finchy
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Post by finchy on Mar 3, 2013 21:36:06 GMT
Just saw on Facebook the latest poster for the next Flyers game and unless I'm wrong it looks like the club are trying to promote it with a hashtag as per #packthebarn.
I'm not going to be negative about it because anything that gets the fans through the door is worthwhile but I'm concerned that you can only go to the well so often with something like that which basically gives no financial/loyalty incentive to the fans and if it doesn't work this time....
My real worry would be that it flops this time as Edinburgh still seem to hold no appeal to casual Flyers fans and would really like to see the club try something different or have something extra with this promotion.
*** this is a genuine thread to discuss how to promote the club so the 'you moan at anything' brigade please show some restraint for a change as I'm not moaning ***
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Post by jon on Mar 3, 2013 21:43:01 GMT
I think some thought should have been used when to launch this promotion. Right after our 2nd loss in 2 games is probably not the time.
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Post by ross on Mar 3, 2013 22:11:31 GMT
Jon- so when is the right time to promote a game then? the regular season finishes in a couple of weeks!
finchy-we're basically just raising awareness of a game. it's something we don't always have the time to invest in promoting each and every home game as much as each other but at what's a pretty crucial time of the season (to say the least) we'll be doing a bit to promote this one. we've got a great record at home to Edinburgh (better than Nottingham and Sheffield's home record against them) so with a big crowd behind them the boys hopefully take home the 2 points for us.
Any time we are raising awareness of a Flyers home game is a good thing.
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Post by finchy on Mar 3, 2013 22:19:01 GMT
Jon- so when is the right time to promote a game then? the regular season finishes in a couple of weeks! finchy-we're basically just raising awareness of a game. it's something we don't always have the time to invest in promoting each and every home game as much as each other but at what's a pretty crucial time of the season (to say the least) we'll be doing a bit to promote this one. we've got a great record at home to Edinburgh (better than Nottingham and Sheffield's home record against them) so with a big crowd behind them the boys hopefully take home the 2 points for us. Any time we are raising awareness of a Flyers home game is a good thing. Ross, I did say that anything that draws in fans is a good thing. The point I was making, and you are in a position to answer, is- will the club be doing anything else on top of the hashtag thing? It's a serious question and not mischief making. The reason I'm asking on the forum is that the fans themselves have a big part to play in these things and (I'm assuming) the club likes to stay in touch with the mood and opinions of its fans? Again- this is NOT a moan but the fans were told that the 75th anniversary would bring around some celebrations, and I and most others probably assumed these would be on match nights. There was also mention of our tie up with Kingdom FM resulting in a few promotions. As of yet there has been nothing on both counts. I think we'd all like to see more folk at games- the extra 200 or 300 for many games this year makes a difference. To get a few more on top of that would be great.
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Post by ross on Mar 3, 2013 23:00:51 GMT
Jon- so when is the right time to promote a game then? the regular season finishes in a couple of weeks! finchy-we're basically just raising awareness of a game. it's something we don't always have the time to invest in promoting each and every home game as much as each other but at what's a pretty crucial time of the season (to say the least) we'll be doing a bit to promote this one. we've got a great record at home to Edinburgh (better than Nottingham and Sheffield's home record against them) so with a big crowd behind them the boys hopefully take home the 2 points for us. Any time we are raising awareness of a Flyers home game is a good thing. Ross, I did say that anything that draws in fans is a good thing. The point I was making, and you are in a position to answer, is- will the club be doing anything else on top of the hashtag thing? It's a serious question and not mischief making. The reason I'm asking on the forum is that the fans themselves have a big part to play in these things and (I'm assuming) the club likes to stay in touch with the mood and opinions of its fans? Again- this is NOT a moan but the fans were told that the 75th anniversary would bring around some celebrations, and I and most others probably assumed these would be on match nights. There was also mention of our tie up with Kingdom FM resulting in a few promotions. As of yet there has been nothing on both counts. I think we'd all like to see more folk at games- the extra 200 or 300 for many games this year makes a difference. To get a few more on top of that would be great. lol the hashtag thing, it's another title for a game we're playing which can be used in a hashtag but also just as it is "Sell Out Saturday" in the say way the football clubs used it at start of the season to say ok here's a day when we really want to get fans behind their team in big numbers for a particular game. still a few to be ratified but there's the half price for season ticket holders from Fife's football clubs, promotion on Kingdom FM/press, free tickets to school kids I get round over next couple of weeks (we've got a couple of player school visits this week so the guys will be promoting it there) again. but still a couple of other things to get the ok for. we'll look at further ways to promote the club's games next season over the summer, but this is another attempt to promote a game to get as many fans (and alot of new fans) to come along and support the team as possible. and yeah it's ok i don't think your mischief making I was reacting more to the "we shouldn't be promoting a game because we just lost our last two" with my last post.
