But it also reflects a maturing market and the challenges associated with rapid growth
as an industry gets bigger.
The company knows its market well, and to further target
them as the industry gets even more crowded, they have just announced the launch of eHarmony Premium.
As the industry gets more and more competitive, it's almost a requirement for successful sites to offer their clients free services, or at the very least a free space to post personal information.
Thumb through the pages, enjoy the photography and watch
as the industry gets ignited.
But then,
as the industry got bigger through the baby - boom years, fewer writers lived near New York and thus mailing manuscripts to editors started to become the norm.
Unless
we as an industry get better at collecting relevant data in consistent ways, we won't achieve the full promise of AI.
The write - down on original series could have happened to any company, because «professional video is very expensive to produce and getting more expensive
as the industry gets crowded,» he told the E-Commerce Times.
Not exact matches
But it's also seen by many in the
industry as the archetype of the fast - moving but ultimately shallow clickbait machine, driven by pageviews and willing to do almost anything to
get them.
For example, an experienced media sales person selling to property developers may not find it
as easy to
get to grips with banks and financial institutions, or a B2B company that expand from the automotive
industry to transportation logistics, may find their sales professionals struggling to understand what goes on.
Pete Karageorgos, manager of
industry and consumer relations in Ontario for the Insurance Bureau of Canada, noted that telematics are already helping drivers who don't believe they carry
as great a risk
as the rest of their statistical group to
get a discount.
At
industry event, I can tweet with a certain hashtag
as a way to meet people whom I may be able to help (and have actually
gotten clients this way).
As power is consolidating in the VC
industry, with fewer firms
getting a greater share of LP funding, VC firms are beginning to realize the power that branding and marketing can have on dealflow and their ability to raise capital.
Not so at RFRK, which has increased both its employee retention (in the high - turnover food - service
industry, no less) and its rep
as an employer of choice (the firm recently
got 350 applications for an admin position) by making its people feel something very powerful: that their work matters.
As a business owner, it's critical to take advantage of any opportunity to
get ahead in the
industry.
«One of the biggest challenges in the
industry as a whole is to
get closer to market,» says O'Neill.
Gray, who
got his start in Calgary's oil
industry as a summer student in the 1950s, saw the situation
as an opportunity.
Fabricated metals is another of the
industries that the Bank of Canada thought would lead the export recovery
as shipments traditionally
got a boost for a weak currency.
This can be used
as a tool to make market predictions, evaluate
industry patterns, suss out what the competition might be
getting up to and understanding end markets — to name a few.
There are two primary ways to
get your message out there: One is by marketing, meaning
getting your name out to people by writing blogs and guest blogs for
industry publications,
as well
as press releases to
get journalists and reporters to work you into their stories.
The world's most glamorous
industry is
getting a digital overhaul
as investors pour money into a wave of fashion - tech startups.
You may wonder how a teenager even
got to the point of finding his opportunity in such a close - knit
industry as business - to - business credit card processing?
Uncover those third - party companies active in your
industry, and make sure you
get on their radar,
as well.
These in - person events will help build your authority
as a thought leader and
get you facetime with key influencers in your
industry.
The
industry has
got used to existing on lean inventories, some refineries holding less than one week's operating stock, and ignored the increasing complexity of alumina trading between big entities such
as Rusal.
While we wait to see how much Newfoundland is able to extract, note that Ottawa offered two other similarly vague compensation deals to
get CETA through: One on drug prices, tied to a lengthening of patent protection, and another to the dairy
industry as protection against an increase in duty - free European cheese.
There are legal implications
as well: Anyone who wants to
get involved in this
industry has to take on the reputational risk and the legal risk, because even though numerous states have legalized it, cannabis is still a Schedule I, federally illegal drug under the Controlled Substances Act.
As you find your
industry being uprooted by technology, consider turning to outsider talent who can help push your company forward, so you don't
get left behind.
«They
get stronger and stronger by the day,
as importers like Constellation Brands and Heineken
get savvier,» Harry Schuhmacher, editor and publisher of
industry publication Beer Business Daily, told Fortune in an interview earlier this year.
