hype about, these flyers have maximum impact and engage with the dubstep audience.

Enjoy these 8, and we’ll be following up with more!

Please comment and let us know what you think.

What do you guys think?

Seeing QR codes everywhere?

Well you can thank smartphones for the most part as they all pretty much come loaded with QR code readers these days and marketers are aware.

Combine this with the fact that they easily  enhance any real world promotion, and you have a very powerful new marketing tool in your aresenal.  However many new nightlife venues are using it wrong.

What Should a Good QR Code Do?

It should forward users to a mobile-friendly webpage with functionality built for your audience and event. We notice the following themes occur over and over again: Exclusivity, rich media, downloads, social media, incentives like prizes and contests, and contextual relevance. Should all be used to give your audience incentive.  For a Nightlife Venue, there are certain Must-Haves for your event.

For example, providing immediate music playback via an online service like YouTube or Vimeo will help promote a new artist. Show a bio along with performance and venue information will help you promote your event. Allow users to “Like” on Facebook and follow on Twitter will give you free traffic.

Other ideas would be to create VIP access contest, or give away free gear/schwag that has to do with the event/sponsor.  Many large scale marketing promotions/campaigns can be scaled down to work with mobile/QR promotion.

Also if you have any sponsors for your event/ party , your mobile site is a good “added-value” for them.   Getting your sponsors more visitors from your site will not only make them more likely to sponsor more events with you, but also get them to help you with bigger contests and etc down the road.

Using QR Codes at Your Event

Put your QR code on every single piece of promotional material you have. This goes for every marketer. Posters, flyers, stickers, merchandise tags, press kits, temporary tattoos; The more unusual the better, coasters, condoms, and anything else you can think of is a good start.

What Not To Do

• Don’t use proprietary code formats like those from AT&T Barcode Services or any other that requires a particular scanning app to work. Your QR code should simply contain a URL directing to your mobile web presence. You can easily create a free QR code with services like bit.ly or goo.gl .
• Don’t link to a non-mobile-optimized site, or (heaven forbid) any pages containing Flash.
• Don’t forget to prominently place a compelling call-to-action (e.g. “Scan to Win”) near the QR code so that your audience immediately knows why they should bother scanning your code.
• Don’t forget to test-scan the proofs for your creative. Make sure your QR code works as intended before you produce a bunch of collateral. Can’t tell you how many times I have seen this error.

Woah.. Drunk.. Trippy affect

Great image!!

Really unique style!

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. -George Santayana

Leave a comment to let us know which flyers are you favorite from this week?

5& ADime holding it down!

Love the 80′s Comic book style ..

two flyers from the Overthrow Group this time around =)

Get beautifully designed nightclub flyers, customized to your liking, within 24 hours.  That’s the elevator pitch from a new online graphic design website called www.nightlifeflyertemplates.com.

Promoter Suite, a suite of brands that help nightlife industry professionals improve their digital marketing, developed the website after seeing a need for beautiful graphic design – done fast – at a reasonable cost.

“The flyers are all ready to go.  You just browse the website, find the one that fits the event you need it for, and Nightlife Flyer Templates customizes it to your liking,” says Luis Ramirez, brand manager for the e-commerce website.

How It Works

Using the NightlifeFlyerTemplates website, the customer simply selects a design template, purchases and requests customization.  NFT thereby create a ready to print file or web file. NFT‘s continually growing library of creative designs caters to a variety of nightlife professionals.

Exceptional Graphic Design.

The exceptional customizable templates are created and produced by award-winning graphic designers and seasoned production artists.

StockLayouts benefits its customers by:

• Saving money per design project.
• Significantly reducing the time it takes to design marketing materials.
• Providing immediate visibility access to creative content via the Internet.
• Putting a higher quality of design within reach of small venues and promotion groups.
• Making professional designs affordable for all.
• Providing trouble-free prepress for commercial printers.

For additional information, contact an Account Manager or call (888) 455-6689.

What do you guys think about this concept?  Comment below.