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Post by jonathan on Mar 3, 2013 23:04:32 GMT
Ross, I did say that anything that draws in fans is a good thing. The point I was making, and you are in a position to answer, is- will the club be doing anything else on top of the hashtag thing? It's a serious question and not mischief making. The reason I'm asking on the forum is that the fans themselves have a big part to play in these things and (I'm assuming) the club likes to stay in touch with the mood and opinions of its fans? Again- this is NOT a moan but the fans were told that the 75th anniversary would bring around some celebrations, and I and most others probably assumed these would be on match nights. There was also mention of our tie up with Kingdom FM resulting in a few promotions. As of yet there has been nothing on both counts. I think we'd all like to see more folk at games- the extra 200 or 300 for many games this year makes a difference. To get a few more on top of that would be great. lol the hashtag thing, it's another title for a game we're playing which can be used in a hashtag but also just as it is "Sell Out Saturday" in the say way the football clubs used it at start of the season to say ok here's a day when we really want to get fans behind their team in big numbers for a particular game. still a few to be ratified but there's the half price for season ticket holders from Fife's football clubs, promotion on Kingdom FM/press, free tickets to school kids I get round over next couple of weeks (we've got a couple of player school visits this week so the guys will be promoting it there) again. but still a couple of other things to get the ok for. we'll look at further ways to promote the club's games next season over the summer, but this is another attempt to promote a game to get as many fans (and alot of new fans) to come along and support the team as possible. and yeah it's ok i don't think your mischief making I was reacting more to the "we shouldn't be promoting a game because we just lost our last two" with my last post. Do season ticket holders for Raith Rovers get in for half price? Any news on the 75th Anniversary celebrations?
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Post by finchy on Mar 3, 2013 23:09:15 GMT
Ross, I did say that anything that draws in fans is a good thing. The point I was making, and you are in a position to answer, is- will the club be doing anything else on top of the hashtag thing? It's a serious question and not mischief making. The reason I'm asking on the forum is that the fans themselves have a big part to play in these things and (I'm assuming) the club likes to stay in touch with the mood and opinions of its fans? Again- this is NOT a moan but the fans were told that the 75th anniversary would bring around some celebrations, and I and most others probably assumed these would be on match nights. There was also mention of our tie up with Kingdom FM resulting in a few promotions. As of yet there has been nothing on both counts. I think we'd all like to see more folk at games- the extra 200 or 300 for many games this year makes a difference. To get a few more on top of that would be great. lol the hashtag thing, it's another title for a game we're playing which can be used in a hashtag but also just as it is "Sell Out Saturday" in the say way the football clubs used it at start of the season to say ok here's a day when we really want to get fans behind their team in big numbers for a particular game. still a few to be ratified but there's the half price for season ticket holders from Fife's football clubs, promotion on Kingdom FM/press, free tickets to school kids I get round over next couple of weeks (we've got a couple of player school visits this week so the guys will be promoting it there) again. but still a couple of other things to get the ok for. we'll look at further ways to promote the club's games next season over the summer, but this is another attempt to promote a game to get as many fans (and alot of new fans) to come along and support the team as possible. and yeah it's ok i don't think your mischief making I was reacting more to the "we shouldn't be promoting a game because we just lost our last two" with my last post. Cheers Ross - we all want the same thing and let's hope things continue to progress.
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Post by RaithVPars on Mar 4, 2013 7:32:35 GMT
Ross -promotion video excellent as usual. Will you do something for last game of season with all players ie. Highs and lows of season, favourite places the imports have visited?
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Post by ross on Mar 4, 2013 7:34:51 GMT
lol the hashtag thing, it's another title for a game we're playing which can be used in a hashtag but also just as it is "Sell Out Saturday" in the say way the football clubs used it at start of the season to say ok here's a day when we really want to get fans behind their team in big numbers for a particular game. still a few to be ratified but there's the half price for season ticket holders from Fife's football clubs, promotion on Kingdom FM/press, free tickets to school kids I get round over next couple of weeks (we've got a couple of player school visits this week so the guys will be promoting it there) again. but still a couple of other things to get the ok for. we'll look at further ways to promote the club's games next season over the summer, but this is another attempt to promote a game to get as many fans (and alot of new fans) to come along and support the team as possible. and yeah it's ok i don't think your mischief making I was reacting more to the "we shouldn't be promoting a game because we just lost our last two" with my last post. Do season ticket holders for Raith Rovers get in for half price? Any news on the 75th Anniversary celebrations? yeah. we'll get it officially announced in next couple of days.
