Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:23 pm  

Anything for myself to do or help out with?

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:27 pm  

Bully_Boxer wrote:

I'd be willing to give the ebay shop a go. I'm no ebay expert but I have sold a car and one or two other things on there before! I'd only have time to ship on a Sat but I'm sure that wouldn't be too big an issue.

And please RAB members get signed up to Bullbuilder! If you can afford £1.25 a week to make a regular contribution it will make a real difference to the amount we can do to attract and retain the top young talent!

sent my form in last week. And got 2 others who dont go on internet or attend many matches interested and gave them the forms. so thats an extra 180 coming into funds.

Simple thing that anyone can do but helps spread word to armchair supporters.

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:29 pm  

mat wrote:

sent my form in last week. And got 2 others who dont go on internet or attend many matches interested and gave them the forms. so thats an extra 180 coming into funds.

Simple thing that anyone can do but helps spread word to armchair supporters.

Good work.

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:53 pm  

Wigan Bull wrote:

:thumb:

Good work.

isnt there some sort of interview/article coming up in T&A with regard to bullbuilder or have I missed it?. People Ive spoken to about it were totally unaware it was in existence and as soon as I told them aims were keen to sign up. Seems like a bit of a push is needed to get awareness up amongst the lapsed bulls fans who still follow teams progress but dont necessarily attend games or frequent the forums. Think key thing is to make them feel involved in club again, no matter if in a small way, and then hopefully as results improve they will be encouraged to start attending again.

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:59 pm  

mat wrote:

isnt there some sort of interview/article coming up in T&A with regard to bullbuilder or have I missed it?. People Ive spoken to about it were totally unaware it was in existence and as soon as I told them aims were keen to sign up. Seems like a bit of a push is needed to get awareness up amongst the lapsed bulls fans who still follow teams progress but dont necessarily attend games or frequent the forums. Think key thing is to make them feel involved in club again, no matter if in a small way, and then hopefully as results improve they will be encouraged to start attending again.

Quite.

We putting something together to go in the T&A and hope to back that up with regular articles. Connor, the T&A guy is very supportive of the trust.

One of the most effective mediums we have, as you allude to, is word of mouth, so please (everyone) keep spreading the word.

Remember, just by joining you're helping, but if you want to go a step further and offer some help, then attend the next meeting. the more man hours and money we can raise, the more we can improve things.

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:00 pm  

We were hoping to attract some publicity with an event we were organising for the academy, but unfortunately it had to be cancelled due to the academy fixture against Cas being moved. We are working on some publicity pieces for the paper, but to be honest there is no better publicity than word of mouth and personal recommendation, so if you're supportive of BullBuilder then please tell any other Bulls fans you know. The bigger we are, the stronger we are and the larger the difference we can make for our club.

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:02 pm  

Mick Gledhill wrote:

Anything for myself to do or help out with?

What are your skills? Any ideas what you'd like to do?

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:35 am  

Wigan Bull wrote:

4. Price promotions on tickets - buy one, get one child's ticket half price, buy 2 get one free, etc.
5. Also on season tickets - free entry for a second person to Celtic, Harlequins and Cats.
6. Personally I'd do a permanent buy 5 get one free all season. This might sound like a lot to buy but it's amazing how far some people will go to access an offer. The sums boil down to 6 people buying a ticket at £15 rather than £18 and could be the sort of thing that gets groups of mates who already go to games pestering other mates to make up the numbers.

4/5/6 – there has been some activity this year based around these areas. There are two considerations around these sorts of promotions though.

Firstly – the club need to be careful not to devalue the season ticket and secondly care has to be taken not to cut the overall income, e.g. would half price tickets more than double the crowd? Probably not, therefore the club could end up losing money.

Promotions are based around bigger games; this gets people to a better game with better atmosphere / pre match entertainment and hopefully gets them hooked.

The club are overestimating the perceived value of their tickets - hence the crowds. They also wrongly assume that the same existing fans would be utilising this offer. Ticket deals done with precision raise revenue not negate it. Naive at best.

Wigan Bull wrote:

Kit & Merchandise

1. Given that the Bulls logo is pretty well known these days, maybe merchandising (t shirts, baseball caps) that just used its outline would look good in a minimalist sort of way.
2. Away kits that mean something - RAB hoops, amber with thin RB hoops, 93-94 style green, yellow and purple hoops, 91-92-style red with a RAB vee.
3. Any chance of the bulls selling a retro scarf?

The club would like more items and stock in the shop. But again it’s the amount of money tied up in stock that is an issue. For example; if a certain line sells 250 items but the minimum order is 1000 – that’s 750 items sat gathering dust.

Offer fans, say 3, product options, get retailer to create mock up of product, take pre orders (ensuring minimum order reached). Simple with effective viral marketing. Jesus wept.

Are people really that dim at the club?

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:47 am  

Gurus_Beard wrote:

The club are overestimating the perceived value of their tickets - hence the crowds. They also wrongly assume that the same existing fans would be utilising this offer. Ticket deals done with precision raise revenue not negate it. Naive at best.

Offer fans, say 3, product options, get retailer to create mock up of product, take pre orders (ensuring minimum order reached). Simple with effective viral marketing. Jesus wept.

Are people really that dim at the club?

Fancy offering your help?

Join BullBuilder and get involved.

Re: Club – Fan Interaction AND FAO of any club officials reading : Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:43 pm  

Mission wrote:

What are your skills? Any ideas what you'd like to do?

I'll do whatever is going.