Tips for Starting a League?

[NikkiK]

Hi friends!

I'm starting a league in a small town in Oklahoma, pretty much in the middle of 3 larger surrounding leagues in OKC or Tulsa area that are an hour or longer drive away. It's a college town, and also has a very good familial community.

I've started working on gaining my professorship (took the test today on a whim), and going to start working on getting a venue.

Do y'all have any tips or pointers on how to get this thing off the ground? I fully believe it'll be a great opportunity for the people in the area, I'm just not sure about the "tricks of the trade" and so forth.

Thanks for y'all's help!

 

[EricDent]

Well obviously you need somewhere to have it.
Say for example a local comic/game store.

Then you would want to advertise it somehow.
Be it a sign in said location, or flyers you hand out.

So you also need to choose a good time/day to hold it.
Obviously the weekends are best for this.

Then you might want a league trade box of some sort.
Usually a bunch of commons/uncommons/energy to basically give away.

 

[NikkiK]

I hadn't thought of the trade box! That's a very good point. I'm probably going to OKC's PR here in a couple of weeks, so I'll be able to get my hands on some new cards. Thanks for that!

 

[FincastlePokemon2]

Look for some free opportunities to promote your league as well - try a community newspaper or blog, a Facebook page, fliers at the grocery story, college dining hall, libraries, etc. If you have a small group of folks who are interested, go ahead and start meeting (even before you get your league approved if necessary) then you'll have a great foundation for going forward.