Several ideas were mentioned in the latest issue of the fanzine, I got in touch with the club, one month later I was sat in a meeting with Ken talking about which ideas they were using and how they were going to be implemented! He said at the end of the meeting 'The fact fans, like you, have been suggesting ideas has 'reinvigorated' our marketing team and me'! It is clear the club is listening and wants all of our ideas!

leeds rhinos have 56k followers on twitter.. maybe we need to take a look at what they are doing on that platform

hell even london broncos have 11k !

its a way of getting the message across and the club needs to think outside the box instead of the general boring stuff they usually give out on twitter and facebook.

its the best way of engaging with the public now.

town centre is dead.. and people would just walk past not interested if we were out handing leaflets

the whole squad were out in the town and villages at the start of this season remember...

I'd like to look at a model where we sign up as club members for different incentives. I'd be interested in how the Australian models work. Living in London I will never make all the games but want to support in other ways. I always spend money in the club shop, pay into the cash bonanza scheme. I think there are other ways to involve members, as well as being season ticket holders.

I'm sorry but Twitter doesn't really mean squat in real terms. I'm on twitter and I follow the giants, but that doesn't mean I read it everyday. Its just one avenue in which to get the message out, where many should be pursued. I would be surprised if even half of giants fans used it regularly if at all.

The key is lots of avenues, direct mail, pr and press, editorials, radio, tv, ambient media, events, reciprocal advertising, drip feed stuff little and often, then pick your big stories and know when to use them for maximum impact.

maybe start with having a pre season launch like we used to do?
make it a big event, with things going around town,put it around the pubs and maybe have giants theme nights, a family fun day,meet the players etc and a main function in the evening, get some big names involved, maybe a few live bands etc.
make it an event for everyone not just a few die hard fans, get people talking about the giants even if they only have a passing interest..make people aware..make them want to be involved., offer them tickets for the first game if they aren't regulars...maybe get some of our partners to sponsor it or subsidise travel to our first away game?
i know it would cost and logistically might not be easy but if it gets people interested then why not?

No it means theres 4000 supporters of other clubs getting information! I follow a few other clubs sites.

But the opposite of that is i know loads of regular fans,myself included, who don't use twitter ..fans aren't going to suddenly start going on twitter just to read what the club are saying ...there is also fans of other clubs and rugby league in general who follow every club i presume so its not just our fans or potential fans that follow it.

Do any of you follow Huddersfield's rugby union/basketball/american football clubs ? if you do/did and you saw a twitter or whatever from them would it make you want to go and watch them ?? simple question cos that's what expecting non fans of our club to do really.

The blueprint has already been laid, first by Cougers, improved on by Bulls, posters have covered just about all of it on here, its been said the Giants simply don,t have the people, therefore the problem is of the Giants making.
We should now be attacking the Bulls fanbase, we should be rolling our battle bus right up to their front door, the same with every town bordering us, Halifax Bradford Leeds Wakefield Barnsley Oldham Rochdale (lots of Yorkshire folk were sold off to the Lancs in 1974), Schools first, then town , posters etc. then industry, businesses.
If the giants carn,t be bothered the they must suffer the consequences. They must have spent 5K on posting ST info last week mostley to ST holders, do we need reminding? waste of money, better spent on general marketing to none ST holders.
l have long held the opinion that we don,t have the right peopke in the back office, needs sorting.

I was brainstorming a few ideas when I was bored and I pinged a few ideas to the club, the email I sent was long, dull and boring - here are a few points. Not all are probably viable, but some really are.

Totally agree ....get signed up to the HGSA and let's make things happen !!

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Quote: giantarmy "How do we do it please?'" try the link below, for more details you can contact Ivor C&G Scarf who is on here! www.giantssupporters.co.uk/Forms/Membership.html