Promoting TUFC

[cambgull]

Also, I think initiatives for kids to come should be a constant deal, not just a few one-offs over the course of a season. A fantastic example can be found at Walsall, where kids pay the normal discounted rate for a season ticket and it is refundable over the course of the season. Should they turn up to every game, they effectively pay nothing. Granted, that doesn't bring money into the club right now, but it will in the future and once those kids turn 16, they become adults and pay the full rate, which is far more likely to happen if you've just spent the last 5 years going to every home game.

On the other side of that, the refunded money usually ends up being spent in the club shop or at the food stalls, so it comes into the club anyway. According to a news story from the BBC about it, Walsall saw their attendance rise by around 1,000, revenue earned through other areas of the club rose substantially as parents effectively had "free money" on the day and the amount of adult season tickets bought rose too. In a few years, they reckon they will really start reaping the rewards as estimates show around 50% of those extra kids will end up buying adult season tickets and the majority of the rest will visit several times a season.

[Glostergull]

Hi Guys
Just having a quick read before I am incarcerated in Horsepiddle again.
I wondered if we were possibly missing a small but non the less significant element of supporters who could attend matches.
We are a holiday center. In fact we are mean to be one of the premier holiday spots in the whole of the UK.
We must have a large number of football fans come down to the area.. As the season is starting earlier and earlier, why can we not try to attract these supporters by whatever means we have.
Is there anything that says we cannot have adverts on other web sites of football interest which promote the area and tell those supporters they can watch a bit of football while they are here.
We could have fans from all over the country pay us a visit. You never know. some of those fans, some of whom probably follow the
Premiershite could add United as their second team.

[chunkygull]

can i just say i mentioned about trying to get kids interested and what can we do about it, in a thread at the end of the season.

its took me a very long time to get my lad to go to a game and we got the 2 4 1 for the barnet game and went but i couldnt even give away the free one.
http://www.torquayfans.com/forum/viewto ... f=3&t=5734

trouble is he has lost interest now because the season ended and he has just got started.i'll get him in there again dont you worry.

they are all more interested in their various gadgets, phones, consoles, laptops etc. i cant even get him and his mates out for a kickabout. there are loads of them like that these days. nice sunny days last few weeks and they just wanted to stay in playing bloody xbox.

i do think the club should be in schools a lot more than they do. getting the players to visit would go a long way to getting the kids interested.

a team even playing half decent, slightly entertaining football and winning a few games would go a long way i think.

[bixieupnorth]

the holidaymaker thing is a great untapped source of revenue for us
we should have leaflets in EVERY b&b in the bay area, give them a family ticket for £20 or summat, they wouldnt come anyway, so practically give the tickets away, they'll spend money in boots or food stalls, and may become hooked for their next trip south, in any case its a bigger attendance at the very least

[chunkygull]

my only problem with the posters is that there are 2 of them that feature more of players in bristol rovers kit than torquays. :no: other than that they are a good idea. the more ideas we can try the better.

i lkie the idea of having someone in town (haldon centre or similar maybe) in a little stall talikng about the club, drumming up interest and getting feedback from the general public. whoever does this though would have to be very friendly, but very thick-skinned.