On this week's episode Sean catches up with Nick Truelson, Chief Commerical Officer for the Western Bulldogs. In the “year of the underdog” in sport, Nick chats with Sean about the Bulldogs historic premiership win, ending the longest premiership drought in AFL history.
On this podcast you'll learn about:
- How the club has changed since the first podcast I did with the Bulldogs 4 years ago
- How the final series was managed from an internal commercial point of view
- How the Bulldogs have capitalised post grand final yet still remaining a true Community Club
- Overwhelming support from Bulldog fans (and from everyone else)
- The power of the celeb fan
- 3 teams, 3 Cups, 1 club
Resources from the podcast
- Thanks again to Nick Truelson from the Western Bulldogs, connect with him on Twitter @NickTruelson and on Linkedin
- Follow the Western Bulldogs on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
- Listen to Wil Anderson post AFL Grand Final on 2 Guys 1 Cup
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Some tweets you may have missed
Happy 4 week anniversary
Happy 4 weeks since we won the 2016 AFL Grand Final @westernbulldogs fans #premiers #godogs pic.twitter.com/8rSoNNriUe
— Nick Truelson (@nicktruelson) October 28, 2016
Fans coming out in force
May this day never end. pic.twitter.com/PBGuWA0eAX
— Western Bulldogs (@westernbulldogs) October 2, 2016
We actually did it
Good morning @westernbulldogs fans. Just in case you thought you were dreaming, I thought I'd remind you that we won. Meet our new buddy pic.twitter.com/mFZ81gWV32
— Nick Truelson (@nicktruelson) October 1, 2016
A new fan
Massive CONGRATULATIONS to @westernbulldogs This club welcomed me to @afl and Melbourne. The spirit and fight of this club is first class. pic.twitter.com/upfW2XMQYk
— TIM CAHILL (@Tim_Cahill) September 24, 2016
#Bemorebulldog
Great to see big @westernbulldogs fan @chrishemsworth pumped about the Preliminary final Win as well. #godogs pic.twitter.com/ud9zsOcKs8
— Nick Truelson (@nicktruelson) September 24, 2016
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