2015 Membership Thread - Can we get 35,000

[F'scary]

I had a casual conversation with the kids' school principal the other day. Asked him about WB and the club's presence at the school. He said they offered a training clinic under the banner of WB, so there were expectations that there would be some of the players there. But it turned out to be run VU students (not including Mitch Wallis), so a bit of a disappointment. Other than that, zero contact between the club and the local backyard school.

my point being, maybe the club needs to reach out more. There is nice stuff about what they do on the website and I am not suggesting they don't make an effort but perhaps they are missing some obvious target groups and perhaps even targeting others where there are low returns.

[F'scary]

I'll go a bit further. They should be visiting my kids school several times a year. Thinking about it, with a playing list of about 40 and a number of recently retired players who are on retainers of one kind or another, the club's management must be missing a sheep in the top paddock not to be targeting the dozens and dozens of schools in the western suburbs. That's where you'll get your new members from.

[Eastdog]

Great Stuff:

Mark Stevens Twitter

Anonymous Dogs fan, lawyer in Singapore, has chipped in with 10 grand asking the club to buy memberships for local kids with it ..

[Eastdog]

my point being, maybe the club needs to reach out more. There is nice stuff about what they do on the website and I am not suggesting they don't make an effort but perhaps they are missing some obvious target groups and perhaps even targeting others where there are low returns.

I think while its great we try and target the kids to support us we need ultimately sustained on field success and then you'll hopefully get new support from the west and beyond the west. There are probably several
sole Dogs supporters in their families like me who support us and their families support other teams but if we don't have a good appeal ie: on field success then it will be struggle to get the next generation of kids on board.

[Happy Days]

Got this text from a mate of mine today,

Boys Got a game in nab saturday. Yippeee.12 new memberships from smiths. You member yet? If not Roarke Call you next weekend in member drive. Lol.
Sent from my iPhone

"Sent from my iPhone" makes this

[F'scary]

I think while its great we try and target the kids to support us we need ultimately sustained on field success and then you'll hopefully get new support from the west and beyond the west. There are probably several
sole Dogs supporters in their families like me who support us and their families support other teams but if we don't have a good appeal ie: on field success then it will be struggle to get the next generation of kids on board.

Easty, I think it is the kids who can make their parents members! That is not as crazy as it may sound, I've seen it over and over again where a parent's luke warm, lapsed or complete non-interest can be turned around by their kid going to school and getting right into the footy. Parents want to share things with their kids. If the kid is footy mad, the parent will follow.

[Webby]

Easty, I think it is the kids who can make their parents members! That is not as crazy as it may sound, I've seen it over and over again where a parent's luke warm, lapsed or complete non-interest can be turned around by their kid going to school and getting right into the footy. Parents want to share things with their kids. If the kid is footy mad, the parent will follow.

For unaligned parents this is very true. Unfortunately for us, 90% of Vic families are aligned since the 1920's.

Fortunately for us, the western suburbs are packed with unaligned migrant families whose kids are ready to be win over. We just need to get onfield success and hit the schools in the huge, growing zone we've pegged out.

[bulldogtragic]

For unaligned parents this is very true. Unfortunately for us, 90% of Vic families are aligned since the 1920's.

Fortunately for us, the western suburbs are packed with unaligned migrant families whose kids are ready to be win over. We just need to get onfield success and hit the schools in the huge, growing zone we've pegged out.

Which is why they need to keep improving the 'Bulldogs Backyard' membership and do it right. I think this should be a priority over year to year corny/contrived pushes.

[Bulldog4life]

The Footscray Bulldogs are advertising memberships for sale. Will these be added to our Western Bulldogs total and/or income? How many people will only buy these memberships? Interesting to see the totals of both eventually.

http://107.170.132.8/1741-2/?camefro...70119_25184691

[F'scary]

For unaligned parents this is very true. Unfortunately for us, 90% of Vic families are aligned since the 1920's.

Fortunately for us, the western suburbs are packed with unaligned migrant families whose kids are ready to be win over. We just need to get onfield success and hit the schools in the huge, growing zone we've pegged out.

Yep, and you get a snowball effect: if there are a significant amount of kids following WB at a school and WB players visit schools more frequently than once in a blue moon or never, other kids get on the bandwagon and their unaligned, weakly aligned or nominally aligned parents join in.

[Webby]

Beating Collingwood handsomely in the NAB Cup is worth a couple of thousand fence sitters signing up, I reckon. A good night, tonight.

[azabob]

Ok, so i think i just heard Dwyane Russell is now a paid up member....

[Webby]

Okay, if true, he's officially downgraded from "absolute wanker" to just "bit of a wanker"..!

[Maddog37]

Okay, if true, he's officially downgraded from "absolute wanker" to just "bit of a wanker"..!

A touch generous for mine. I would be going for a downgrade from super mega wanker to mega wanker.

[Eastdog]

25,383

Another 10,000 odd needed to reach over 35,000 members.