nasty_b All American 1183 Posts user info edit post |
What do you think is the meme of the year. For me it is between antoine dodson and epic beard man. Keep a tally of the votes and add on write in candidates. I vote for Epic Beard Man.
Antoine Dodson -
Epic Beard Man - I 12/29/2010 4:15:58 PM |
djeternal Bee Hugger 62661 Posts user info edit post |
I realize this thread is about TWW's Meme of the Year....which this is 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! 12/29/2010 4:22:16 PM |
raiden All American 10504 Posts user info edit post |
^ this one 12/29/2010 4:22:44 PM |
punchmonk Double Entendre 22300 Posts user info edit post |
Was HOOPS MALONE's PACK PACK PACK meme from 2010? 12/29/2010 4:25:53 PM |
crazy_carl All American 4073 Posts user info edit post |
amber lance 12/29/2010 4:29:12 PM |
th3oretecht All American 15539 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^ 12/29/2010 4:30:24 PM |
nasty_b All American 1183 Posts user info edit post |
ok, I'll try to keep this updated with as many votes and meme's as possible. I just remembered the Michael Glapion thread too.
Antoine Dodson -
Epic Beard Man - I
HOOPS MALONE - I
Michael Glapion -
Outside Sales - I 12/29/2010 4:30:29 PM |
Doc Rambo IV All American 7202 Posts user info edit post |
+1 Outside Sales 12/29/2010 4:31:19 PM |
AstralAdvent All American 9999 Posts user info edit post |
Fail.
Unless you meant youtube and 4chan copypastas of 2010
I'm astraladvent and I approved this message 12/29/2010 4:31:30 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
is there a column for they're all fucking stupid?
i'll check that one, please 12/29/2010 4:32:53 PM |
ALkatraz All American 11299 Posts user info edit post |
Outside sales 12/29/2010 4:37:31 PM |
BigHitSunday Dick Danger 51059 Posts user info edit post |
Outside sales is my shit
and yes it gets my vote
[Edited on December 29, 2010 at 4:39 PM. Reason : d] 12/29/2010 4:39:08 PM |
nasty_b All American 1183 Posts user info edit post |
Antoine Dodson - 0
Epic Beard Man - 2
HOOPS MALONE - 1
Michael Glapion - 0
Outside Sales - 6 12/29/2010 4:46:50 PM |
Geppetto All American 2157 Posts user info edit post |
+1 Outside Sales 12/29/2010 4:49:03 PM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
12/29/2010 4:49:37 PM |
Fhqwhgads Fuckwads SS '15 20681 Posts user info edit post |
HOOPS MALONE's meme makes me laff everytime 12/29/2010 4:51:03 PM |
synapse play so hard 60929 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Antoine Dodson - 0
Epic Beard Man - 2
HOOPS MALONE - 1
Michael Glapion - 0
Outside Sales - 6" |
...those aren't all TWW memes as the title suggests
but whatever 12/29/2010 4:51:51 PM |
HCH All American 3895 Posts user info edit post |
Hey TWW, Imma let you finish, but Kanye had one of the best memes of the year.
[Edited on December 29, 2010 at 5:13 PM. Reason : Happened in Sep 2009. Meme was in 2010.] 12/29/2010 5:10:06 PM |
Fhqwhgads Fuckwads SS '15 20681 Posts user info edit post |
That was last year, good sir. 12/29/2010 5:11:14 PM |
MinkaGrl01
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I vote for leathermyst calling Michael Glapion a thief and a liar 12/29/2010 5:12:38 PM |
Dammit100 All American 17605 Posts user info edit post |
where/when did the HOOPS MALONE one start? 12/29/2010 5:33:05 PM |
gunzz IS NÚMERO UNO 68205 Posts user info edit post |
its lamps ... not lance lol12/29/2010 5:44:46 PM |
AlaskanGrown I'm Randy 4693 Posts user info edit post |
I thought this was about TWW Memes not Internet memes in general, I vote Three Word Quotes. 12/29/2010 5:48:35 PM |
fodrizzle All American 647 Posts user info edit post |
nasty_b asked me to take over the scoreboard for the night...
Antoine Dodson - 0
Epic Beard Man - 2
HOOPS MALONE - 2
Michael Glapion - 1
Outside Sales - 7
Three Word Quotes - 1 12/29/2010 6:03:38 PM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
+1 Outside Sales 12/29/2010 6:07:03 PM |
craptastic All American 6115 Posts user info edit post |
Lets do something large 12/29/2010 6:07:24 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148238 Posts user info edit post |
HOOPS 12/29/2010 6:12:18 PM |
Chop All American 6271 Posts user info edit post |
+1 Outside Sales 12/29/2010 6:41:50 PM |
The5thsoth All American 4813 Posts user info edit post |
who are these aliases? 12/29/2010 6:43:16 PM |
d7freestyler Sup, Brahms 23935 Posts user info edit post |
Give me any odds of what you think this being the 2010 Meme of the Year is.
