Giants and Social Media : Thu Jan 29, 2015 7:27 pm  

With social media such a big thing today and its free for the club to use i really am disappointed with how we do in this area compared to other clubs..

but i think also it highlights the demographic of our fan base... we have alot of older generation fans who prob dont tend to get involved with the social media side of things, lost generations of fans during the bad years

below is a sorry sight

FACEBOOK AND TWITTER NUMBERS -

Leeds - 129k (FBOOK) 63k (TWITTER) 192k total
Wigan - 55k , 47k 103k
Hull Fc - 58k , 24k 82k
Saints - 39k , 34k 73k
Wire - 37k , 30k 67k
Cas - 37k , 18k 55k
Wakefield - 19k , 15k 35k
Hull KR - 14k, 18k 32k
Catalans - 21k , 8k 30k
Salford - 11k , 16k 27k
Widnes - 6k, 14k 20k
Giants - 3k, 15k 19k


yes bottom of the pile, clearly needs to be improved, why are we so far behind, i have given one of the reasons above but also the club doesnt help itself but poor at marketing in general !

Re: Giants and Social Media : Fri Jan 30, 2015 8:28 am  

Can't win- folk moan they haven't heard anything because the announce it I social media. I think it has lots to do with our demographic. IMO there's no point the club using it extensively if it won't get to the majority.

Re: Giants and Social Media : Fri Jan 30, 2015 1:32 pm  

jools wrote:

Can't win- folk moan they haven't heard anything because the announce it I social media. I think it has lots to do with our demographic. IMO there's no point the club using it extensively if it won't get to the majority.

yep think we have hit the nail on the head with our fanbase and why other clubs wonder why we cant get big crowds for our games now we are a top side

the newbie fans expect us to be winning things, the older ones remember how far we have come!

i still think the club could use social media better, with initiatives ....they could easily just look at what the other clubs do... the ones that are already using the social media will engage better and spread the word more with shares and retweets!

Re: Giants and Social Media : Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:15 pm  

I think the last two replies have highlighted why we don't get big crowds! We have secured I would say a solid home support of around 5,000 now and the majority of those will come what ever the club does (I mean in terms of doing ok, not getting relegated)! The majority of them are also the older demographic, therefore we don't need to appeal to the older demographic, because they are already going! To say we don't need social media because we have mainly older supporters is precisely why we should use social media! Hull KR's use of social media is second to none, not only in RL but in sport in general, and in the last 2/3 years they have seen a massive upturn in attendances!

Re: Giants and Social Media : Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:48 pm  

What is that Hull KR that's so good?

And why aren't Fartown doing it?

Re: Giants and Social Media : Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:31 pm  

Maybe it's because they can't get a decent signal because of the hills

Re: Giants and Social Media : Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:40 pm  

It needs someone who knows how it works and how to use it, it's outside normal marketing and is a developing medium

I'm no expert but I know people that are - when done right it's fantastic

Re: Giants and Social Media : Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:55 pm  

FeeFiFoFum wrote:

I think the last two replies have highlighted why we don't get big crowds! We have secured I would say a solid home support of around 5,000 now and the majority of those will come what ever the club does (I mean in terms of doing ok, not getting relegated)! The majority of them are also the older demographic, therefore we don't need to appeal to the older demographic, because they are already going! To say we don't need social media because we have mainly older supporters is precisely why we should use social media! Hull KR's use of social media is second to none, not only in RL but in sport in general, and in the last 2/3 years they have seen a massive upturn in attendances!

yep i totally agree, lots of good things done by other clubs and i have mentioned them on here before in the past but we as a club dont seem to use initiative like the rest.... probably why also we are lagging way behind, really is poor in this day and age when everything is social media, the club should get someone in just for this side of things, would pay for itself with attracting new fans

Re: Giants and Social Media : Sat Jan 31, 2015 4:57 pm  

Steve May wrote:

What is that Hull KR that's so good?

And why aren't Fartown doing it?

have a look on their twitter/facebook and compare.

hell knows why we dont do it, need a kick up the back side its a disgrace really to be so far behind the rest off the field when on it we are right up there

Re: Giants and Social Media : Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:06 pm  

Stop moaning brearley.