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Post by Sensible one on Feb 27, 2017 17:33:13 GMT
Not everyone goes onto Facebook, twitter. I go on the chronicle and listen to Dee numerous times but others don't. However much the billboard would cost the club, it puts the attention to people, tourists in a catchy way and advertises our club. I have saw lots of businesses have billboards put up, who might not make as much money as our club. It's an idea at the very least. People who don't look at social media, don't buy a match programme as it is also in there, don't listen to the radio, don't look at the OWS will also have seen it in the papers. You must know the price of a billboard to suggest one is put up. It is not sensible to suggest something unless you have checked it is viable. |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 27, 2017 17:36:09 GMT
People who don't look at social media, don't buy a match programme as it is also in there, don't listen to the radio, don't look at the OWS will also have seen it in the papers. You must know the price of a billboard to suggest one is put up. It is not sensible to suggest something unless you have checked it is viable. My alternative is putting up posters in shops for the public. Is that fair enough? |
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Post by Blueboy on Feb 27, 2017 18:10:22 GMT
People who don't look at social media, don't buy a match programme as it is also in there, don't listen to the radio, don't look at the OWS will also have seen it in the papers. You must know the price of a billboard to suggest one is put up. It is not sensible to suggest something unless you have checked it is viable. My alternative is putting up posters in shops for the public. Is that fair enough? Nothing wrong with your suggestion Rio, a billboard is a valid point and surprisingly cheap |
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Post by Cestrian93 on Feb 27, 2017 19:10:43 GMT
Obvious way to increase away allocation for a game like this is to make it allocated seating for away fans and remove the netting in the south stand and increase the netting near h block. No need to give them the whole of the west stand. No need for any netting in either stand really. What purpose does it have? |
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Post by paulie on Feb 27, 2017 20:20:40 GMT
I spoke to a chap in the ticket office last week, I asked why we never gave them all the west stand, he claimed it was on Jon McCarthys request as he didn't want his players coming out the tunnel and seeing 2000 tranmere fans in the ground. Must be a standard line . . . I got told the same when I said the Tranmere allocation was a bit low . . . I find it a bit of a kick in the teeth for the fundraising team. They are asking people to fill up boxes with shrapnel to help finance the club, but when the club have a chance to sell 900 extra tickets at £18 a head (minus concessions) they aren't interested!! You cannot make it up! |
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Post by sirfred on Feb 27, 2017 21:04:34 GMT
There appears to be a lot of talk about netting and Town Centre - so cast the net in the town centre and drag fans down ! When we first played at the Deva we regularly gave half the stadium to large away followings - it seems financial suicide not to - as it's not far I suspect there could be a fair few Trashmere in the home stands
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Post by Buckley Blue on Feb 27, 2017 21:20:15 GMT
Do we really want to be in the position where as a home team there are more away supporters
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Post by sirfred on Feb 27, 2017 21:28:33 GMT
Do we really want to be in the position where as a home team there are more away supporters And why not if it yields revenue - you have to take advantage of these rare occasions - when visited the likes of Warrington Garforth etc did they just allocate 50 tickets just to have superior numerical support - it's a fans owned business and it just makes common sense |
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Post by Sensible one on Feb 27, 2017 21:36:15 GMT
My alternative is putting up posters in shops for the public. Is that fair enough? Nothing wrong with your suggestion Rio, a billboard is a valid point and surprisingly cheap how much would it cost and where are you going to put it? |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Feb 27, 2017 21:43:07 GMT
Nothing wrong with your suggestion Rio, a billboard is a valid point and surprisingly cheap how much would it cost and where are you going to put it? You could find the price by the time I have wrote this. And I would put it somewhere in the town centre. Maybe near the cathedral/town hall. |
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Post by Sensible one on Feb 27, 2017 22:10:41 GMT
how much would it cost and where are you going to put it? You could find the price by the time I have wrote this. And I would put it somewhere in the town centre. Maybe near the cathedral/town hall. You have made the suggestion about the billboard so must know the cost. Where by the town hall would you put. If you put it on someone else's property you will need their permission. Have you contacted any body? As for the posters in shops, why don't you take this on as project rather like dcmnally has done with the atmosphere in the Harry Mac. It could be a good idea. |
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Post by massivefloodlights on Feb 27, 2017 22:12:07 GMT
Do we really want to be in the position where as a home team there are more away supporters Happened all the time when you played at Macc. As for Trampmere, as of yesterday they hadn't sold their allocation. |
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Post by paulie on Feb 28, 2017 6:22:14 GMT
Do we really want to be in the position where as a home team there are more away supporters Everyone's money is the same. |
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Post by Buckley Blue on Feb 28, 2017 8:44:35 GMT
It's not about the money, it's bad enough we'll be out sung let alone outnumbered and it won't do the players any favours if the players see nought but a sea of tranmere supporters.
