Commercial Ideas : Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:09 pm  

How about a social at the club early in December. Meet the new players and re-signings, launch of new 2012 shirt and hopefully sell bucket-loads, Cougar merchandise and of course sell season tickets?

Re: Commercial Ideas : Thu Oct 27, 2011 12:54 pm  

Good idea!
...what about showing the grand final on the big screen?
( I still haven't seen it on tv yet!)

Re: Commercial Ideas : Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:33 pm  

The last 2 seasons we've had a kit launch night in the run up until christmas.

I seem to remember buying my season ticket at one of them.

Re: Commercial Ideas : Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:09 pm  

Maybe adults into bar free but sell tickets for any kids who would then get a present from Santa, who may look a lot like Freddie Cougar! Rach would wrap all the presents up as she has nowt else to do!

Re: Commercial Ideas : Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:13 pm  

I like the ideas above.
I remember reading this season just gone the plan of getting a shop in the town centre somewhere again. Has anyone heard more on this?
My thoughts if that didn't happen would be to have a couple of one-off stalls in town somewhere selling tickets and merchandise. Either in the indoor market or the Airedale centre? It would need one or two people on a Saturday with a box of merchandise and order forms.

They could also then sell tickets to a club night to watch the game again!

Re: Commercial Ideas : Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:08 pm  

With all of the work that the Cougars are doing with the schools in the area, how about having it on an afternoon (Saturday or Sunday) with a (or several) junior rl competition(s) running at the same time?

This would also get parents (and schools) involved (hopefully). Evenings are difficult for me and, from other comments, it would appear to be difficult for others also.

Looking to the future; start a £10 monthly Standing Order scheme in January (obviously towards the end of the month) so that fans can start saving for next season's Season Ticket. There would (hopefully) be a surplus by November [depending on the price of next season's Season Tickets, which could then be offered as a raffle prize (or prizes) for the participants as an additional incentive.

Re: Commercial Ideas : Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:50 pm  

In the Saturdays running up to Christmas can't we have a stand in the shopping centre or town centre supermarkets handing out leaflets for season tickets and Squadbuilder applications? Perhaps some of the players can do an hour's stint occasionally. Lets get out there and get in people's faces. I have a couple of mates who are "thinking of buying a season ticket" who haven't been down to the club for many years.

Re: Commercial Ideas : Sat Nov 12, 2011 8:08 pm  

Hi most of these have been tried before sorry. We need to get the young people interested again. Still think that staggered payments for a season ticket is the way to go . Not sure that the promotion that is n at the moment has hit the mark but well done for trying.xx

Re: Commercial Ideas : Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:03 am  

I realise that it isn’t £10 per week, and I apologise for being a pedant, but isn’t paying £60 now and £60 later staggering payments?

Re: Commercial Ideas : Sun Nov 13, 2011 12:56 am  

I think we should take advantage of social media. Set up a public event on Facebook for each match in our fixture list. Hopefully these will keep being shared by fans and they'll crop up on other friends' walls, or more directly by attendees inviting more and more people. It's managing the diaries of the people that practically live in facebook.
Any comments?