Well the competition doesn't matter — just so long as there is great coffee around to drink: — RRB -.
Not exact matches
I was just thinking about this and I think that this happens because people don't really think this through and believe that the marketing strategy will make their product a
better choice than those of the
competition.
They typically react (slowly at
best) to three outside drivers: (a) their
competition brings a new offering to market, and they need a quick competitive response; (b) their customers see and begin to adopt new processes and solutions, and the customers demand that their products and services conform to the new ways of
doing business; or (c) they see a new tool, product, or service in the market offered by a new player and they quickly determine that this is a game - changer which they need to own (rather than try to build themselves) because they lack the internal capacity to
do otherwise.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18)
competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as
well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of
doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
«What is the
best thing to
do in the face of market distortions to arrive at free and fair
competition?»
Your
best prospects have a perceived need for what you offer, can afford to buy it and have demonstrated a willingness to
do so — probably by purchasing from your
competition.
After you know the
competition, you simply have to
do better for your customer than the
competition would.
Small Businesses
Do It
Better was a
competition winner in StartupNation's 2012 Home - Based 100, and has been highlighted on MSN Money, in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, GeekWire, BizSugar, Business2Community, Target Local, StartupNation, The Shark Tank, Quirky, Edison Awards, Barbara Corcoran's Facebook page, Mark Cuban's Twitter feed, and various other websites.
«We entered several business plan and engineering
competitions and
did very
well.
Whatever your online business offers, it's a
good idea to check up and see what the
competition is
doing.
I'm a free enterpriser so this might be me saying,
well look, I don't think it is fair now to say to people that have made those investments — it's a number of companies not just Bell and Rogers, it's Telus and so on — that the city is going to facilitate more
competition or invest in it.
The key to beating your
competition, according to Jeremy Fain, of pioneering neural network technology Cognitiv, is having
better data - not necessarily more of it, but the data that your competitors
do not have.
The way to rise to the top in e-commerce is by
doing three specific things
better than your
competition: carrying more Stock Keeping Units (SKUs), delivering faster, and pricing
better.
«If you don't have a plan to be
better than your
competition you probably shouldn't be
doing it at all.»
We're kind of in a
good spot because we don't really have any proper
competition.
We
do a lot of
competition partnerships with other accounts that we think have unique offerings and work
well with us.
A man in his early 20s sitting in the audience raised his hand and argued passionately about how he didn't think it was a
good idea to consort with the
competition.
To select its judges, Next 15 management didn't simply go with the most senior people in the organization; instead, they put up a diverse team selected on the basis of actually being
good at judging such a
competition: a panel defined not by job title, but by skill and expertise.
And finding a
better way before the
competition does is a big part of what we're trying to
do.
We
do a lot of internal benchmarking as
well as external benchmarking with our
competition.
While
doing this might not be easy in today's economic environment, it may be worth any short - term hardship, because your company will attract some of the
best people in the business, and they will help you to stay ahead of the
competition.
Do not simply view the trade show as a competition, but rather a place to showcase what you do better than anyone els
Do not simply view the trade show as a
competition, but rather a place to showcase what you
do better than anyone els
do better than anyone else.
Online Travel management, being a sector witnessing cut - throat
competition is now
doing well in terms of raising quality investments.
Rose - Martel put out a report in January predicting Gildan would
do well in the new era of tougher Chinese
competition, and she made some money for the clients who followed her advice.
To make your business
better than your
competition, you also need to learn the tactics and strategies your opponents use so that you can
do it
better to win over your customers.
At the same time, just because a keyword has low
competition doesn't mean you should optimize your site for it — especially if it isn't
well - targeted to your customers.
Another U.S. streaming service, Amazon, also has a film in
competition, Todd Haynes» Wonderstruck, but has not been subject to the same opposition as it
does screen its films at cinemas as
well as online.
The winner of GOBankingRates» 2015
Best Money Expert
competition, Nicole Lapin said you don't have to give up everything you love to save money and get ahead financially.
«In athletic
competition, you learn very quickly how to deal with failure - you learn from what you
did wrong and it makes you
better.
When you stand out from the
competition by offering something of value that your competitors don't, you give your customers a
better reason to choose your product or service.
To be successful as an agency or service provider, you have to
do things
better, faster, and cheaper than your
competition — even if that
competition are your clients» own teams.
Like the coach and the politician, many entrepreneurs are afraid their track record, resume, product or service doesn't stack up
well vs. the
competition.
Do Your Homework Winning a
competition requires far more than a
well - researched, passionately conveyed idea.
«One of the things I learned back in my days at Netscape was that, in the face of very serious
competition, you need to remain focused on your users and customers, and if you
do that, chances are you will be able to build a pretty
good business,» McCue said.
Why should I buy from you at all when I understand your
competition better than you
do, and there's no difference?
Companies like Microsoft have
done well to keep up and perhaps even surpass the
competition these days, but thanks to some brilliant branding on Apple's part, there was a time when PCs were considered by many to be behind the curve.
Lobsterfest is
best done during the Lenten season, and we believe the promotion continues to be an important way to differentiate Red Lobster from the
competition generally and more specifically helps us keep the brand connected to guests who can afford to spend a little more, and as a result, keep them coming back.»
But perhaps the most surprising tidbit the founder shares, is the idea that you should help your
competition do well.
Though she can't reveal how
well she
did on the
competition, she
did say that she learned a lot from the «crazy,» sometimes grueling 12 - hour tasks on the
competition.
«For now, we really don't know how compelling the selection of apps will be, how
well this thing will actually perform in the final version that's released to consumers, or what exactly the
competition from Apple will look like,» says Jan Dawson, chief analyst at Jackdaw Research.
When you talk about how you're
better than your
competition, don't worry about its funding or market share.
One reason it's
done so
well since it listed in December 2011 is that it has barely any
competition.
Be careful not to bad - mouth your
competition; instead state what your company
does better and focus more on your service.
Once you've found one thing you
do better than your
competition, see if it could be a differentiator for you in the market.
A common mistake made by entrepreneurs is assuming they will simply «
do it
better» than any
competition.
Raynor cautions that this doesn't mean businesses should put «gold - plated Aeron chairs and Godiva chocolates in all the conference rooms,» but that businesses should figure out where they are
better than their
competition and exploit that gap with higher prices or higher volume, not lower costs.
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Instead, when confronted with
competition, ask yourself, «What
do we
do differently that will help our clients achieve
better results?»
«France is a country that doesn't have the
best image in terms of
competition and business,» notes Adyoulike's Verdier.
Short - tail keywords — If you want to reach a larger audience, then this is the
better option as it
does the complete opposite; short tail keywords reach a larger audience but, due to high
competition, you are less likely to show up on Google.