Sentences with phrase «tough sell»
The phrase "tough sell" means it's difficult to convince or persuade someone to buy or believe something. Full definition
With the product now, though, it is a very tough sell.
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With all the free sites it would seem to be a pretty tough sell to get people to pay for reviews.
Smaller sedans like the A4, which offers room for five only if the rear seat passengers are willing to get to know each other better, are an even tougher sell.
In fact, it raises the stakes for pretty much all premium wireless speaker, making expensive, single box solutions a much tougher sell.
Here's how smart companies are tackling today's toughest selling challenges.
In 1991, we had an IPO, which was a very tough sell.
Which, no matter how you disguise it, is a pretty tough sell to a community of animal lovers (which is to say, any community).
This is a much tougher sell and will have a lot of landlords and Realtor's groups up in arms.
But the Gear is a very tough sell for at least a dozen reasons.
The dream hire would be Jim Phillips from Northwestern, but that'd be a really tough sell as he recently got them new facilities and I can't say with confidence that our department would be a step up for him career-wise.
Speaking of tough sells, it's a sad fact that The Messenger isn't getting more attention this awards season because any film remotely connected with Iraq is doomed to small audiences.
And while the Pacifica Hybrid does qualify for government incentives, the sticker alone makes it an already tough sell and even tougher one.
Now, whether Affleck would have been nominated / won had his scandals come to light under the increased vigilance of the current #MeToo environment is hard to say for sure, though you have to imagine that would be a really tough sell in this environment.
He was advocating geoengineering with Solar Radiation Management, something that would be a pretty tough sell politically.
Later, teaching middle and high school history (an equally tough sell by the way), one of my goals was always to get kids jazzed about learning.
Even if the sanctuary state bill came for a vote in the Senate, it would likely be a similarly tough sell for Democratic lawmakers in moderate, suburban districts.
It's tough selling bloody heroism on a Homeric scale to a younger crowd raised on Luke Skywalker and Rambo.
A new trailer for the upcoming G.I. Joe movie has hit the web this week, and although the French subtitles technically make it an «international trailer», I think it only proves that this movie is going to be a pretty tough sell overseas.
But the film is a potentially tough sell, given that its source begins with the rape, murder and dismemberment of a teenage girl.
When finances are tight, going to the veterinarian for a checkup with a seemingly healthy pet is an understandably tough sell.
Yes, if the other two would 199/249, this might be a real tough sell.
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You see, at least from my perspective, SaaS companies can apply all the fancy features in the world, but if they can't make you trust that your data is 1) accessible, 2) secure and 3) that client privacy is protected... then the business of SaaS will become an increasingly tough sell.
A $ 600 Android tablet is an extremely tough sell nowadays, even for those marketing masters and smartphone volumes dominators over at Samsung, what with new iPad Pros starting at just $ 50 more, and ever - intensifying Windows 10 detachable competition.
While HTC announced that the Rezound would be getting an upgrade to Android 4.0, it's a pretty tough sell thrown up against the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that should launch within a week or so.
Oculus Rift's recent price cut to $ 400 makes Windows Mixed Reality an even tougher sell for Microsoft.
Given that the «short term» is something like 11 years, even with an ambitious 35 percent annual capture rate, I think TVHR would be a very tough sell in most U.S. locations.
Pricier Roku models are an even tougher sell now.
He was advocating geoengineering with Solar Radiation Management, something that would be a pretty tough sell politically.
If you're talking corporate counsel, I don't think there's an intake product that anyone will ever — you should never said never — but it's a really tough sell in that environment.
His movies can be a pretty tough sell, so it'll be interesting to see how wide of a release it gets and if people warm up to it.
While convincing people to wear a pair of high - end earbuds for hours at a time could sound like a tough sell, Kraft has extreme confidence in Doppler's ability to make waves in the wearable tech market.
And since agriculture is a sticky business — farmers can be a tough sell, but once they start seeing value from a product or service, they tend to stay loyal to it — it's essential for burgeoning players to establish market share now.
A lot of commercial users already use DJI drones: Retailing for under $ 2,000, they make a $ 65,000 to $ 200,000 SkyRanger (depending on the payload) a tough sell, no matter how sophisticated and rugged it may be.
That could be a tough sell.
As Coca - Cola found, change can be jarring, and fundamental shifts can be a tough sell.
WLES is a tough sell when employees worry that training means their jobs are on the line.
Initially, the mere idea of using home DNA kits as diagnostic tools was a tough sell for many in the medical community.
While Congress is in the hands of a Republican majority, getting Democrats to go along with cutting taxes for the wealthiest Americans — as is Trump's plan — will be a tough sell; while the Republicans control the Senate, the Democratic minority could filibuster bills they don't like.
It sounds like a tough sell, but looking at early reviews, Apple may be facing some real competition.
It's a tough sell, and getting tougher, but Wall Street is still extolling stocks as a great buy when today's super-stretched prices seem to signal the opposite.
Yet the one saving grace for those who support net neutrality — that is, reclassifying broadband suppliers as common carriers — will be a tough sell.
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