Simple Tips for Building Your Contact List at Gigs

Easily build and manage your fan list in vyb
Easily build and manage your fan list in vyb

Every time you perform you, have the opportunity to build your fan contact list. In the olden days, there’d be a signup list for the band. name address, then woah – we got emails! A hand-written list by the merch table that you hope to god Roddie the Roadie wasn’t too whacked on nicotine and extra-shot lattes to remember to grab after the gig. Then you have all these pages of illegible writing because they might have loved your music, but they also loved margaritas. Someone’s got to manually enter these all into a spreadsheet or something and hope you get them right.

At vyb we have several great features to help you build a fan list in the digital age, accurately and automatically.

Step 1: Navigate to Contacts Management in your Artist Dashboard

In contacts mangagment you’ll see all your current contacts. You can search and sort this list.

Step 2. Click Get QR Code

Click on the GET QR Code button in the top left corner

Step 3. Edit Poster

We automatically generate a poster for you based on your profile, using your Artist name, and banner and profile pictures.

Click the edit button on either picture to delete them or swap them for another picture.

Step 4. Dowload Poster

Click the Download Poster button to download a pdf to your computer and then print at any size you want. Keep a copy at your merch table, tape a copy to the walls, put posters in the bathrooms. Work that hustle!

The QR code is unique to your band – below is what happens when fans scan – they get a mobile-friendly, easy signup form.

Fan signup form

Other creative ways to use your QR code

Besides downloading the autogenerated poster, you can also download your QR code as a transparent PNG file. Here are some different ways to use this QR code:

  • Make your own singup poster and add your QR code. Feeling creative? Make your own poster and add your QR code.
  • Flash the QR code onto a screen before/after your live set with a message for fans to sign up.
  • Share the QR code to your socials and tell your fans to sign up for exclusives.