Although the incident comes at the height of the busiest time of the year for cruise bookings, a period known
as Wave Season, travel agents weren't bracing for a downturn in business Monday, in part because the incident had yet to
get major publicity, said Mike Driscoll of Cruiseweek, an
industry newsletter.
Then again,
as software moves into every
industry, the opportunities are indeed
getting bigger.
Explaining the
industry and what's going on takes the form of several audiences; one being the overly - optimistic entrepreneur who still has aspirations of raising capital to
get their company to a liquidity event, another being the up and coming venture capitalist in training (think decades long training cycles) who recently finds themselves a free agent
as the asset class shrinks and wants to start their own fund, and the final being ambitious MBA's switching careers and see venture capital
as the preferred destination.
But
as the housing finance
industry continues to absorb the effects of the housing bust and the subsequent regulatory response, lenders are still gun shy about
getting involved in residential real estate.
Long associated with older
industries, Osaka has struggled to
get out of the shadow of Tokyo
as a start - up hub, but it has upped its game in recent years with new start - up investment funds, downtown university campuses, incubators and pitch events.
But how quickly China can
get itself up to speed in the globally competitive robotics field is still a question,
as is the overall effectiveness of the Made in 2025 plan on growing China's robotics
industry.
As marketers, we try to
get our hands on the most sustainable content that not only increases sales, but also gives us the competitive edge in the
industry.
«Just knowing that oil and gas is a boom - and - bust
industry, we are trying to not
get used to it
as a source of revenue because we know it won't last.»
Compare that to the folks in the back who
get... well, there's a reason some in the
industry refer to coach passengers
as «self - loading freight.»
As an
industry, we're
getting better at being more precise in marketing and labeling.
What to include: Business plans vary in length — anywhere from 20 to 50 pages — but typically cover the same topics, such
as: Cover Page (essential contact information); Executive Summary (what your business does and what market need it solves); Company Overview (profile of company and successes);
Industry Analysis (details about the market); Customer Analysis (who are the customers); Competitive Analysis (identify key competitors); Marketing Plan (your brand and how do you plan on
getting it in front of customers); Operations Plan (daily and yearly operational processes for success); Management Team (identify key company personnel); and Financial Plans (revenue projections for three to five years).
As well as money to get your company off the ground, they will provide you with access to qualified business mentors with a high level of knowledge in their industrie
As well
as money to get your company off the ground, they will provide you with access to qualified business mentors with a high level of knowledge in their industrie
as money to
get your company off the ground, they will provide you with access to qualified business mentors with a high level of knowledge in their
industries.
Want to
get recognized
as a top
industry thought leader?
The numbers are indicative of the struggle the movie
industry has faced in
getting film aficionados to consistently visit theatres amid the rise of streaming services such
as Netflix.
They often suffer from both mental and physical health problems at a higher rate than workers in other
industries as a result of their working conditions, which include operating under hard - nosed management practices and
getting yelled at all day by irate customers.
For all its impressive innovations, from the Android operating system to advances in artificial intelligence, Google still
gets about 95 % of its revenue from online advertising, and
industry watchers believe it will inevitably lose its edge there
as rivals grow stronger.
Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has already indicated that his company is beginning to
get serious about revenue; he said
as much at an
industry conference in October.
I've
got something to prove,» the billionaire told a room full of hedge fund managers and investors at the annual SkyBridge Capital
industry conference in Las Vegas, known
as SALT.
«I hope they recognize that to be seen
as a credible
industry within the North American context, they've
got to find a way to sit down and talk to stakeholders — not lecture people, not do end runs around them by lobbying to government,» he says.
Hegarty came out swinging against what he views
as an over-reliance on data in the
industry right now, saying, «I've spent my life dealing with people who've
got all the data in the world and yet they can't invent anything.»
Even if they don't, taking the next step will be harder,
as industry watchers believe we're approaching the limit of how large a cup of coffee can
get.
An even bigger question about the financial services
industry's adoption of distributed ledger technologies might not be about how this
gets implemented and what specific block chains they choose, but rather what happens to the float that savvy bankers and financial firms have taken advantage of
as they wait for deposits to clear.