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Post by Firestick Frank on Feb 28, 2017 8:53:30 GMT
I doubt the Evostik clubs were thinking those thoughts when they were earning a seasons worth of funds in one afternoon from us.
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Post by Buckley Blue on Feb 28, 2017 9:29:45 GMT
And we're going to get that off tranmere right
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Post by iandychesterfc on Feb 28, 2017 9:34:16 GMT
Town Hall still council property - could have a sports board with Chester FC, Phoenix and RUFC fixtures depending on who is at home. doubt they'd do it for just the football club but as a joint bid might have some legs.
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Post by Al on Feb 28, 2017 9:36:35 GMT
Is that the extent of our ambition?
To rely on away fans to bump our average gate up whilst we allow home support to dwindle?
Where are these initiatives that were in the pipeline?
How many tickets have we sold for Friday night?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 9:40:02 GMT
We have had enough visitors to the ground over the last 7 years to sell our allocation ten fold. We desperately need a (long promised) customer relationship management, or CRM, system in place. You would be very surprised how attached you become to something you like that then emails you occasionally. It is about tempting back the young families that attend with schools and YFCs after their initial visit, and growing an affinity. If that means that they pay £20 for a family ticket to entice them, then some of the season ticket holders would surely have to accept that this is a small price to pay to try to grow our fanbase.
Without being over dramatic, currently we are dying. Our older fanbase will naturally shrink and we are not doing enough to grow it from the bottom. What good is the CT work without any follow up?
The idea above regarding a shares and likes draw for a meal for two or a family ticket is worth a try no? We have volunteers who do this sort of thing, empower them and give them a bit of responsibility and some prizes.
And regarding Jon McCarthy, if it was him who blocked the selling 2000 tickets to away fans, I'm sorry Jon but your players were at there very best this season 2nd half away at Prenton Park when there were at least double that. We need the extra money badly. An extra 900 tickets to them at ave £12 takes a big chunk off the £20k defecit, and would have really helped towards the policing bill for the game. It also reduces the likelihood of any agro, and there are now bound to be away fans in the home end, and bound to be ticketless fans outside...
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Post by Al on Feb 28, 2017 9:41:17 GMT
Btw - Tranmere have sold their allocation
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Post by iandychesterfc on Feb 28, 2017 9:43:14 GMT
In the pipeline mate, chill its only tuesday...
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2017 9:45:30 GMT
It's not about the money, it's bad enough we'll be out sung let alone outnumbered and it won't do the players any favours if the players see nought but a sea of tranmere supporters. Didn't do them any harm 2nd half at Prenton Park? |
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Post by iandychesterfc on Feb 28, 2017 9:52:35 GMT
We have had enough visitors to the ground over the last 7 years to sell our allocation ten fold. We desperately need a (long promised) customer relationship management, or CRM, system in place. You would be very surprised how attached you become to something you like that then emails you occasionally. It is about tempting back the young families that attend with schools and YFCs after their initial visit, and growing an affinity. If that means that they pay £20 for a family ticket to entice them, then some of the season ticket holders would surely have to accept that this is a small price to pay to try to grow our fanbase. Without being over dramatic, currently we are dying. Our older fanbase will naturally shrink and we are not doing enough to grow it from the bottom. What good is the CT work without any follow up? The idea above regarding a shares and likes draw for a meal for two or a family ticket is worth a try no? We have volunteers who do this sort of thing, empower them and give them a bit of responsibility and some prizes. And regarding Jon McCarthy, if it was him who blocked the selling 2000 tickets to away fans, I'm sorry Jon but your players were at there very best this season 2nd half away at Prenton Park when there were at least double that. We need the extra money badly. An extra 900 tickets to them at ave £12 takes a big chunk off the £20k defecit, and would have really helped towards the policing bill for the game. It also reduces the likelihood of any agro, and there are now bound to be away fans in the home end, and bound to be ticketless fans outside... I keep hearing this line about season ticket holders. I went on a rant one day on the old site i wont repeat, but as a season ticket holder - stop bloody fussing about me. (not you in particular nwas, the club etc). I pay £11 or £13 a game (i can't remember which) to sit where i want every game. It's a commitment i make to the club yes, but i don't need it to be cheaper and i don't care if a couple of games we reduce admission which means i'm only saving £2 a game or something. I pay to sit where i want - which used to be a massive plus when we had good gates. The very fact that attendances are dropping is actually putting less value on my season ticket. Given i can now sit where i want anyway, I should really just pick and choose my games as over a season i miss a fair few games through various reasons. So if you want an incentive for STH - fill the bloody ground and then people will either have to turn up early or make a commitment at the start of the season. I'm not alone, fair few people around me (in the once shrined area of the halfway line) no longer bother with a ST as they sit there anyway. I remember the drama of the £7 entry, im sorry but if you're kicking off at the club filling the ground because you might not make as much a saving over the season as you'd hoped there's something wrong. |
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Post by Buckley Blue on Feb 28, 2017 10:16:56 GMT
It's not about the money, it's bad enough we'll be out sung let alone outnumbered and it won't do the players any favours if the players see nought but a sea of tranmere supporters. Didn't do them any harm 2nd half at Prenton Park? So you think away from home is the same as home then |
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Post by Jack on Feb 28, 2017 12:15:34 GMT
I really can't understand the accusatory tone in this post. If we had a marketing team, all on salaried then I'd totally agree. As it is, we're running on volunteer power in terms of actually making these things happen. It'd be amazing if every window was plastered with posters and more links were made with the university etc, but who is actually willing to provide the hours and dedication to make these things happen? I'm not.
