TWW is hiring

submitted by qntmfred on Monday, March 22 2010 at 1:35 PM

TWW is reviving its effort to find relevant, local businesses to advertise on our site. We are looking to hire at least one person to join our team. Your job will be to talk to local business owners and let them know there's a whole website full of NC State students and alums just waiting to buy their stuff. When you sign up a business to advertise here, we'll pay you a share of the revenue.

If you're looking for some extra money, want some great experience for your resume, and want to help free TWW from the tyranny of impersonal internet ads, we could use your help. You'll also work closely with tww's owners, who have done this sort of thing with college websites all over the country, and can help you succeed.

If you're interested, send your name, email and a paragraph saying why you want to be an official TWW staff member by PM to qntmfred.

posted by Supplanter on Monday, March 22 2010 at 1:40 PM

I WANNA KNOW WHERE DA GOLD AT. I WANT DA GOLD. GIMME DA GOLD. I WANT DA GOLD.

3/22/2010 2:22:47 PM

This is great, Jake. Thanks for posting. If I was still in Raleigh, I would be all over this.
Try reaching out to the business office of Student Media -- they do a lot of sales/advertising for the Technician & WKNC.

3/22/2010 3:32:33 PM

i'd like to apply for one of the two open moderator positions in the Sports Talk department.

3/22/2010 6:28:27 PM

I'll ask the question, even though I'm not interested.

What type of compensation does this person get outside of commission.

3/22/2010 10:52:14 PM

I realize this thread is about outside sales....

3/22/2010 11:33:09 PM

^ lol..

please dont do it..

3/22/2010 11:33:56 PM

Quote :

"I WANNA KNOW WHERE DA GOLD AT. I WANT DA GOLD. GIMME DA GOLD. I WANT DA GOLD."

Fox News

3/22/2010 11:45:34 PM

Hire me. You know all them Jews be running the business. I got the in.

3/23/2010 1:38:10 AM

i nominate HOOPS MALONE. from what i hear he's quite the promoter

3/23/2010 8:38:13 AM

im glad to see someone is hiring

3/23/2010 6:51:27 PM

I realize this thread is about creating ad revenue....which I do not. Hear me out, maybe I can offer some insight.

I am in outside sales, which is currently salary+commission, but will move into straight commission starting at the beginning of July 2010. I have been in this position since July 2009. I have competition from several direct manufacturing sales reps, large distributors, and local distributors. Here are the advantages and disadvantages of each:

Direct Advantages: Immediate knowledge of new technology, no middle man mark up, one shipping bill (paid by manufacturer or buyer of goods), access to larger range of non-commodity items, control inventory, have access to many distributors that can effectively sell their goods which increases market share, and set prices of commodity they manufacture.

Direct disadvantages: Typically have 1-3 sales reps per region (i.e. southeast, mid-atlantic, northeast, etc.) limiting the number of accounts they can successfully manage/cold-call, lack physical customer service or physical technical service available to or affordable for smaller users or altogether, are sometimes not trustworthy because they will go in behind their distributors that sell their commodity to one account in large quantities (i.e. they missed a big account, and have found out about it through a distributor selling their particular product) which leads to the distributor not selling their product anymore, have too many distributors selling the product ultimately driving the set price down through deviations, possibly rely on distributors to actually sell the product, and competition from other direct sources.

Large distributor advantages: have access to other commodities that go hand in hand with other manufacturers (poor example- grocery stores sell milk as well as cereal), get direct pricing, many locations regionally or nationally easing the shipping burden of buyers with multiple locations, personal service either customer or technical, many sales reps that are able to cover a broader territory, access to multiple manufacturers of the same commodity allowing to keep prices in check, service programs that smaller companies can't offer and direct providers can't match in price or value, and experts of many many commodities as opposed to one or a few.

Large distributor disadvantages: smaller local distributors creating price wars (think Michael Scott Paper Co vs Dunder-Mifflin), direct mfg's going in behind and stealing business, limited access to all of the mfg's (you won't find Harris Teeter name brands in Food Lion and visa versa), can't truly set prices because it's based on both supply and demand, territory management, and tough growth prospects in slower economies (this is true for direct as well really)

Local distributor advantages: Typically a good ol' boy setting where the seller and the buyer know each other for years (this does happen at all levels, but mostly at the local level), local folks are right down the street and can be used in emergencies, if the local guy buys at high enough volumes then there is no shipping charge to the end user, and access to both direct mfg's and large distributors.

Local distributor disadvantages: easily beaten in price, array of commodities, array of technology, lack of trained staff, low cash flow, etc etc etc.

This is what I have noticed in my six months, I am sure there are plenty more that need mentioning. The way I am setting myself apart as a sales person is this: I go after the big accounts right now while I am new. The big accounts, if I land them, will take care of me while I am new and building a customer base. The money made off of those allows me to focus free time on smaller accounts that get me higher margins. I build up big accounts, I would like to have 5-10 of these, then get 20-30 medium accounts. If I lose 1 or 2 big accounts, the 20-30 medium accounts keep me afloat while I go after new big accounts. I don't really waste time on small accounts simply because they basically pay for breakfast or something really small.

I will say this, if you can't get a big account in the first 6-8 months (assuming you have cash flow that you can ride this long) you could be in a world of trouble. If you can get one, it will really make going after the others a lot more enjoyable and less stressful. It's simply just very exhausting wasting any time on anything other than big accounts in the very beginning. You work just as hard on the medium sized accounts and see 1/3 to 1/36 of the money in my situation.

If you have any other questions, you can PM me. I hope this helps in the slightest!

[Edited on March 23, 2010 at 7:10 PM. Reason : ]

3/23/2010 6:56:28 PM

amac884 ITT

btw who owns TWW

i messaged nael once and he said he doesn't own it

3/24/2010 3:30:21 PM

i guess you never saw message_topic.aspx?topic=570933

3/24/2010 6:37:41 PM

how much is an ad?


[Edited on March 24, 2010 at 10:19 PM. Reason : nvm i found it.....who wants to buy an ad with me?]

3/24/2010 10:18:54 PM

To hell with pay. Give me the source code and all known locations to the Easter egg hunt so I can rig the contest.

May want to reach out to the College of Management. This sounds like an excellent opportunity for an internship or part-time work. (Read: Not all MBAs are PHBs).

3/28/2010 7:11:18 AM

Is it true that you are paying with new strident layers gum?

3/28/2010 8:50:03 PM