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R&P, The Place to Be! What selling-point would you use to recruit a Y!A user in becoming a reg in R&P?

Friday afternoon, I like to ask what could be a fun question. As an executive recruiter, part of my job is to go out, find hightly qualified prospective candidates and place them in a new position. These candidates for the most part are very happy with their current position and employer but open to what might be an upgrade, career-wise. My job is to to sell them on how a particular opportunity with my client-company would be a good career move. Which leads me to this, if you took on the job of being a recruiter on behalf of R&P, and the task at hand was to pitch a Y!A user (in another category) on why they should make the move to R&P, what selling-point would you use. Kind of.. what makes "R&P The Place to Be?

MQ: What selling-point would you use to recruit a Y!A user in becoming a R&P reg, what makes R&P the place to be? ("If you made the switch to R&P...")

BQ: If you were to recruit someone in becoming a fan of your favorite genre, what song or album would you use? ("You'll love (insert genre), just listen to this..")

Have fun (:

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  • 10 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    First off, I wouldn't be recruiting any old person, by putting an ad in the paper or something, no no no.

    If somebody wanna walk these streets and join mah mafia, they gotta be worth it.

    So instead of pitching, I'm gonna be testing to see which candidates are worthy of joining the elite of R&P.

    Test 1: Somebody asks " Can somebody please recommend me some bands similar to BVB?"

    Do you answer:

    a) Why of course! *insert useful list*

    b) B1tch dees aint no place for yu!

    c) ew those bands suck! (you also ironically happen to have a 30STM avatar whilst typing this)

    d) say that your balls are itchy today

    Test 2: A member of RHH comes in on their monthly trolling spree in R&P.

    Do you say:

    a) rAP SUCKS, METAL IS REAL MUSIC

    b) Yeah I dig rap, I love Eminem

    c) say " gee, you guys are so immature"

    d) comment on how the moon looks funny when you're wearing 3D glasses

    Test 3: I ask a question.

    Do you:

    a) Star it with your 8493 different Level 1 accounts

    b) Attempt to mess with me (in which case my e-mafia will f*ck you up)

    c) Answer affectionately and efficiently

    d) All of the above

    I'm still working on it though, y'know.........

  • ?
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    My speech would be *looks for a microphone*

    Ladies and Gentlemen *Why is R/P the place to be?* What makes R/P users remain in this section once they've been drawn into world of Rock & Pop?

    Well speaking from experience,ummm ummm,ok when i first registered to Y/A R&B/Hip Hop/Family & Relationships were my favourite sections,believe it or not i gained a top contributor badge in friends and ralationships despite giving poor advice and never being in a serious relationship,questions asked in that section started becoming repetitive for e.g * Does he or she like me?*My boyfriend cheated on me should i leave him?*so i kissed that section goodbye.I then decided to see what the R&B section was all about but soon discovered not many people could name 10 good Stevie Wonder songs and Pop related questions would get more responses than R&B related questions.I then started visting the Hip Hop section and discovered some members are trolls using several different accounts.

    I then met some of my latest contacts some of them are Rock chicks who influenced me, whether for the good or bad i'll let them to tell you..... listening to Sodom - Agent Orange http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V9WVz9yFt0 right now,yes i'm actually playing metal right now as i type this!

    BQ R&B is my favorite genre of music so i'd recommend Zhane Hey Mr Dj http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa7PJseO_hw

    Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glhdcJ7K3XM

    Stevie Wonder - My Cherie Amour http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0Gu-CyE-NQ

  • 10 years ago

    R&P Regs: Slightly less retarded than the others

    BQ: You'll love psychedelic rock, just listen to Tales Of Brave Ulysses by Cream

  • 10 years ago

    If you join, I'll give you cookie, besides all the cool kids are doing it.

    BQ: "What's so Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding" - Elvis Costello, because I can't imagine anyone not liking that song.

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  • 10 years ago

    R&P is the dark side of Y!A. You know what that means? It means we have an unlimited supply of milk and cookies, that's what.

    BA: Hmmm. Tough one. While Black Sabbath is my favorite band of all time, and the band that got me into traditional heavy metal, if I were going to try to get somebody into the trad metal genre I'd probably hand them The Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    10 years ago

    If you made the switch to R&P all your dreams would come true! haha

    BQ: You'll love thrash metal if you listen to Master of Puppets by Metallica.

  • 10 years ago

    MQ: Rock & Pop, teaching sarcasm and anti-elitism since 2008.

    BQ: Well Rocks my favorite genre but for this i'd rather do Hip Hop

    You'll love Hip Hop if you just listen to Run DMC

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA8DsUN6g_k

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wMFOL_sAPk

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hN1SKVx31s

  • 10 years ago

    I would just like to say that anyone at all is welcome, but they really need to try and refrain from sending hate mail to users who 'ignore' their questions, and sending a tirade of TD's for revenge. It's very unbecoming.

    MA: "If you make the switch to R&P, you can have FUN with Harvey! And ME!"

    BA: "You'll love Splatter Rock! Just listen to this!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nkz5yUIoC4w

  • ?
    Lv 6
    10 years ago

    Hey Harvey,

    hmm thats tough as persuading people isnt 1 of my strong points.

    i guess i'd say something like "you'd have loads of fun & laughs". because that certainly has proven true for me.

    bq:thats even tougher, i'll go with War Pigs-Black Sabbath(that covers rock & metal)

    @Rocket Queen:reading that test i'd probably fail it.

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    If you join R&P, you'll receive your very own 'slather cat' set.

    (set includes butter, a 3 month old cat, and feathers)

    BQ: You'll love trip-hop, just listen to Ponderosa by Tricky.

    Source(s): *starts rubbing butter on a baby kitten* *pours feathers on it* *stares*
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