Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:53 pm  

Is it just me or is the club rather quiet? Granted you gets lots of stuff if you've liked the club on FB or got the Ap but apart from that I see nothing. No billboards, posters or anyone saying anything about our opening game. I know its the second game of the season so a bit off yet but im a bit baffled as to what the club is trying to do to entice stayaways, make the opening game a spectacle or even just create a bit of a buzz. As a direct comparison Rovers are really pushing the Leeds game and trying to get their biggest home attendance, I even got a text from my kids school the other day pushing cheaper tickets for kids. Just had something come up on FB from one of my KR mates saying the deadline is approaching for the 6 month payment deadline when ours finished ages ago too.

It really doesn't seem like the club are making much effort at all which is a surprise as in years gone by we used to be great at this.

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:59 pm  

Sebasteeno wrote:

Is it just me or is the club rather quiet? Granted you gets lots of stuff if you've liked the club on FB or got the Ap but apart from that I see nothing. No billboards, posters or anyone saying anything about our opening game. I know its the second game of the season so a bit off yet but im a bit baffled as to what the club is trying to do to entice stayaways, make the opening game a spectacle or even just create a bit of a buzz. As a direct comparison Rovers are really pushing the Leeds game and trying to get their biggest home attendance, I even got a text from my kids school the other day pushing cheaper tickets for kids. Just had something come up on FB from one of my KR mates saying the deadline is approaching for the 6 month payment deadline when ours finished ages ago too.

It really doesn't seem like the club are making much effort at all which is a surprise as in years gone by we used to be great at this.

The club had big advertising banners/posters as you came off the a63 at hessle near the traffic lights. Large volume of traffic passed down that road

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:14 pm  

Anyone genuinely debating whether to go that may be swayed by advertising will almost certainly be waiting to see what happens at Huddersfield. Thta'll be the acid test for many. Marketing on the back of the pre season we've had won't be easy either. Good result at Hudds will be what the PR department will be hoping for I guess to give them a platform for a major push the next week.

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:24 pm  

For me its all about creating the buzz. FC used to be great at it, now with our opening game coming up I see or feel no buzz at all. Yes theres a poster as there always is near Hessle but is that the sum total of it? Diss it all you want but Rovers have got Jake Quickenden on at their opening game and even I, as an FC fan, can see theyre making an effort. Ill be there at Warrington for the opening game but feel the club has lost a certain amount of direction possibly due to constant let down and failure but from what ive read this isn't anything new as the last couple of years have also been like this too

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:49 pm  

It's fair to say that the club seriously needs to up its game as far as marketing games is concerned.

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:55 pm  

Marketing at the moment does seem poor.
We are entering the 150th anniversary, so where is the push? First home game soon . Nothing in the local media, no promotion at all .
HKR will get more at their first game than we will !!
Come on Hull sort it out !!

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:33 pm  

The thrashing at Wakefield hasnt done the club any favours whether we fielded a second string Squad or not.
Seems to me that the optimism of fans for this new season has just drained away.
The club has also been very quiet,no aftermatch interviews no match replay on FC Live says it all.
I don't think Adam Pearson would have been pleased either friendly or not.

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 10:47 pm  

bonaire wrote:

The thrashing at Wakefield hasnt done the club any favours whether we fielded a second string Squad or not.
Seems to me that the optimism of fans for this new season has just drained away.
The club has also been very quiet,no aftermatch interviews no match replay on FC Live says it all.
I don't think Adam Pearson would have been pleased either friendly or not.

Er, I don't think we've had much of that anyway. Post us some examples of giddiness if you don't mind.

As far as the Warrington goes, it's a tricky one. With the SMC arrangements I thought it limited the amount of discounts we could afford to give, may be wrong. Do you pick first game vs a top club to push and risk a bigger crowd witnessing a twatting then tuning out for the season, or pick another couple of games for promotion? Tough one. We're still 2 and a half weeks off. But I agree there's not much chat about the opening games or pushing them yet.

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:11 pm  

bonaire wrote:

The thrashing at Wakefield hasnt done the club any favours whether we fielded a second string Squad or not.
Seems to me that the optimism of fans for this new season has just drained away.
The club has also been very quiet,no aftermatch interviews no match replay on FC Live says it all.
I don't think Adam Pearson would have been pleased either friendly or not.

He certainly didn't appear to be, no. Bent over double in anguish when Miller went over. Left about 2 minutes from the end with a cursory word in Radford's direction on his left and a more gregarious exchange with Johnny Whiteley on his right before sweeping decisively through the doors into the clubroom.

Spent the last 15 minutes watching him and Radford on the balcony of the block of flats. Far more entertaining than events on the pitch.

Re: Marketing : Wed Jan 28, 2015 11:39 pm  

HFC Boy wrote:

Marketing at the moment does seem poor.
We are entering the 150th anniversary, so where is the push? First home game soon . Nothing in the local media, no promotion at all .
HKR will get more at their first game than we will !!
Come on Hull sort it out !!

I agree it's far too quiet, marketing in general is one thing we did better at under Hetherington & Rule.

I understand we can't giveaway cheap tickets due to the SMC deal but we've had that issue for years and they've still drawn some big crowds over the years. They can't just rely on Twitter and Facebook which generally only reaches the fans who already go anyway.