Re: 9,975...... : Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:19 pm  

jbuzza wrote:

What the players do need to realise is that if they put in another stinking performance a lot of folks will think hard about renewing season tickets.

I cannot think of a worse period for trying to sell season tickets.

The performances, the economy etc etc. We need a few good results by the end of the season if people are going to fork out for next year.

Maybe they think we will get amnesia and forget the second half of the season.

: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:55 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

I do not believe in Dance acts in TW2, but Wakey are to be applauded for their efforts getting a 7k+ crowd for the visit of the welsh. 4 weeks continuous hard graft by their back office staff, together with the expert guidance of someone who was not long ago helping us out with marketing strategy goes to show what can be achieved.
The same can be said of the marketing effort of the RFL for the Manly game. People got off their @rses and badgered pubs/clubs/papers/websites etc to push the game and we got 6,500 odd LOCAL types to watch that game.
I really am starting to tire of banging on, but really...what do the back office staff do? They have 14.5 working days between now and Castleford. 8 hrs a day is 116 hrs. If 115 hrs aren't spent marketing the game then something is very very very wrong.
9,975 fans needed......2,000 assured...so 68 fans an hour needed to get them.
1 phone call to BA......would you like 400 free tickets to the stoop for your staff? Yes! Good. All they will have to do is take part in an exit poll by email the week after the game. We will forward you the link to the poll and you can ask your staff to tell us what they thouhght of the day.
Thank you.
Pick up phone, dial Gillette.......

It isn't brain surgery, but the club do seem to think it is

Good post but Gillette now in Poland.

: Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:05 pm  

Windy one wrote:

Good post but Gillette now in Poland.

and the poles are all in Ealing
OK, BA or SKY TV next.......

: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:27 pm  

Glaxo Smithkline Beecham? About 10,000 emplyees there alone, assuming they haven't decamped to the peoples republic of low wages.

I'm with GF on this one just hand them out, another thread says mass clerout needed sadly I think that may relate yet again to season ticket holders.

Worst bit of managing expectations ever to say we were going to win the GF

: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:54 pm  

nnl01 wrote:

Glaxo Smithkline Beecham? About 10,000 emplyees there alone, assuming they haven't decamped to the peoples republic of low wages.

I'm with GF on this one just hand them out, another thread says mass clerout needed sadly I think that may relate yet again to season ticket holders.

Worst bit of managing expectations ever to say we were going to win the GF

I work for GSK and even giving away tickets wouldn't be as simple as calling up (who ??) and offering them. In practice what would be needed is to arrange to set up a stall in the main street of the building at lunchtime doing some promotion work with a player or two. Whether this would be possible for a sport which has no association with GSK products would be another consideration. Having said that Brentford FC have done this in the past so its possible.

Re: 9,975...... : Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:13 pm  

gutterfax wrote:

Well, I am about to ping a monster letter over to the club in which I have suggested that every one of the 1,350 amateur RL players in London, together with (if possible) all of the 1,700 youth players in leagues are invited to this game free of charge.
2,112 was the bumper crowd for cas last year

When they get your letter and if they don't act on it. Am I to view that as them being a failure again?

Re: 9,975...... : Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:21 pm  

Rooster Booster wrote:

When they get your letter and if they don't act on it. Am I to view that as them being a failure again?

Obviously

I came to a deal ages ago with David Hughes, he stopped telling me how to spend my money, and in return I stop telling him how to spend his.

: Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:08 am  

gutterfax wrote: Well, I am about to ping a monster letter over to the club in which I have suggested that every one of the 1,350 amateur RL players in London, together with (if possible) all of the 1,700 youth players in leagues are invited to this game free of charge.
2,112 was the bumper crowd for cas last year



When they get your letter and if they don't act on it. Am I to view that as them being a failure again?

Its old hat. 2 years ago we gave everyone of them a bloody season ticket, moved the games to Sun and they still didn't turn up.

Players do not necessarily make supporters.

Re: 9,975...... : Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:52 am  

Homer wrote:

Obviously

I came to a deal ages ago with David Hughes, he stopped telling me how to spend my money, and in return I stop telling him how to spend his.

Suggesting...not telling. As the Club have done so well in the past attracting fans to games, I can see your point though Homer. I mean to say, you really need to get to the Stoop early to ensure you get a seat
If David Hughes wants to spend his money on chocolate Teaspoons it's his business, all I am doing is suggesting ways to attract fans for little or no cash outlay.
As for Rooster......no, I don't expect a reply. I am genuine in my concern for the future of the club and would be delighted if someone came up with a way of increasing crowds, but 4 years into the Harlequins Tie in, we are 20% down...........that's fans and gate revenue + residuals.
As for Wire-quin...I agree, it has been done before, but maybe it just needs tweaking rather than binning. 1,350 players with another 1,700 kids playing structured league.....why try and fail to convert people when there are already another group, with more people than our existing fan base? As I said, ask them what it was about the offer that didn't appeal? Was it maybe that they play on Saturday and wanted to spend time with their loved ones on a Sunday? I know when I played on Saturdays, Sunday was a family day.

Re: 9,975...... : Wed Aug 19, 2009 12:12 am  

gutterfax wrote:

As for Rooster......no, I don't expect a reply. I am genuine in my concern for the future of the club and would be delighted if someone came up with a way of increasing crowds, but 4 years into the Harlequins Tie in, we are 20% down...........that's fans and gate revenue + residuals

I don't care about a reply you may or may not get. I want to know if we should view them as failing again if they don't do any of your suggestions?