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Oh yes, love a good marketing thread. Dont get me wrong im as p££$$d off as the next man. Actually sat with some Hudds mates at the game on Tues and it broke my heart look over at the away end, but blaming 'marketing' isnt the solution!!

Now i could be wrong but over the many long drawn out years ive been following Salford they have tried all of the suggested above and i thought it had been debated to death that the 6k at Swinton was all freebies, who buggered off cos it was too cold at half time and never returned. IIRC Golden Angels wasnt it?! It used to sicken me when people in my local takeaway had some of these tickets. Im all for us spreading the gospel and i can live with the need for some freebies but it put me in a real rage when i spend my hard cash (as do 100s of other loyal supporters) and 'fans' get in for free!!! - i know thats what us fans are supposed to do & im comfy with it most of the time but a strongly worded letter went off to the club that day.

Wardley Red i feel your pain pal (i really do!) and know your frustration but do rest assured the club does some good stuff. Like has been said above the Rock Radio promos are great. I know the station isnt everyones cup of tea (i more of a Smooth man myself icon_wink.gif ) but we obviously have a good thing going there and its just good to hear ppl talk about the Reds live on commercial radio. New website just lauched and the Pub scheme thats been talked about here are good efforts. If anything i get too much stuff in my inbox email wise, but i think the text reminders we seem to get this year are a good touch.

This kind of stuff is good too - www.reds.co.uk/trybeforeyoubuy

Ive worked in sales & marketing for over 15 years and as im a bit of a sad geek take an interest in what we do and how it compares to other sports clubs. What we do isnt world beating by no stretch of the imagination but we seem to be moving in the right direction at the moment. Really think we just need to hold our nerve and keep going. I for one would rather have a crowd of 4000 paying full whack that a crowd of 6k with 4ooo paying nowt and never coming back.
Oh yes, love a good marketing thread. Dont get me wrong im as p££$$d off as the next man. Actually sat with some Hudds mates at the game on Tues and it broke my heart look over at the away end, but blaming 'marketing' isnt the solution!!

Now i could be wrong but over the many long drawn out years ive been following Salford they have tried all of the suggested above and i thought it had been debated to death that the 6k at Swinton was all freebies, who buggered off cos it was too cold at half time and never returned. IIRC Golden Angels wasnt it?! It used to sicken me when people in my local takeaway had some of these tickets. Im all for us spreading the gospel and i can live with the need for some freebies but it put me in a real rage when i spend my hard cash (as do 100s of other loyal supporters) and 'fans' get in for free!!! - i know thats what us fans are supposed to do & im comfy with it most of the time but a strongly worded letter went off to the club that day.

Wardley Red i feel your pain pal (i really do!) and know your frustration but do rest assured the club does some good stuff. Like has been said above the Rock Radio promos are great. I know the station isnt everyones cup of tea (i more of a Smooth man myself icon_wink.gif ) but we obviously have a good thing going there and its just good to hear ppl talk about the Reds live on commercial radio. New website just lauched and the Pub scheme thats been talked about here are good efforts. If anything i get too much stuff in my inbox email wise, but i think the text reminders we seem to get this year are a good touch.

This kind of stuff is good too - www.reds.co.uk/trybeforeyoubuy

Ive worked in sales & marketing for over 15 years and as im a bit of a sad geek take an interest in what we do and how it compares to other sports clubs. What we do isnt world beating by no stretch of the imagination but we seem to be moving in the right direction at the moment. Really think we just need to hold our nerve and keep going. I for one would rather have a crowd of 4000 paying full whack that a crowd of 6k with 4ooo paying nowt and never coming back.


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Quote: EX.SALF.UNI "They've tried/trying [sizeE V E R Y T H I N G[/size but the reality (that most have come to terms with) is that marketing a losing team at a ground like ours is flogging a dead horse.
On this subject though - I've been mightily impressed with the quality of video ads at the TC, and doing the social media rounds. The rock radio plugs seemed to attract a bit of praise too, though I haven't heard them myself. The new venture to bring the matches into local boozers is pretty innovative, no idea what return it'll provide but it's exposure.'"


Think the level of Marketing has improved , certainly better than the previous few seasons.

But agree marketing a winning team in any sport is alot easier, getting the product right on the pitch is vital, so being battered by 40-50 points at home is no recipe to build on home support no matter how contrived the campaign or how cost effective the tickets are.

can't believe we don't have a " next game at the willows Sign " outside the ground or the poster/ placards we used in 2007/2008. I was walking to the ground Good Friday an hour before K/o and some guys pull up to ask ' Is there a game on Today?

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I think Salford's marketing is improving and hopefully it will continue to do so when we move to the new stadium.

However, I feel that rugby league as a whole is not marketed as well as it should be. The sport is a fantastic product to market yet its marketing doesn't match up to the likes of union and football. You can't avoid football, its everywhere. If you want to find out about rugby league you have to know where to look. The RFL need to market this fantastic game. The more people see it the more they will want to come again. I think most of us agree that it is the greatest game of all, we just need more people to see it!

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I believe that children are the future .....'"


Leigh seems to be doing exactly what I suggested above ...

www.leighcenturions.com/article.php?id=4621

Can't see any reason why we can't do this on a shoe-string?

Would sit really nicely with the good schools work we already do and would begin to develop a group of kids ready for the big move.
Quote: Fatboys Limb "I think we need to re-introduce the Junior Devils (or whatever the kids club uesd to be called) and use it as a vehicle to get more kids involved in the club.

I believe that children are the future .....'"


Leigh seems to be doing exactly what I suggested above ...

www.leighcenturions.com/article.php?id=4621

Can't see any reason why we can't do this on a shoe-string?

Would sit really nicely with the good schools work we already do and would begin to develop a group of kids ready for the big move.


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I'm lead to understand there's some sort of big doo on down in London village today, i think the club are showing a lack of ambition by not getting a couple of free tickets tucked under the place mats for the buffet and finger food icon_wink.gif

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