Mariners Trust AGM

I think in terms of the Comms, these should serve to to stay in the mind  of fans members or not. The Trust must be seen to be ‘active’. In terms of the AGM, yes it is for members but there needs to create some intrigue from non members.

Take the customer journey funnel. Those little extra posts on message boards etc. Can help turn ‘interest’ into ‘purchase’ and then ‘retention’.


Not a criticism in the slightest to the trust board, I can see why the decision was made. For what it’s worth the news there is a number of people willing to put their names forward is great to see. In fact I think I think I’ll be one of those people as I think I have something to offer the trust which In turn can help the club.

Quoted from forza ivano

FAO PIZZZA / BIGDOG  (&  BARRALAD)

How about one of you (or anyone else on here who is a Trust member)  volunteer to post Trust information on here? It'd take very little effort and would be doing something useful.
By 'driving the agenda' the Trust gets immediate positive coverage, and hopefully could be used to encourage more people to join?


It might not seem a big thing, but I'm a firm believer in the David Brailsford philosophy that to improve 100% you need to improve 100 things by 1%

Good idea Forza, I do follow the Trust on Twitter so it would not be a problem for me to copy and paste any info to here if not posted already. Every little helps

Question for Barralad, do you think this would be a help / useful if I were to do this?

Some interesting and relevant points raised in this thread.

Comms: In recent GTFO discussions it was felt that the Trust could vastly improve comms with a better use of wider social media. Interesting to see that people don’t think that to be the case and they should concentrate more on social media with a narrower focus on Town!

Age range of The Fishy: I’m not sure it’s as young as people might think on here. I’d put the average age at somewhere in the late 40s/50s but Pete, barralad and one or two others definitely bump that up!

Also I suggested some time ago that there could be a dedicated board on here for Trust concerns. Looks as if the demand is there Rob/Ian.

Quoted from LH

Comms: In recent GTFO discussions it was felt that the Trust could vastly improve comms with a better use of wider social media.

Hi, what is GTFO?

Quoted from pizzzza

Hi, what is GTFO?

Get That Fenty Out?

It was Grimsby Town Fenty Out but is now Grimsby Town Fans Online. We were pretty prominent on Twitter for a brief period over the Christmas break: @GTFansOnline

It's nice to read all these comments but being part of 'bump that up' age I am becoming confuse about all these abbreviations comms, funnel and GTFO. Do I stick a comms down a funnel to gat a GTFO, or funnel a GTFO to get comms, or shove a GTFO down a funnel and become confused !

Abbreviations are good if you know what they mean and bumping up at my age is confusing enough.

On a serious note as the club will have new owners soon joining the Trust may be beneficial as you can have a voice. How the trust communicates is up to its members but for me I don't do social media.

Quoted from pizzzza

Good idea Forza, I do follow the Trust on Twitter so it would not be a problem for me to copy and paste any info to here if not posted already. Every little helps

Question for Barralad, do you think this would be a help / useful if I were to do this?

Yes surely this can only help with what is a real achilles heel for the trust

Can’t help but shake my head in sadness reading Barra’s replies. I know you mean well, but come on. It’s like the parish council not reaching out to the WI because ‘they know where the notice board is outside the church if they want to come to meetings’.

You ought to quickly take pizzza up on his offer to do what Forza proposed.