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Robin Goch

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On 23/11/2018 at 12:46, phantom said:

Interesting reply from Tom Tainton 

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It’s sad that here’s proof that the people making decisions are now so far away from the actual sporting element of the game (be it rugby, football etc). The moment City have a dance cam then I’m done.

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nebristolred

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Oh wow, just checked into this thread, didn't realise the rugby had gone full on USA with the dance cam. Deary me :laugh:.

I was at the San Diego Padres last year and they had a 'kiss cam'. It went well, zooming in on clear couples who had a little kiss and then a big cheer, until the camera eventually zoomed in on a guy and a girl who were clearly brother and sister. The look of horror was fantastic.

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5 minutes ago, nebristolred said:

Oh wow, just checked into this thread, didn't realise the rugby had gone full on USA with the dance cam. Deary me :laugh:.

I was at the San Diego Padres last year and they had a 'kiss cam'. It went well, zooming in on clear couples who had a little kiss and then a big cheer, until the camera eventually zoomed in on a guy and a girl who were clearly brother and sister. The look of horror was fantastic.

That'll work well down the Mem then.

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On 24/11/2018 at 21:29, Robin Goch said:

It’s sad that here’s proof that the people making decisions are now so far away from the actual sporting element of the game (be it rugby, football etc). The moment City have a dance cam then I’m done.

If City have a dance cam, I'd like to think that the crowd would unanimously react with a flick of the Vs.

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41 minutes ago, just like watching brazil said:

Not as bad as tipping point earlier  who asked which premier league team do Prince William support? Answer was Aston Villa 

I never knew Tipping Point was now being shown of Challenge TV.

(I can't be the only person who watches vintage Bullseye)

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3 hours ago, just like watching brazil said:

Not as bad as tipping point earlier  who asked which premier league team do Prince William support? Answer was Aston Villa 

 

3 hours ago, phantom said:

Confused, what is wrong with this @just like watching brazil? 

Well, they ain’t a premier league club but the other thing that is wrong is that it should say ‘which premier league team does Prince William support?’ 

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This whole scenario is really sad, but was completely avoidable. As we saw in the summer, Jon Lansdown wants to imprint his vision on City’s branding, and the way we have known things - considered postings appealing to the traditional football fan rather than prioritising likes and retweets - are over.

There are still some really good people in the City media team. I don’t know the new head of communications beyond his name, but the fact he used to be head of media for the B&I Lions speaks volumes about where an actual understanding of our fan base lies on the club’s priority list (I’m sure @Robbored can testify that football is not his primary sport) should speak volumes.

It’s sad more than anything though for me. Things are always likely to be better-received when things are going well; Head2Head in the promotion season wouldn’t have had quite the same ring to it had we been in a relegation scrap, but seriously. Fishing for RTs when Harry Redknapp relates the club’s name to a pair of tits? Cringe-worthy twitter polls run by “social media gurus”, no doubt, with self-deprecating “banter” about whether they should shut up? Who exactly is this appealing to?

Everything since Adam’s departure, and he really did pitch the tone right nine times out of 10, has all the hallmarks of a naive approach led by people who are just interested in engagement figures and not with actual engagement, and Jon fits that billing perfectly. The new social media executive would appear right up that street too.

It’s doubly sad because clickbait in news websites is a means to an end. It sells ad revenue which newspapers need to survive, even if it is short-sighted and shit. Whereas Bristol City’s fortunes are not going to be affected by how many people RT a video of Marlon Pack dancing in a game we lost, whether it gets retweets or not. The only thing it will affect is pissing off and alienating the loyal fan base in a season where we’ve got more than enough to be grumpy about anyway.

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14 hours ago, RonWalker said:

This whole scenario is really sad, but was completely avoidable. As we saw in the summer, Jon Lansdown wants to imprint his vision on City’s branding, and the way we have known things - considered postings appealing to the traditional football fan rather than prioritising likes and retweets - are over.

There are still some really good people in the City media team. I don’t know the new head of communications beyond his name, but the fact he used to be head of media for the B&I Lions speaks volumes about where an actual understanding of our fan base lies on the club’s priority list (I’m sure @Robbored can testify that football is not his primary sport) should speak volumes.

It’s sad more than anything though for me. Things are always likely to be better-received when things are going well; Head2Head in the promotion season wouldn’t have had quite the same ring to it had we been in a relegation scrap, but seriously. Fishing for RTs when Harry Redknapp relates the club’s name to a pair of tits? Cringe-worthy twitter polls run by “social media gurus”, no doubt, with self-deprecating “banter” about whether they should shut up? Who exactly is this appealing to?

