: Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:43 pm  

tom85 wrote:

thats a spot on idea. i think new signs will bring more people in, i bet there are loads of fans out there that just dont know when fax are playing.

Think if they were" fans "they would know but it`s prospective fans we could capture with more" in your face "advertising.

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:45 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

Think if they were" fans "they would know but it`s prospective fans we could capture with more" in your face "advertising.

especially as the roads at the top & bottom of the Shay are the main ways in & out of town on that side.

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 10:56 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

Think if they were" fans "they would know but it`s prospective fans we could capture with more" in your face "advertising.

Get together with Keighley,Hunslet,Dewsbury and Batley , all chuck a couple of grand in and buy an advertising van or van and trailer between you

Then each club gets to use it for a couple of days in the lead up to their home games

It could be driven round the locality and parked up at markets/supermarkets , even used to give out ' promo ' deals on tickets and the like

If you havent got the staff each to do it all chuck in to pay somebody to drive the thing around

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:05 pm  

The way the Bulls did their marketing was not just for advertising the next game it was at every entrance to the City they were more or less saying "this is our patch". I don`t go anywhere near Bradford much these days so I don`t know wether they are still there or not,might be interesting to see how much the advertising boards are though couldn`t hurt to ask.I also notice the one at the rear side of the nightclub across from the civic,it looks electronic and advertises several products wonder how much that is anyone know?

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:08 pm  

Starbug wrote:

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Get together with Keighley,Hunslet,Dewsbury and Batley , all chuck a couple of grand in and buy an advertising van or van and trailer between you

Then each club gets to use it for a couple of days in the lead up to their home games

It could be driven round the locality and parked up at markets/supermarkets , even used to give out ' promo ' deals on tickets and the like

If you havent got the staff each to do it all chuck in to pay somebody to drive the thing around

We did used to do that as we had a fan/sponsor who used to do it for us and it was very effective don`t quite know what hapened there but it was moved about quite a bit and it would be good to see it again.

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:31 pm  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

The way the Bulls did their marketing was not just for advertising the next game it was at every entrance to the City they were more or less saying "this is our patch". I don`t go anywhere near Bradford much these days so I don`t know wether they are still there or not,might be interesting to see how much the advertising boards are though couldn`t hurt to ask.I also notice the one at the rear side of the nightclub across from the civic,it looks electronic and advertises several products wonder how much that is anyone know?

havent seen one around Bradford for a few years, other than whats there at Odsal.

I liked it when we used to have the big electronic advertising "thingy" in our SL years in the late 90s, but im sure people on here have said before that it was a really expensive to hire.

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:57 pm  

[quote="griffax"]havent seen one around Bradford for a few years, other than whats there at Odsal.

I liked it when we used to have the big electronic advertising "thingy" in our SL years in the late 90s, but im sure people on here have said before that it was a really expensive to hire.[/quote]

As I said , get together with other Championship clubs and buy one

Time for us all to start to work together

5 clubs all contributing one wage each means a 'team ' of five marketing people working for a different club every day , then give them a budget and some visual support and you will start to get somewhere

We as p/t clubs cannot afford to do the job properly , so instead work together and do the job properly but just not as often , better to have a team of workers doing one day a week or one week a month for your club than one person struggling on their own F/T

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:25 am  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

That is what the first poster is saying the boards too small .

How could I miss that

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 6:34 am  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

Maybe we should contact the advertising agencys to see how much the ones on Huddersfield rd are or the Road ones advertising Halifax then underneath we could have underneath "Home of Halifax Rugby League.

They are really expensive, I think around £2500 per year normally, but in the crrent climate they might be willing to negotiate.

A better option would be to contact land owners on the borders and see if we can erect a permenant sign that is bigger and cheaper.

I'm sure farmers would be happy to let the signs be put up in their fields for £500 or less.

One of the problems with the mobile A board was that if it was left parked up, the lights would be smashed and the tyres slashed, but we did then find a permanent spot for it up at the Moorlands pub at Ogden, but I don't know if it's still there.

: Thu Apr 09, 2009 7:18 am  

Might sound daft but simple, why not Try and incorporate a poster advertising the next home game in the window display at Harveys? I'm sure plenty of people look in the windows as they pass.

Are the fixture posters still done? (seem to remember comments about them at the start of the year) they were usually displayed in a lot of takeaways and the like.

I know when a Circus or similar is in town, they get local shops to display their posters by Giving a ticket or two the the shopkeeper, which they can use them self or pass onto a staff member. A Circus style poster with a white box where the next fixture can be easly printed into could be a quite cheap option, just need a way to distribute them about.