Sentences with phrase «day job selling»

Blakely famously started Spanx with $ 5,000 of her own savings in the late 1990s, while holding down a day job selling fax machines.

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At first Guerrero came in after work and made sales calls, but he quit his day job after a few months to sell for Switch full - time.

Vendors haven't sold PCs that slow in years, although millions are still out there, doing their jobs faithfully every day.

So in May 1998 he quit his day job to sell the $ 22.95 product full - time.

Let's not kid ourselves: No job is amazing every day, so don't sell it like it is.

«My job is to say that when you hear sell everything, that comment is, one, most likely wrong, and two, most likely meant for someone with no memory or who can accept a buy everything back pitch the very next day,» the «Mad Money» host said.

But before he gave any real thought to leaving his day job, he wanted to see for himself if it was possible to make a living selling things online.

One of its key selling points is that many of its engineers are moonlighters with day jobs at presti...

Their job is less labor intensive; they buy and sell every day based strictly on the results of their computer model.

Taking at face value the unproven preached out by people who sell the word of God as their day job.

Some churches have rules about going to the movies, wearing cosmetics, playing cards, watching television, going to the beach, not having a «quiet time» every day, going to a restaurant that sells liquor, wearing certain clothing, driving certain cars, wearing certain jewelry, listening to certain music, dancing, holding a certain job, wearing your hair a certain way, having certain possessions, drinking coffee, eating certain foods, drinking certain drinks, celebrating certain holidays, reading certain books, or certain magazines, etc., etc., etc. [11]

At the end of the day, belief in either theory does not cause you to quit your job and sell your stuff and live as a wanderer for the remainder of your days.

Duffy, whose day job is as a welder, runs an online side business selling exotic pepper plants and seeds.

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it's his day job now, he sold out.

Not only that, but they get to taste all the bakes of the contestants — a job where you get to eat cake every day; we're sold!

The exploitation of dairy farmers by the supermarkets, brought to life by the young farmer who tells me of her 365 day a year job where she must sell milk for 5 pence a litre less than it costs her farm to produce it.

Well - trained, intellectual alchemists sold the prospect of making gold to rich patrons, and less well - educated alchemists with day jobs tinkered the night away trying to make gold in makeshift kitchen laboratories.

Though she and her brother both have day jobs - she is an energy consultant, and he works for a contractor that serves the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs - the two set up a part - time business and soon were selling their almond and pecan milks to a crowd thirsty for healthful alternatives.

aww that's so cute letting you hubby be a model for a day he's done an excellent job at promoting the watch I'm sure my partner would be sold xxx Winnie itsjustwinnie.blogspot.co.uk

It makes total sense that people who's day job it is to sell to fashion boutiques and therefore know a thing or two about what sells and is in demand, will put this information to good use and design their own fashion brand.

She was finally able to quit the day job at the end of 2007, sold her home in Portland, Oregon, and moved to Mount Shasta, California, where she now lives a simple, fulfilling life surrounded by sentinel trees, wildlife, and natural beauty.

I'm a easy going person, i like days out and nights on the sofa with a good film, i have a son who's left home now and i love my job i'm self employed making and selling handmade fudge and.

After trying every arena available to him (The last casino on his list ends up being scheduled for demolition the day he shows up to inquire about a job, and he has to audition to sell merchandise at a store), Burt has to adjust to a far less pampered life than that to which he has become accustomed.

Every day he wakes up at 6, cuddles with his wife (Elizabeth McGovern), and gets on the same train at the same time to go to his job selling insurance.

«Even informal jobs like selling oranges could net two to three dollars a day, which in some cases could be the difference between the family eating and starvation.»

In urban schools students come and go all day.No 45 minutes is like the time that preceded it or the time that will follow.Urban schools report 125 classroom interruptions per week.Announcements, students going, students coming, messengers, safety aides, and intrusions by other school staff account for just some of these interruptions.It is not unusual for students to stay on task only 5 or 10 minutes in every hour.Textbook companies and curriculum reformers are constantly thwarted by this reality.They sell their materials to schools with the assurance that all the students will learn X amount in Y time.They are continually dismayed to observe that an hour of school time is not an hour of learning time.Many insightful observers of life in urban schools have pointed out that it is incredibly naive to believe that learning of subject matter is the main activity occurring in these schools.If one observes the activities and events which actually transpire — minute by minute, hour by hour, day in and day out — it is not possible to reasonably conclude that learning is the primary activity of youth attending urban schools.What does the process of changing what one does every 45 minutes and even the place where one does it portend for fulfilling a job in the world of work?If one is constantly being reinforced in the behaviors of coming, going, and being interrupted, what kind of work is one being prepared for?

