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Marketing a nightclub requires a flexible strategy, one that reaches not just locals, but tourists and transplants too. Having a functional website is an essential part of this strategy.
A website does a lot more than just provide information about your nightclub to customers – a website is an online extension of your brand, accessible to anyone on the web. It can attract new talent, new customers, and new opportunities. Overall, your restaurant website can be the final destination of your marketing efforts, giving potential club-goers an exciting preview of what your club has to offer before they put on their dancing shoes.
Goals for your Nightclub’s Website
The objective of a website is to provide solutions. This could be locating hours of operation for guests or contact information for talent, event planners, and beverage distributors. Whatever it is, your website will deliver these solutions in a manner that’s clear, concise, and, above all, on-brand.
To accomplish this, the first step is to ask yourself why exactly you want a website for your nightclub. This will help you establish clear goals you can successfully work towards.
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Why you Should Build a Nightclub Website
The digital sphere offers powerful marketing tools. Employing them can seem far out of your realm of knowledge. Fortunately, designing, hosting, and maintaining a website isn’t as daunting as it may seem.
It’s now easier than ever to invest in an effective business website without the web building process becoming a burden on your time and energy. It’s time to take the guesswork and frustration out of the process with a clear plan for your site – luckily you found this guide to help make that happen!
Nightclub Website Goals Checklist
The goal of your website is to drive traffic to your business. Evaluate your site’s profit potential by answering the following questions:
What do you want your nightclub’s website to do?
What is the design of your nightclub’s website?
How will your website fit into your marketing strategy?
Where will you host your club’s website?
When should you launch your nightclub’s website?
Who is going to maintain your club’s website?
Nightclub Website Content Strategy
“Content” refers to all the textual and visual information that lives on your website, from hours to images to event posts. Your content strategy is the plan you devise to effectively get info onto your website and/or social media platforms.
As you start to imagine your website, consider what information you want your customers to be able to access. Basic info like hours, menus, and specials are a must. Your content strategy will dictate where and how prominently this information (and more) is displayed on your website - something that is completely up to how you and how you wish to design your site.
Pages and Content
There are a few standard pages for nightclub websites, and some that are optional depending on your business model:
A homepage that acts as a map, directing users to content
An “About” page with hours, contact information, and important info about operations
Your business’s menus (PDF menus are increasingly popular, which are also easily accessible through a QR code scanner on a smartphone.)
Special or seasonal information
An online store
A link to your reservation system
An events page or calendar
Event or talent booking information
Deciding where to put all of this content so that customers can successfully access information is a crucial part of a content strategy. This is where the basics of UX design come in handy (something we will dive into later in this guide.)
Voice and Messaging
A content strategy also ensures that there is consistent messaging across all of a business’s communications. As you build a content strategy for your website, think about your club’s brand. Ask yourself - what is the tone or voice of my club? What kind of mood am I trying to present to those who visit my website? These questions will help you integrate a consistent tone throughout the content strategy for your nightclub website.
Content Strategy Research
As your business expands, it might be wise to invest in some content strategy research. Creativity can be guided by data, and the best content strategy plans involve research using focus groups, surveys, and other methods to inform how you distribute and manage content.
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Designing your Nightclub’s Website
Nightclub websites are as bold as the clubs themselves. Yet, there’s a fine line between an eye-catching site and one that overwhelms visitors. There are a few key elements to consider to help you strike a balance between functionality and an eye-catching design for your site.
UX Research and Functionality
Human-centered design is the current model for UX (or User Experience). It’s a fancy term to describe how online users engage with your site. Proper UX design provides a seamless experience for users, turning them into future clubgoers.
When you design your nightclub website, consider its functionality on a very basic level. You want your site to be approachable and intuitive to everyone. This includes those with disabilities.
Color Scheme and Typography
Colors set the tone and mood of your site, and even have psychological effects on people. Try to find digital colors that are a close match to your nightclub’s colors. This will promote brand recognition, making a memorable impression on your customer’s minds.
The website text font is another critical design element to take into account. Be sure to choose high-contrast fonts that are easy to read on your website’s backgrounds. Typically, sans serif fonts, those without the “flags” on the ends of letters – are easier to read digitally.
Another big factor is ensuring that your text is mobile-friendly. More often than not, users will access your site and menus on their mobile devices. This means you want your text to be large enough to read on a smartphone screen.
Images
Images make your website more attractive and also increase your site’s performance on search engines. To reap these benefits, you need to use high-definition photos and place them strategically on your site. Make sure to use your original photos (rather than stock photos,) as real photos of your club will impress online visitors.
Marketing with your Nightclub’s Website
Your website is a marketing tool. It makes information about your club digitally accessible to customers, to inspire them to visit. For your site to achieve those functions, it has to be visible on search engines and social media.
SEO Strategy
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) refers to a set of practices that allows search engines to recognize your website and “read” your content, increasing the chance that your content appears in any relevant searches.
To make your site visible on search engines like Google, you will need to implement basic SEO practices when building your site. This comprehensive SEO for beginners guide from Search Engine Journal makes learning basic SEO practices simple, helping you set your website up for search engine success.
Social Media Strategy
The best websites make their social media links readily available and obvious, prompting users to engage with other streams of content. Conversely, your social media streams will also drive traffic to your websites through posts linking to new and updated website content.
While users may not click through, these links still increase the accessibility to your site. This means you have a greater chance that more visitors will find your site, explore it, and hopefully be inspired to make your club part of their weekend plans.
Hosting and Publishing your Nightclub’s Website
Your website’s “host” is the physical computer where the info for your website is stored, and the location where your visitors access that content. While you could theoretically host your website, it’s simpler and more reliable to use a hosting service like GoDaddy or Bluehost. Plus, certain web builders will let you buy a domain name and connect you to hosts as part of their services.
Choosing a Domain
Choosing the right domain for your website can be tricky. Many .com addresses are no longer available and it can be risky to choose a newer domain, such as .online or .live. Those domains generally see less traffic. There are creative ways around this, though. One is to include the initials of your city or state. So, if your club’s name is ‘Muse’ and it's in New York City, search to see if musicNYC.com is available. Chances are, you’ll be in luck.
Web Builder Platforms
Web builder platforms are services that make it easy to design your website with straightforward and intuitive website building software. Choosing the right web builder for your website is important – look for a platform that offers the full range of services you need for your website. Some companies provide full-service website solutions - from design to publication – while others will require more legwork.
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Building a website might seem out of your comfort zone. Don’t worry - with this guide, you will get into the groove of opening a new digital door for more guests to visit your club!
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