Everything since Adam’s departure, and he really did pitch the tone right nine times out of 10, has all the hallmarks of a naive approach led by people who are just interested in engagement figures and not with actual engagement, and Jon fits that billing perfectly. The new social media executive would appear right up that street too.

It’s doubly sad because clickbait in news websites is a means to an end. It sells ad revenue which newspapers need to survive, even if it is short-sighted and shit. Whereas Bristol City’s fortunes are not going to be affected by how many people RT a video of Marlon Pack dancing in a game we lost, whether it gets retweets or not. The only thing it will affect is pissing off and alienating the loyal fan base in a season where we’ve got more than enough to be grumpy about anyway.

The new social media exec comes from Surrey has no link or care about the club.  He’s losing followers on an hourly basis. Completely driving fans further against the club. I reckon the last time the guy saw a naked girl was when he was 4 and shared the bath with his sister. 

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6 minutes ago, PhilC said:

"U K".... Seriously?

They've just lost another one. ?

13th unfollower of the day.   Last sat must of been special - didn’t play and still lost 50 followers. 

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10 minutes ago, TomF said:

13th unfollower of the day.   Last sat must of been special - didn’t play and still lost 50 followers. 

I'm fed up with it Tom, I really am. I have just tweeted a reply and was just writing a second one but I don't know if the comments will even get read (I was also going to tag Matt Parsons). It honestly makes me sad to see that account in that state.

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22 minutes ago, TomF said:

13th unfollower of the day.   Last sat must of been special - didn’t play and still lost 50 followers. 

How do you see stuff like how many people unfollow a day or is it something you've kept track of?

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7 minutes ago, hodge said:

How do you see stuff like how many people unfollow a day or is it something you've kept track of?

Plenty of free tools out there, such as...

https://socialblade.com/twitter/user/bristolcity/monthly

... a word of caution though, any large/bulk numbers of unfollowers will be Twitter’s automated ‘bot’ remover in action, after closing down spam/automated accounts, not genuine accounts unfollowing. 

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36 minutes ago, cidered abroad said:

City Under 18 playing CREW Alexandra in FA Youth Cup at Ashton Gate tonight.

I saw that as well, written 3 times too. It’s been changed now, wonder if they saw your post :laugh:

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The thing I don't understand is when you hire someone to do your social media as a football club the main thing you need is professionalism and knowledge of how to drive up interaction, in this case why have we not signed a social media team who are supporters of the club? Hire a Bristol City fan, a Bristol Rugby fan and a Bears fan, a three man/woman team who have a passion for the media they are working with, this alone should minimise issues that are popping up.

I've done a lot of social media stuff and I know the difference between working on a social media account that you're passionate about and one you couldn't care less about, one is easier because you have a passion for it and also the knowledge of what you're promoting. Another thing our social media doesn't seem to pay attention to is research as they don't seem to know what our fanbase actually like/dislike, I know there is a large range and the younger generation are a lot harder to satisfy but all it should take is a bit of professionalism with a hint of banter to please most without overselling everything to the point where people almost instantly take a disliking to it.

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I follow the twitter accounts of football, rugby and basketball.

The latter two have some great banter and are obviously ran by people who know their audience.

The football one though is shocking. Put a video up of CHSW and everyone will like and come back. Stick to that sort of content and not the silly questions grown adults won’t answer and will just cringe at !!

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WhistleHappy

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Media Team Mistakes Day After Day …. really? 

That's not good enough for a pro media organisation, what did they mistake it for?  Monday Monday ?  …  Ruby Tuesday?

nb: Media team,  those songs were by the Mamas & The Papas  /  Rolling Stones  ….  whereas Day After Day is a Bowie track on The Man Who Sold The World album. 

Unforgivable... bring back Adam Baker!

:punish:  

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Sleepy1968

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2 hours ago, JonDolman said:

Okay the twitter page has gone from brilliant last season to terrible this. But what really annoys me is the way they do the interviews on the website.

I agree. I used to love the interviews and pressers. The only things apart from game highlights I ever watch on the OS now are post match interviews, and that's only because they don't have time to f with 'em! Pressers I'll sometimes watch on the bristol post website. I also think their city podcast (Robin on the Wire) with Michelle Owen and Gregor McGregor McGregor is really good.

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16 minutes ago, Bobthedog said:

Agree that the podcast is really good hosted by two people that know what they are talking about. Worried that soon they will let Downsy near it and turn it into a joke like the Bristol Bears podcast.

is there a bcfc podcast?

Sorry just realised you were referring to one in the BEP

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