Some tools to help you advertise your venue during NEOS

The NEOS team have put together several helpful tools for you to promote your venue and NEOS event. Below you will find links to blank posters (in several formats), web banner ads (with cut and paste code for your site), official logos & branding and several ideas for links to external promotion services. If you have any questions or suggestions for the list, please send us an email!

info@northeastopenstudios.co.uk

Web Banner Ads

Phil Thompson has created a range of images you can choose to use to link to the NEOS site from your website, (cut and paste the code below into your page).

You can also customise the link to show your own individual entry! Change the <A Href...> part to :

<a href="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/individual.asp?name=your entry name">

Change the name="" to your entry name
(e.g. name="Philip Thompson")

300 x 93 pixels

<a href="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/"> <img src="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/images/banners/NEOS_ad01.gif" alt="visit the north east open studios website " title="NEOS - north east open studios " width="300" height="93" /></a>

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465 x 53 pixels

<a href="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/"> <img src="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/images/banners/NEOS_ad02.gif" alt="visit the north east open studios website " title="NEOS - north east open studios " width="465" height="53" /></a>

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150 x 176 pixels

<a href="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/"> <img src="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/images/banners/NEOS_ad03.gif" alt="visit the north east open studios website " title="NEOS - north east open studios " width="150" height="176" /></a>

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203 x 53 pixels

<a href="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/"> <img src="http://www.northeastopenstudios.co.uk/images/banners/NEOS_ad04.gif" alt="visit the north east open studios website " title="NEOS - north east open studios " width="203" height="53" /></a>

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Poster templates

NEOS have prepared several blank poster templates in word, powepoint and PDF for you to print out. you can always make you own too! Check out the downloads page for them.

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Logos and Branding

To help promote NEOS - you can add any of the NEOS logos to your printwork or websites, if you need to re-size or have a different format - please do not hesitate to contact us (info@northeastopenstudios.co.uk) and we will try to help in any way we can.

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Promotional Ideas & Support

There are other things you can do to promote your NEOS event and practice in general. There are several websites you can register with which can showcase your work, and provide opportunities and listings you are involved with.

AberdeenshireArts - An extensive list of Artists and Organisations who operate in and around Aberdeenshire. You can add your details to their database for free and advertise up and coming shows via the What's On page.

Creative Cultures Scotland - A free online directory catering for all the creative sectors in the North East of Scotland. Creative Cultures also provides a free directory listing - providing you with a fully editable [age for you to link blogs, youTube, Flickr and much more. They also provide a free blogging tool so you can keep your site up to date with news.

Growing Audiences North East (GANE), funded by Creative Scotland and Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire council, aims to help cultural organisations and creative individuals increase audiences for their activities. GANE offers a wide range of free and paid services, including free tip-sheets and other downloads from the GANE website, training opportunities, marketing health checks, tailor-made projects and campaigns and much more.

The Cultural Enterprise Office (CEO) is Scotland's specialist business support and development service for creative and cultural businesses and individuals. Their vision is to support the development and sustainability of Scotland's vibrant creative community, whose success contributes to Scotland's cultural and economic life.

www.a-n.co.uk. AN magazine & website is a subscription only service which offers fast routes in to an information-rich resource for all interested in the visual arts. Their features and content along with areas for specific communities are designed to represent the multiple voices and wide range of activities and industry insights within contemporary visual arts.

Creative Scotland is the lead body for the funding, development and advocacy of the arts in Scotland. They offer a unique national perspective on the arts and audiences. Their strategic leadership is underpinned by specialist knowledge and experience in the management and delivery of the arts at national and international level.