Ideas for Drawing in People

[d'marion]

Boy, since I'm fencing all this epee, I can't remember what the original point of this thread was. Was it about getting more customers? Or arguing with a silly saberist? Damn, I just can't remember!

[Inquartata]

You call that arguing?

Maybe only in the same way that one can call epee fencing.

[d'marion]

I would think of something clever and witty to say, but I remember how saber is just two people running and hacking at each other like madmen.

[Alexander Kai]

I would think of something clever and witty to say, but I remember how saber is just two people running and hacking at each other like madmen.

No no no, sabre is like football. Line up, pile up, repeat.

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[Inquartata]

I would think of something clever and witty to say, but I am an epeeist.

There, I fixed that for you.

[d'marion]

You assume I'm stupid because I fence Epee, but remember this: When you Assume, You make an Ass out of U and ME, So back off.

[Inquartata]

Tsk. Surely you can come up with something more original than that...

Oh, wait. Epee. Never mind.

[d'marion]

Boy, you're on here all the time. It makes me wonder do you actually fence anymore?

[Inquartata]

Me, too.

But no, summer is just a fallow time for a college club...or at least for mine. Most of the fencers have gone somewhere else, and the building closes early during the week, so T-Th practices have gone away, leaving weekends only. Verily, it doth suck.

[Alexander Kai]

Me, too.

But no, summer is just a fallow time for a college club...or at least for mine. Most of the fencers have gone somewhere else, and the building closes early during the week, so T-Th practices have gone away, leaving weekends only. Verily, it doth suck.

If you come to Chicago, there's no shortage of [epee] fencing!

[d'marion]

If you come to Chicago, there's no shortage of [epee] fencing!

Same here in the Gulfcoast!

[Inquartata]

Sounds like places to be avoided at all cost.

[philtaylor38]

I haven't read all 51 replys but short term, demonstrations at schools or camps to get kids enthusiastic, they will tell parents.
A proper sign to advertise the club, encouraging beginners to try it.
Long term a website with "newyorkfencingclub" or whatever your town is as domain name and list it wherever you can.
Any clubs who want to list for free can list here Uneed2getoutmore fencing clubs.
You don't need a website.

[kalivor]

I haven't read all 51 replys

It also seems that you did not even bother to read the original post.

[philtaylor38]

Not exactly fair Kalivor

[kalivor]

No? The original post is in regards to the unique location of the fencing club -- being in a mall -- and how to use this as an opportunity to attract those visiting the mall for non-fencing-related purposes.

Your suggestions have absolutely nothing to do with this scenario. Hard to believe that you read the question before offering an answer.

[philtaylor38]

Mr Kalivor,
I obviously bow down to your better grasp of the English langauge.
I read into the post a sense of frustration that because it was a shopping mall there are many people walking past but not many using the club, so d'marion was after ideas how to raise the profile of the club, I didn't think, as you suggest, that because of it's unique location it was simply about grabbing shoppers as they walked past, although it is an opportunity.
I simply gave suggestions for raising the profile of the club as a whole.

By the way is there any chance of a link in your blog, Kalivor, mate?

[Alexander Kai]

Sounds like places to be avoided at all cost.

To be fair there is some Sabre in Chicago, and we have a few decent sabre refs. but expect the largest event to be C1 if you're lucky (hey at least then you could take it easy and just wail on the beginners.

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As to Kalivor and the other guy I feel like we've covered most every topic. After this its probably all just thread drift.

[kalivor]

As to Kalivor and the other guy I feel like we've covered most every topic. After this its probably all just thread drift.

Absolutely. After two months and nearly 60 posts, no new ideas on the topic will ever, ever emerge.

The human race is now tapped out: no more ingenuity or innovation. Creativity and imagination are hereby banned.

[d'marion]

That's what I'm thinking too. Well, I appreciate all the ideas. Thanks guys!