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Posted on 8/27/18 at 9:52 pm to JesusQuintana
FINALLY.........I am done
Posted on 8/28/18 at 7:37 am to navynuke
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What section of the budget would you recommend cutting so they can increase the marketing efforts, how much would you cut it, and what would your expected increase in attendance and donorship be?
I wouldn’t cut anything. We spend over a million on marketing every year. I’d guess a large chunk of that (based on the budget notes) is on selling football tickets and paying a third party firm to do it.
The marketing we’re doing now isn’t working. Need to change it up.
As noted above, students aren’t coming to the games. Get them to the game. I didn’t miss but one or two games the entire time I was at Mizzou. But I only paid like $150 for basketball/football season tickets.
I’d also do more event marketing events. The football team showing up places or the Coach or designee promoting/building the Mizzou football brand personally.
We need to connect the football team back to the average Missourian. That’s not about increasing the budget. It’s about allocation of time and current resources.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 8:58 am to the808bass
Bass those are all good ideas, but the product the marketers are selling has to be good enough for people to come watch.
Mizzou needs to win, then convince several of the top local recruits to come to Mizzou every year. Then win at a higher level with local kids that the casual fans know and have connected with. Do that and what you mentioned, then attendance will pick up.
Personally I don’t care where the players come from, as long as the team is good. But there are lots of fans that are more likely to come if there are many players that the fans tracked in high school.
Mizzou needs to win, then convince several of the top local recruits to come to Mizzou every year. Then win at a higher level with local kids that the casual fans know and have connected with. Do that and what you mentioned, then attendance will pick up.
Personally I don’t care where the players come from, as long as the team is good. But there are lots of fans that are more likely to come if there are many players that the fans tracked in high school.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 9:05 am to wubilli
FINALLY two posts back to back replies worth reading.
Agree with you and Bass
Win and the stands fill....... Adjust the instate advertising.
Agree with you and Bass
Win and the stands fill....... Adjust the instate advertising.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 12:25 pm to wubilli
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Bass those are all good ideas, but the product the marketers are selling has to be good enough for people to come watch.
I agree with that. But I think there’s some of our diehard fans who checked out in ‘15. Those are fans who sat in the stands and watched us lose to OU and Nebraska by 35 and came back the next week.
And I think Odom is exactly the kind of guy to bring those fans back from a ethic/personality standpoint. He comes across as a normal Joe who’s also a P5 coach. That should be highlighted by our athletic department.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 12:28 pm to blueprint_one
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As a local business owner in Columbia,
What's your shop?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 12:58 pm to wubilli
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Personally I don’t care where the players come from, as long as the team is good. But there are lots of fans that are more likely to come if there are many players that the fans tracked in high school.
This reminded me of several Como natives who have expressed their apathy by saying, "Hell, it's not like the players are from Missouri." (or some variation of that)
So, curious, I looked at the number of players that a few SEC schools had from their home states. TN had 45, LSU had 65, and GA had a surprisingly high 91.
Ala was another surprise (the other way) with 39.
Mizzou has 31.
Don't know if this tells us anything other than Bama is Bama and the other schools have a higher % of local kids on their teams than we do.
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:27 am to gumpinmizzou
Can confirm. I live in Ashland and there just isn't any excitement for Mizzou football.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:37 am to JesusQuintana
The Purdue game really pissed me off. I never gave up on watching Mizzou games last year, but I came pretty close to it after the Purdue game. From the players throwing in the towel at halftime against a Big 10 bottom feeder, to the student section chanting “MVP” for our punter to mock the shitty offensive performance against Auburn, I about had it. It was a fricking joke.
Barry Odom’s speech did give me hope though. I liked how he acknowledged how bad things were and that he was going to do everything he could to fix it.
Barry Odom’s speech did give me hope though. I liked how he acknowledged how bad things were and that he was going to do everything he could to fix it.
This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 8:43 am
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:51 am to TigerTalker16
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he Purdue game really pissed me off
That the thing, Im not driving two hours when I see results like this. Its actually really simple to figure out why attendance is down.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 9:08 am to the808bass
Attendance is low hanging IMO because as has been discussed, on field product will influence that.
The bigger question to me is expanding the donor pool.
The bigger question to me is expanding the donor pool.
This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 9:14 am
Posted on 8/29/18 at 12:00 pm to the808bass
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We need to connect the football team back to the average Missourian. That’s not about increasing the budget. It’s about allocation of time and current resources.
Something like the Cardinal's Caravan on a state level.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 12:07 pm to reedus23
Mizzou already does that with the coaches. Adding the top players could be a good addition.
Posted on 8/29/18 at 5:10 pm to reedus23
In Webb City we have football camps that start with 1st graders. These camps have a few high school players there and the head coach attends sometimes.
Mizzou could send coaches to some of these camps around the state. Like with the Webb City camps Mizzou should have players(Trystan Castillo from Webb City), coaches, or former Tigers attend camps all over the state as well.
Things like this will help build a fan base now and a future fan base.
LINK
Mizzou could send coaches to some of these camps around the state. Like with the Webb City camps Mizzou should have players(Trystan Castillo from Webb City), coaches, or former Tigers attend camps all over the state as well.
Things like this will help build a fan base now and a future fan base.
LINK
This post was edited on 8/29/18 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 8/29/18 at 8:26 pm to MizzouBS
What helped Mizzou's attendance back in the 70's when I was there(77-81) was showing the games on tape delay Saturday nights and showing the game again on Sunday mornings on NETWORK TV and scheduling 1 blueblood on their nonconference schedule every year. The buzz around the state was very good.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:39 pm to Zou brownmajic
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:46 pm to Zou brownmajic
Not if you read the link.
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The company said they wanted to find the best places for students to find jobs, get around town easily, and keep their cost of living down to a minimum.
Springfield ranked first for cost of living
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:49 pm to Zou brownmajic
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Does this make Mizzou look bad?
No, most are just laughing at it. And example: Rochester, MN (Home of Mayo Clinics) is named...and the "college" there is a branch of the U. with 350 students, mostly health occupations.
Hardly a college town.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:00 pm to wubilli
That's what I get for not reading the link. Way to be on it!
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