Badges, Branding and The Quality of DTD.

[Tommy Bingham]

Badges, Branding and The Quality of DTD.

The talent within the card room of DTD, in my opinion, destroys that of many Casinos combined - Full of MTT and Cash heros.
Increasing Brand Awareness through the simple means of Badging a player does work.

Using tomsom as an example if he doesn't mind. He was wearing a badge of an Online Poker Site. He was a nice guy, he had a laugh and played very well. So, the next morning I went on that site and since, I have spent some $ on staking. Simple.

All DTD Regs all play at other casinos and now, travel the world playing events.
Have DTD ever thought of asking player to wear their brand? Online poker for DTD is the money builder, not really the club itself. So promote this through the means of branding players. Unlike Genting, paying 20k a year for players to play events. Out of the best players at DTD, I am sure 90% would happily wear your badge or hoody for nothing. Social media and blonde is full of people heading to Vegas, surely a simple message to ask if DTD can send you a hoody will cause no hassle to both parties. Lot a Europeans out there!

Team DTD Online?

[celtic]

Badges, Branding and The Quality of DTD.

The talent within the card room of DTD, in my opinion, destroys that of many Casinos combined - Full of MTT and Cash heros.
Increasing Brand Awareness through the simple means of Badging a player does work.

Using tomsom as an example if he doesn't mind. He was wearing a badge of an Online Poker Site. He was a nice guy, he had a laugh and played very well. So, the next morning I went on that site and since, I have spent some $ on staking. Simple.

All DTD Regs all play at other casinos and now, travel the world playing events.
Have DTD ever thought of asking player to wear their brand? Online poker for DTD is the money builder, not really the club itself. So promote this through the means of branding players. Unlike Genting, paying 20k a year for players to play events. Out of the best players at DTD, I am sure 90% would happily where your badge or hoody for nothing. Social media and blonde is full of people heading to Vegas, surely a simple message to ask if DTD can send you a hoody will cause no hassle to both parties. Lot a Europeans out there!

Team DTD Online?

DTD has many v good regs, but seriously, destroys that of other casinos combined???

[Tommy Bingham]

That is not really the main point of the post, it was just an opinion that the players at DTD have a better attitude and advanced skill level than those at many other casinos. Should have giving more info, but tried to say that they could trust the attitude and quality of the average DTD reg whilst wearing their brand. But yeah, many casinos, not all! I do feel the quality of DTD players destroys that of (for example).. G Casino regs.

[celtic]

That's a big statement, it's a Friday night, so ill let you win.

I get the main point of your post though.

Would this cost DTD money?  Is it worth DTD paying for it?

[kano]

I am sure 90% would happily where your badge or hoody for nothing.

That number is way off but I think it's a good idea overall.

[Boba Fett]

I think you're overestimating how often the average player pays attention to another players patch and overestimating how many players would wear stuff for free

[Tommy Bingham]

I think you're overestimating how often the average player pays attention to another players patch and overestimating how many players would wear stuff for free

I don't agree. In the long run it is profitable. Its targeted, in your face for 9 hours at the tables and recyclable. Perfect form of advertising a brand at minimal cost.

We are not Phil Helmuth. Why would most regs DTD charge? What would they charge?
I drink redbull, if they sent me a T-Shirt I would wear it cus it is a shirt for free and a product I personally use and trust. I wouldn't email them and say give me money or I won't wear it.


People pay VPP's to wear the Pokerstars logo? Yes, massive brand, but the customer is paying to advertise their products.

[Tommy Bingham]

DTD want to target recreational and consistant players. Thats their market.
I am not on about sponsoring a guy for the WSOP final table.

It is a cheap form of targeted brand awareness to gain the average player who will sign up, deposit and increase its online unique views

[theprawnidentity]

Interesting talking point.  I don't know how much the Hoodies cost DTD to make (and it may be worth tweaking the design to improve the effectiveness of an advertising tool), but I don't imagine they would have to work very often to pay for themselves (assuming you could get the right person to wear them for free of course).

Using tomsom as an example if he doesn't mind.

I feel violated 

[aaron1867]

Badges, Branding and The Quality of DTD.

The talent within the card room of DTD, in my opinion, destroys that of many Casinos combined - Full of MTT and Cash heros.
Increasing Brand Awareness through the simple means of Badging a player does work.

Using tomsom as an example if he doesn't mind. He was wearing a badge of an Online Poker Site. He was a nice guy, he had a laugh and played very well. So, the next morning I went on that site and since, I have spent some $ on staking. Simple.

All DTD Regs all play at other casinos and now, travel the world playing events.
Have DTD ever thought of asking player to wear their brand? Online poker for DTD is the money builder, not really the club itself. So promote this through the means of branding players. Unlike Genting, paying 20k a year for players to play events. Out of the best players at DTD, I am sure 90% would happily where your badge or hoody for nothing. Social media and blonde is full of people heading to Vegas, surely a simple message to ask if DTD can send you a hoody will cause no hassle to both parties. Lot a Europeans out there!

Team DTD Online?

DTD has many v good regs, but seriously, destroys that of other casinos combined???

I think statement is right, not a hard conclusion to come too, considering that most people go to DTD to solely play poker.

However agree with Fett about badges, don't generally think anyone's really gives that much of a second thought about them.

[Tal]

Don't see how you can say people don't give a second thought about them if companies keep getting their logos on shirts.

If you get a big name to wear your brand, that is good advertising and it must work. New companies - take Ivey Poker- have only a group of Pros so far and they wear the badge. That is the company's marketing strategy at present, or at least a good chunk of it.

Your average Joe is less marketable, so the effectiveness of the badge is reduced (unless 50% of the room is wearing the badge and it's like a display of market power). The exception to this, in my humble opinion, is where the Joe is talkative, friendly, engaging and great to be at a table with.

Wearing a badge isn't a statement that you've made it as a player, it is giving you a responsibility to sell the brand and hoodie, sunglasses, scarf, ten minute decisions players are about as good a salesman as Gil Gunderson from the Simpsons.

To OP, however, I will say DTD is probably a smaller business than most of the badge providers and maybe that's just a decision they've taken. Can't be like they're not aware of the option.

[theprawnidentity]

Maybe change thread title to 'Tommy Bingham wants a free hoody!!!'

PS. If he's getting one, I want one 

[PathFinder]

PS. If he's getting one, I want one 

Is this where +1 would work..??

[cambridgealex]

We go abroad to play poker ~ once a month and I've always thought that we should be repping DTD each time when we go. Perhaps get our hotels flicked in in exchange for repping DTD all the time

It would be criminal to have a DTD reg on a big Vegas FT without a patch at the least imo.

[theprawnidentity]