Let's do something large.
Let's do something like....
"There's a 1 out of 1x10^10 chance."
That means there's a one in ten billion chance of aliens existing.
Is that not rare enough for you? Okay. Let's do 1 out of 1x10^15. That's a one in one quadrillion chance.
Based on observations from the Hubble Space Telescope, there are at least 125 billion galaxies in the universe.
It is estimated that at least ten percent of all sun-like stars have a system of planets, there are 6.25×10^18 stars with planets orbiting them in the universe.
If even a billionth of these stars have planets supporting life, there are some 6.25×10^9 (billion) life-supporting planetary systems in the universe.
6,250,000,000.
Now, what are the odds that NONE of these have any life on them? 12/29/2010 7:17:26 PM |
Walter All American 7719 Posts user info edit post |
Outside sales 12/29/2010 7:27:43 PM |
aimorris All American 15213 Posts user info edit post |
glapion 12/29/2010 7:49:12 PM |
arghx Deucefest '04 7584 Posts user info edit post |
outside sales
[Edited on December 29, 2010 at 7:56 PM. Reason : how did that meme start anyway? ] 12/29/2010 7:55:47 PM |
titans78 All American 4035 Posts user info edit post |
outside sales.
I remember reading that post originally, it never gets old when I see it pop up in a thread it always makes me laugh. 12/29/2010 8:01:48 PM |
BIGcementpon Status Name 11318 Posts user info edit post |
outside sales 12/29/2010 8:02:07 PM |
fodrizzle All American 647 Posts user info edit post |
My vote is for is for Michael Glapion.
Antoine Dodson - 0
Epic Beard Man - 2
HOOPS MALONE - 3
Michael Glapion - 3
Outside Sales - 13
Three Word Quotes - 1 12/29/2010 8:06:57 PM |
kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
you gotta do this right if you're gonna do it, goddamn it
gather up all the memes from 2010 before you start taking votes on them
otherwise you get asshats like HCH who come up in here spouting bullshit about Kanye not being from 2009 (seriously dog? I made a website about that shit.... in 2009. don't fucking tell me the dates on my ftp are wrong. that shit was old come 1/2010.)
and keep it TWW-specific
I'm not voting on the "funniest thing I saw on the internet that just so fucking happened to spill over to TWW," I'm voting on the 2010 TWW Meme of the Year.
That means something very specific, in that it came from TWW and not the fucking asshole of the internet 4chan.
What does that mean?
Outside Sales
Hoops Malone
Michael Glapion
Gronke's "Let's do something large" idiocy
jessiejepp USPS lawsuit
and maybe we take holdovers and old standbys from years past -
ohhhhh, this water feels so good
i got raped, but he was hot as fuck
mustache separated and cam eback together
but bullshit that didnt come from TWW doesn't fucking belong 12/29/2010 8:53:22 PM |
fodrizzle All American 647 Posts user info edit post |
^u mad? 12/29/2010 9:02:46 PM |
petejames All American 2236 Posts user info edit post |
is the goodnight sweet prince thing ours? if so, I vote for it. if not, i vote for 3 word quotes 12/29/2010 9:04:20 PM |
amac884 All American 25609 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Three Word Quotes - 1" |
way old
Quote : | "interesting, tell us less" |
12/29/2010 9:12:29 PM |
kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
that being said my vote is for BOYCOTT DA SCHOOO!
[Edited on December 29, 2010 at 9:31 PM. Reason : sorry, vote change.] 12/29/2010 9:29:22 PM |
amac884 All American 25609 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "is the goodnight sweet prince thing ours?" |
absolutely not12/29/2010 9:37:50 PM |
Jaybee1200 Suspended 56200 Posts user info edit post |
shut the bed 12/29/2010 9:42:50 PM |
ClassicMixup All American 3877 Posts user info edit post |
HOOPS 12/29/2010 10:20:12 PM |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
Interesting, tell us less. 12/29/2010 10:29:12 PM |
PackPrincess All American 10557 Posts user info edit post |
I keep reading this as TWW Male Model of the Year, lol 12/29/2010 10:29:59 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
The Ernie delegation splits its vote between Let's Do Something Large and BDS 12/29/2010 10:30:35 PM |
catalyst All American 8704 Posts user info edit post |
interesting, tell us less. 12/29/2010 10:31:46 PM |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
iop1 12/29/2010 10:34:15 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148238 Posts user info edit post |
are all the memes definitely from 2010 or were some from 2009? 12/29/2010 10:34:43 PM |