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Post by ross on Mar 4, 2013 7:36:10 GMT
lol the hashtag thing, it's another title for a game we're playing which can be used in a hashtag but also just as it is "Sell Out Saturday" in the say way the football clubs used it at start of the season to say ok here's a day when we really want to get fans behind their team in big numbers for a particular game. still a few to be ratified but there's the half price for season ticket holders from Fife's football clubs, promotion on Kingdom FM/press, free tickets to school kids I get round over next couple of weeks (we've got a couple of player school visits this week so the guys will be promoting it there) again. but still a couple of other things to get the ok for. we'll look at further ways to promote the club's games next season over the summer, but this is another attempt to promote a game to get as many fans (and alot of new fans) to come along and support the team as possible. and yeah it's ok i don't think your mischief making I was reacting more to the "we shouldn't be promoting a game because we just lost our last two" with my last post. Cheers Ross - we all want the same thing and let's hope things continue to progress. agreed!
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Post by ross on Mar 4, 2013 7:37:07 GMT
Ross -promotion video excellent as usual. Will you do something for last game of season with all players ie. Highs and lows of season, favourite places the imports have visited? thank you. yeah good shout, I'll try and make something like that.
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Post by jon on Mar 4, 2013 12:31:22 GMT
Jon- so when is the right time to promote a game then? the regular season finishes in a couple of weeks! finchy-we're basically just raising awareness of a game. it's something we don't always have the time to invest in promoting each and every home game as much as each other but at what's a pretty crucial time of the season (to say the least) we'll be doing a bit to promote this one. we've got a great record at home to Edinburgh (better than Nottingham and Sheffield's home record against them) so with a big crowd behind them the boys hopefully take home the 2 points for us. Any time we are raising awareness of a Flyers home game is a good thing. Hi Ross, sorry if I've got your back up with my comment - it wasn't my intention to discredit the idea. When I posted last night I was in a poor mood due to this weekends results. My point was that because I was pretty angry at the results this weekend (which, I'm skeptical I would be alone in) I didn't think that directly after the final result was the best time to post it. However, the red mist has gone this morning. I can see that posting it last night was probably one of the better times to do it - due to the number of people viewing the page. Good luck with the promotion and see you in the barn on the 16th.
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Post by coloradoflyer on Mar 4, 2013 12:32:40 GMT
if it's a sell out it'll be 2500 fife fans and about 400 caps fans
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Post by Kev on Mar 4, 2013 13:53:39 GMT
if it's a sell out it'll be 2500 fife fans and about 400 caps fans no it wont
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Post by Kev on Mar 4, 2013 13:55:24 GMT
Ross, I did say that anything that draws in fans is a good thing. The point I was making, and you are in a position to answer, is- will the club be doing anything else on top of the hashtag thing? It's a serious question and not mischief making. The reason I'm asking on the forum is that the fans themselves have a big part to play in these things and (I'm assuming) the club likes to stay in touch with the mood and opinions of its fans? Again- this is NOT a moan but the fans were told that the 75th anniversary would bring around some celebrations, and I and most others probably assumed these would be on match nights. There was also mention of our tie up with Kingdom FM resulting in a few promotions. As of yet there has been nothing on both counts. I think we'd all like to see more folk at games- the extra 200 or 300 for many games this year makes a difference. To get a few more on top of that would be great. lol the hashtag thing, it's another title for a game we're playing which can be used in a hashtag but also just as it is "Sell Out Saturday" in the say way the football clubs used it at start of the season to say ok here's a day when we really want to get fans behind their team in big numbers for a particular game. still a few to be ratified but there's the half price for season ticket holders from Fife's football clubs, promotion on Kingdom FM/press, free tickets to school kids I get round over next couple of weeks (we've got a couple of player school visits this week so the guys will be promoting it there) again. but still a couple of other things to get the ok for. we'll look at further ways to promote the club's games next season over the summer, but this is another attempt to promote a game to get as many fans (and alot of new fans) to come along and support the team as possible. and yeah it's ok i don't think your mischief making I was reacting more to the "we shouldn't be promoting a game because we just lost our last two" with my last post. Football! Some people just won't stand for this!
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