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| flystyler |
| quote: | Originally posted by terminal
are you going to make it a regular thing? or just one-offs every now and then? |
Hopefully havin one say every 3 months, or more maybe, but as X says, depends on this one :D |
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| jonsimmonds |
| quote: | Originally posted by terminal
do you pay to put them up?
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no, leeds council was gettin pissed of with amount of fly postering in general, so they made massive drums for all the posters etc, and threatened posters that wernt on drums with harsh action, free to use, untill someone covers up ur poster i asume, then u got to wack on another one etc... |
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| mos man |
| quote: | Originally posted by terminal
first off, i dont know any of you so, hi.
i've quickly skimmed the topic because there is so much so forgive me if i have missed anything.
just a few bits of advice for the guys organising this event.
printing usually takes 4 working days + delivery. so if you get your artwork to the printers and signed off for about 10am on monday you will get your flyers by friday.
for your first event it is the norm to PR round about bars and at any big related club nights for 4 weeks before the event. Your PR schedule should look something like this:
Friday 24/1/2003
Saturday 25/1/2003
Friday 31/1/2003
Saturday 1/2/2003
Friday 7/2/2003
Saturday 8/2/2003
Friday 14/2/2003
The first weekend can be missed out depending on the size of the city.
You will need 2 people to go round the bars handing out flyers on these nights.
It may also be an idea to hand out 2-4-1/half price and/or free passes to lure people in or something like offering half price entry before midnight (im assuming its open 11-3).
the time to give out passes is on the night and if anyopne seems really keen to come, the weekend before.
it also helps to go round shope asking if you can put flyers on the counter: mostly clothes and shoe shops. you will have probably seen other people flyers in places: go there. put flyers in local record shops too.
If you havent already chosen a printer then start getting some quotes NOW!
Most printers will accept the artwork in Photoshop, Illustrator, TIFF and JPEG format. Resolution should be 300 dpi and it should be in CMYK format.
GET A VENUE CONFIRMED NOW, its getting rather late to secure one.
Get the DJ's confirmed then you can start thinking about the running order.
The design for the flyers can get done now and add the names in later.
and probably most importantly: who are the backers for this venture? (ie whos stumping up the cash)
is this a one-off or is it going to be a monthly thing?
what is the capacity of the venue? do you think you can fill it: be realistic and very pessimistic about numbers. this is a new night and unless you are booking 'named' DJs noone will know the people on the bill - it will take a lot to drag them in.
just a few points for consideration. im not trying to put you guys down at all, just making sure you are aware of what needs to be done so that the nights not going to be a flop before its even started. |
nice one dude |
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| DJ Fundamental |
| quote: | Originally posted by terminal
first off, i dont know any of you so, hi.
i've quickly skimmed the topic because there is so much so forgive me if i have missed anything.
just a few bits of advice for the guys organising this event.
printing usually takes 4 working days + delivery. so if you get your artwork to the printers and signed off for about 10am on monday you will get your flyers by friday.
for your first event it is the norm to PR round about bars and at any big related club nights for 4 weeks before the event. Your PR schedule should look something like this:
Friday 24/1/2003
Saturday 25/1/2003
Friday 31/1/2003
Saturday 1/2/2003
Friday 7/2/2003
Saturday 8/2/2003
Friday 14/2/2003
The first weekend can be missed out depending on the size of the city.
You will need 2 people to go round the bars handing out flyers on these nights.
It may also be an idea to hand out 2-4-1/half price and/or free passes to lure people in or something like offering half price entry before midnight (im assuming its open 11-3).
the time to give out passes is on the night and if anyopne seems really keen to come, the weekend before.
it also helps to go round shope asking if you can put flyers on the counter: mostly clothes and shoe shops. you will have probably seen other people flyers in places: go there. put flyers in local record shops too.
If you havent already chosen a printer then start getting some quotes NOW!
Most printers will accept the artwork in Photoshop, Illustrator, TIFF and JPEG format. Resolution should be 300 dpi and it should be in CMYK format.
GET A VENUE CONFIRMED NOW, its getting rather late to secure one.
Get the DJ's confirmed then you can start thinking about the running order.
