Frank Quitely Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 My idea of having a board was only one example of marketing the club. Marketing raises awareness but, if you do it right, also creates the value that you mention. The newspaper coverage is beneficial for reporting the facts / speculation about the club but doesn't really promote DFC the brand. Also it only covers those who buy the papers and not those who don't which is a growing population if you look at circulation figures. Bottom line is we do not have a marketing strategy and that is to the clubs detriment in my opinion.We don't to my knowledge have a Commercial Manager and that means you have no dedicated focus on sponsorship, merchandise, hospitality and match pricing/inducements. It is a gaping hole and I wonder how many of our rivals have such a role in place.In this day and age anything other than a professional approach, like banners, etc , is tinkering around the edges. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Picked this up from Dumbarton Memories on Facebook - Dumbarton District festival parade, 1992. Open top bus with club crest - trying to pick out who's on it. I've convinced myself that I see Charlie Gibson and Jim Dempsey, but I'm too lazy to research if they were even with the club in the summer of '92 (though I think they were). Any other takers? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 17 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: Picked this up from Dumbarton Memories on Facebook - Dumbarton District festival parade, 1992. Open top bus with club crest - trying to pick out who's on it. I've convinced myself that I see Charlie Gibson and Jim Dempsey, but I'm too lazy to research if they were even with the club in the summer of '92 (though I think they were). Any other takers? I bought a VCR out of that Clydesdale electrical goods shop behind the bus stop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylangt7 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 15 hours ago, BallochSonsFan said: We need the population of West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh to start valuing it's local football club. People know we're here. What we need is for people to start to care. I don't have the answer, but If you are just going to passivley wait until that happens then the club will continue its steady decline. In this day and age with all the competing factors and costs, you cant afford to sit back and wait for people to start to care. Even in the recent period of relative succcess in the Chamionship, the attendances never really picked up as they showed. If the recent discussion is anything to by, the Club might be better off with a Part Time manager (some creative recruitment needed obviosuly) and a Full Time Commerical Manager to increase the clubs fund for all the other suggestions. rather than the current set up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bring Back Paddy Flannery Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I don't have the answer, but If you are just going to passivley wait until that happens then the club will continue its steady decline. In this day and age with all the competing factors and costs, you cant afford to sit back and wait for people to start to care. Even in the recent period of relative succcess in the Chamionship, the attendances never really picked up as they showed. If the recent discussion is anything to by, the Club might be better off with a Part Time manager (some creative recruitment needed obviosuly) and a Full Time Commerical Manager to increase the clubs fund for all the other suggestions. rather than the current set up.Jim Duffy isn't full-time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 6 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: Picked this up from Dumbarton Memories on Facebook - Dumbarton District festival parade, 1992. Open top bus with club crest - trying to pick out who's on it. I've convinced myself that I see Charlie Gibson and Jim Dempsey, but I'm too lazy to research if they were even with the club in the summer of '92 (though I think they were). Any other takers? Red jumper is definitely Charlie. Jim Dempsey had just captained us to the title that year so he was still at the club( it could certainly be him closest to Charlie) . Possibly John Boyd(doesn't look blonde enough) at the back wearing a yellowy top. Unsure about the other one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo71 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 46 minutes ago, microdave said: Red jumper is definitely Charlie. Jim Dempsey had just captained us to the title that year so he was still at the club( it could certainly be him closest to Charlie) . Possibly John Boyd(doesn't look blonde enough) at the back wearing a yellowy top. Unsure about the other one. Maybe Jim Marsland at the back???/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 46 minutes ago, microdave said: Red jumper is definitely Charlie. Jim Dempsey had just captained us to the title that year so he was still at the club( it could certainly be him closest to Charlie) . Possibly John Boyd(doesn't look blonde enough) at the back wearing a yellowy top. Unsure about the other one. Was the young laddie with the yellow top/black sleeves not a forward? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGD89 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I don't have the answer, but If you are just going to passivley wait until that happens then the club will continue its steady decline. In this day and age with all the competing factors and costs, you cant afford to sit back and wait for people to start to care. Even in the recent period of relative succcess in the Chamionship, the attendances never really picked up as they showed. If the recent discussion is anything to by, the Club might be better off with a Part Time manager (some creative recruitment needed obviosuly) and a Full Time Commerical Manager to increase the clubs fund for all the other suggestions. rather than the current set up.I really think the club should be utilising social media a lot more. I know a few of the guys who sit near me are in discussion with the club/board to help out with this. Facebook instagram and twitter are literally free advertising. Taking a decent advertising poster be it for the ST offer or up coming games or the new kit launch and putting it onto all 3 of these portals would vastly increase the number of people who view and would then be maybe more enticed to come down and see the football. You can make these advertisements look really professional without a massive amount of time and effort being put into them. I would actually be quite interested in perhaps helping out with something like that. Its free for the club to do surely its a no brainer really. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, RGD89 said: I really think the club should be utilising social media a lot more. I know a few of the guys who sit near me are in discussion with the club/board to help out with this. Facebook instagram and twitter are literally free advertising. Taking a decent advertising poster be it for the ST offer or up coming games or the new kit launch and putting it onto all 3 of these portals would vastly increase the number of people who view and would then be maybe more enticed to come down and see the football. You can make these advertisements look really professional without a massive amount of time and effort being put into them. I would actually be quite interested in perhaps helping out with something like that. Its free for the club to do surely its a no brainer really. Especially effective with shares/retweets etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microdave Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Was the young laddie with the yellow top/black sleeves not a forward?Looking again, maybe it's Martin McGarvey. Our forward line that season were Charlie, Jimmy Gilmour and John McQuade. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 15 minutes ago, microdave said: 2 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: Was the young laddie with the yellow top/black sleeves not a forward? Looking again, maybe it's Martin McGarvey. Our forward line that season were Charlie, Jimmy Gilmour and John McQuade. I was thinking the dude sitting beside Ally MacLeod in the front row here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 50 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: Especially effective with shares/retweets etc. I've just retweeted the club's tweet about Saturdays game - that's another 79 people aware of it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWL Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 22 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: I was thinking the dude sitting beside Ally MacLeod in the front row here. Paul Shields was his name I think. Could name just about everyone in that pic from 30 years ago. Yet don't ask me to study for a work exam!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo71 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 1 hour ago, PWL said: Paul Shields was his name I think. Could name just about everyone in that pic from 30 years ago. Yet don't ask me to study for a work exam!!! ooft well remembered...was he not a loanee froom Celtic?Also was Danny Mckelvie at the club around that time?The picture above is from 1994 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockson Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 20 hours ago, C'mon_the_Sons said: My older sister was dating a Ross County fan and he took her to Sons v Ross County at Boghead (from memory Ross County won). Haven't Ross County always won at our place? It feels like that anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East of the Rock Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 2 hours ago, PWL said: Paul Shields was his name I think. Could name just about everyone in that pic from 30 years ago. Yet don't ask me to study for a work exam!!! What a team! Yep, Paul Shields. I think, and this could be my memory playing tricks on me, that he used to dj in the Clyde Bar in Helensburgh too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: I've just retweeted the club's tweet about Saturdays game - that's another 79 people aware of it All joking aside, the club's tweet has only been retweeted 3 times. Rather than moaning and handwringing, why not retweet it and try and get It out to a wider audience? Canny do any harm to try. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sons Fan Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 4 hours ago, RGD89 said: I really think the club should be utilising social media a lot more. I know a few of the guys who sit near me are in discussion with the club/board to help out with this. Facebook instagram and twitter are literally free advertising. Taking a decent advertising poster be it for the ST offer or up coming games or the new kit launch and putting it onto all 3 of these portals would vastly increase the number of people who view and would then be maybe more enticed to come down and see the football. You can make these advertisements look really professional without a massive amount of time and effort being put into them. I would actually be quite interested in perhaps helping out with something like that. Its free for the club to do surely its a no brainer really. 100% agree. We should be utilising social media more. Look at getting permanent signs on the back road. ASDA, Morrisons and also at the stations. Keep the club in people thoughts it may help to improve attendance. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Seems the Vale Juniors are trying to outdo us - they lost 9-1 away to Vale Of Clyde last night 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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