8 episodes
Marketing a Non-League Football Club Michael Bochel
-
- Sport
There are over 2000 clubs in the UK non-league football pyramid across England, Scotland and Wales, this is the story of how Nairn County in tier 5 of Scottish football approach their marketing.
Hosted by Michael Bochel, a freelance Sports Marketing Consultant and former Head of Digital at the Scottish FA who volunteers with his hometown club, Nairn County.
Michael’s purpose for the podcast series is to share his expriences of helping out the club in his own spare time while living over 150 miles away. He hopes that it might resonate with others who are volunteering at their local club, spark some ideas and more importantly learn from his mistakes.
-
E1 - Starting Out
Welcome. Get an introduction to the club and the podcast and Michael's first steps coming on board at Nairn County and surveying fans.
-
E2 - Putting a Plan Together
On the second episode, Michael goes through the plan put together and presented back to the management committee at Nairn County as well as going through a couple of things he would do differently if he had his time again.
-
E3 - Going Digital
This time around Michael talks about trying make things easier for fans online and from a digital marketing perspective. This episode covers finding a digital ticketing provider, putting our monthly club draw online plus other little bits.
-
E5 - A New Website On A Non-League Budget
On this podcast, Michael talks about how he managed to get a new website built and launched including how he got buy-in from the committee.
-
E6 - The Need To Bring In Others
All the ideas but no time sound familiar? In Michael's case it was this plus not being in Nairn regularly enough.Michael talks about bringing on board a couple of volunteers to help, general branding plans and linking in with a local university.
-
E7 - Improving Club Communications
Improving the club's communications with fans was one of the goals Michael set out to achieve when he first joined the club. On this podcast he goes through setting up email marketing, podcasting and plans for the future.