The design for the flyers can get done now and add the names in later.
and probably most importantly: who are the backers for this venture? (ie whos stumping up the cash)
is this a one-off or is it going to be a monthly thing?
what is the capacity of the venue? do you think you can fill it: be realistic and very pessimistic about numbers. this is a new night and unless you are booking 'named' DJs noone will know the people on the bill - it will take a lot to drag them in.
just a few points for consideration. im not trying to put you guys down at all, just making sure you are aware of what needs to be done so that the nights not going to be a flop before its even started. |
Some good advice there mate...
Looks like I'll be there, providing I can get time off work... |
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| Wicked Neo |
OK - update as of today
Andy who is the manager of H&H leeds is still not decided on feb 14th as its also valentines day and they may be running one of their own themed nights on that date.
We've got the venue, that's not a problem, it's just waiting on an available date, one which hopefully will not be a GC night.
DJ's : confirmed are Jon O'Bir and Dj Kuffdam, the others of which i have plenty of choice will be asked to do a set very shortly.
I also have enough talent for the 2nd night too. (3rd and 4th nights as well lol)
As soon as i've got a date then we can get the flyers and posters made up but in the meantime, i thought it may be an idea to do teaser flyers.
as in
Coming soon ! Add:iction
with the logo on it, nothing more, nothing less, just that, it will start to get us noticed and hopefully provoke some interest so when we do flyer with the date, ppl will recognise the name and maybe they will keep the flyer instead of sending it str8 to the gutter.
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| DJ Fundamental |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wicked Neo
As soon as i've got a date then we can get the flyers and posters made up but in the meantime, i thought it may be an idea to do teaser flyers.
as in
Coming soon ! Add:iction
with the logo on it, nothing more, nothing less, just that, it will start to get us noticed and hopefully provoke some interest so when we do flyer with the date, ppl will recognise the name and maybe they will keep the flyer instead of sending it str8 to the gutter.
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Good stuff. Any finalised designs yet? |
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| DJ_FRAZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wicked Neo
i thought it may be an idea to do teaser flyers.
as in
Coming soon ! Add:iction
with the logo on it, nothing more, nothing less.
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yeah, thats an excellent idea.
It really works, think about those TV advertisments where the name of something coming soon just flashes up for like a second.
it leaves everyone talking saying "have u seen that advert saying "....." thats all it says what the hell is it??
it would definateley create some interest and hype. |
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| jonsimmonds |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wicked Neo
Coming soon ! Add:iction
with the logo on it, nothing more, nothing less, just that, it will start to get us noticed and hopefully provoke some interest so when we do flyer with the date, ppl will recognise the name and maybe they will keep the flyer instead of sending it str8 to the gutter.
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wed have to do posters to and then id spam them everywhere and glue them to bus stops! |
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| flystyler |
| quote: | Originally posted by Wicked Neo
As soon as i've got a date then we can get the flyers and posters made up but in the meantime, i thought it may be an idea to do teaser flyers.
as in
Coming soon ! Add:iction
with the logo on it, nothing more, nothing less, just that, it will start to get us noticed and hopefully provoke some interest so when we do flyer with the date, ppl will recognise the name and maybe they will keep the flyer instead of sending it str8 to the gutter.
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Superb idea. Say do it all in black, or really bright, sommit to get it noticed. But just have the logo and in bold underneath it. COMING SOON
Ooh hehe :D |
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| big dave |
| quote: | Originally posted by flystyler
Superb idea. Say do it all in black, or really bright, sommit to get it noticed. But just have the logo and in bold underneath it. COMING SOON
Ooh hehe :D |
i wouldnt do it in black unless its getting stuck to something thats white or at least a bright colour! so maybe the flyers should have a bright background or something to make them standout against dull walls/posters etc! so that it catches the eye easily! |
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| flystyler |
Sommit like that?
Ok a tad large, heh
http://mysite.freeserve.com/ukta/coming_soon.jpg - bung that in ie, and sods law puts this on a black background post, lol :p |
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| tu_face |
good idea neo, its not a problem to get them distributed thruought crasher either... i can give em all to my mates, which is 75% of crasher regulars :) lots of which will b able to get to leeds..
are we still talking the 14th? i need to know bcoz ive told loads of ppl about it hehe |
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