With a hardcore fanbase of 1600 people, it's VERY easy to point the finger and demand answers and action from others.
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Post by Sensible one on Feb 28, 2017 12:19:18 GMT
Town Hall still council property - could have a sports board with Chester FC, Phoenix and RUFC fixtures depending on who is at home. doubt they'd do it for just the football club but as a joint bid might have some legs. |
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Post by Sensible one on Feb 28, 2017 12:27:31 GMT
Town Hall still council property - could have a sports board with Chester FC, Phoenix and RUFC fixtures depending on who is at home. doubt they'd do it for just the football club but as a joint bid might have some legs. You should contact the council first to see if it's feasible and then the other parties. Are you suggesting a board advertising the next rugby, football and baseball games which each party would update. I don't think it is necessary as everybody interested in the football club will have heard of the match from one of the numerous other means, however, I wish you luck. |
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Post by livinginhope on Feb 28, 2017 12:41:51 GMT
Tranmere's games against Forest Green this evening has been postponed. Shame, would have tired them out a bit before Friday!
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Post by agl on Feb 28, 2017 13:33:37 GMT
We have had enough visitors to the ground over the last 7 years to sell our allocation ten fold. We desperately need a (long promised) customer relationship management, or CRM, system in place. You would be very surprised how attached you become to something you like that then emails you occasionally. It is about tempting back the young families that attend with schools and YFCs after their initial visit, and growing an affinity. If that means that they pay £20 for a family ticket to entice them, then some of the season ticket holders would surely have to accept that this is a small price to pay to try to grow our fanbase. Without being over dramatic, currently we are dying. Our older fanbase will naturally shrink and we are not doing enough to grow it from the bottom. What good is the CT work without any follow up? The idea above regarding a shares and likes draw for a meal for two or a family ticket is worth a try no? We have volunteers who do this sort of thing, empower them and give them a bit of responsibility and some prizes. And regarding Jon McCarthy, if it was him who blocked the selling 2000 tickets to away fans, I'm sorry Jon but your players were at there very best this season 2nd half away at Prenton Park when there were at least double that. We need the extra money badly. An extra 900 tickets to them at ave £12 takes a big chunk off the £20k defecit, and would have really helped towards the policing bill for the game. It also reduces the likelihood of any agro, and there are now bound to be away fans in the home end, and bound to be ticketless fans outside... To say the club is dying is a tad over dramatic. Plenty of teams in our league would swap places. We do need to get more kids on the Harry Mac and create some atmosphere though, I agree. Maidstone showed how it can be done. Marketing a mid table non league team is not that easy when you have saturation TV coverage of premier league and champions league. Just hope we put on a show on Friday. |
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Post by garoldblue on Feb 28, 2017 13:40:45 GMT
The club should have half a dozen or so tickets they give away every week through social media, it is an absolute no brainer. It is completely free advertising that will hit 1,000's of local people immediately. It's all well and good putting it on the Facebook page but unless you follow the page, and have it set to show on your newsfeed then you won't see it, I know I don't.
Share and like on Facebook, rt and follow on twitter, all it needs is someone to put the post on and pick the winners, it's a 10 minute job and can be done anywhere by anyone with a mobile. I will happily do it if they are really that stuck for man power.
Worse case scenario is someone wins who otherwise would have paid, but that is a small price to pay for the exposure it would get.
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