What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part - time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into a nonstop opportunity to develop and grow Teacher Created Materials as a full - service company, and a welcome and familiar name in every classroom.

The customer service was great, I have to say the salesman was great and patient, I purchase a sub that day, I got it home and after looking at the ca... r next day and the car much dirtier then I thought, I had mentioned to the salesman the car was dirty, he stated they do not clean them until they r sold, after I purchased the sub he stated they would clean it now, well it came back it did not look any better at that point I was not happy with the sub, took it home next day brought it back, since they have five day return, we found another sub on line and had it brought in, It looked great and clean, I BOUGHT it now very happy, the cars at other location or have the car brought in, cars at Easton for what ever reason r dirty the clean up guy there sucks at there job, but Dan the salesman was great

The WOOL OMNIBUS was selling well enough for me to quit my day job and make a go of it as a full - time author, while at the same time, major publishers were making incredible offers for the rights to my book.

As the company sheds jobs and loses more marketshare to competitors like Apple and Google, it's becoming more and more clear that the company could be sold before BlackBerry 10 ever sees the light of day.

I don't think anyone's listed all of them in one list, but if you read enough around the publishing industry, you will encounter multiple partial lists, several surveys, and quite a few shoptalk stats swaps that document these comfortably independent authors who may not be a household name, but don't care because they sell enough books to equal, exceed, or comprise their day job.

As of January 31, 2014 (only 13 months later), I'd sold over ten thousand copies of my books (I now have seven published), and my royalties for the month were more than my net income from my day job (a little over $ 3000 dollars.)

Then you learn that even if an agent picks you up it's not uncommon for your work to take up to a year to sell to a publisher, if it ever does, and then another year to see it on shelves... all often for a payout that won't come close to replacing your day job.

It's one thing to be admitted to the Romance Writers of America; it's something else entirely to sell enough books to quit your day job.

That «80 % +» holds whether one measures by titles released, by face value, by copies sold, by compensation paid to authors, by shelf - inches devoted in general bookstores, by sales rankings at Amazon... indeed, by any numeric measure of which I am aware, and my «day job» involves being directly and immediately aware of what's going on in publishing.

Mission statement: Ten things I believe about writing Breaking through writer's block, or, how I started writing and publishing short stories How I published a short story collection Writing with a day job, part 1: Why I don't write full - time Writing with a day job, part 2: Work / work balance Networking, part 1: Social media and connection Networking, part 2: Thoughts on conventions How I wrote three novels and binned two of them Querying agents Signing with a literary agent My query letter for Sorcerer to the Crown Revising the novel (again and again and again) Going on submission Selling the novel Love and resource

And I'll tell you — everyone wants to be famous — that is, everyone wants to be a known author and sell enough books to quit their day job.

And, if you can't sell them there, don't give up your day job.

I still do book signings, my books can be found on the selves of Barnes and Noble, I sold my translation rights, I'm an Amazon Mover and Shaker (twice), I've won awards such as eFestival of Words AND The Next Generation Indie Awards, not to mention I have an amazing STREET TEAM of over 350 avid readers, plus I make more money in one month that I can quit my day job as a child therapist.....

One of the key elements of selling online these days is the ability to write book descriptions (also called «cover copy») that sizzle and do the job in three paragraphs or so.

by James Scott Bell @jamesscottbell One of the key elements of selling online these days is the ability to write book descriptions (also called «cover copy») that sizzle and do the job in three paragraphs or so.

I am only in my first publishing year, whilst working a full time day job and trying to keep a 4 and 5 year old alive, well, and educated, so selling well on Amazon and virtually zero on every other platform makes it so tempting to dip into exclusivity.

And even many best - selling authors couldn't quit their day jobs right out of the gate.

In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing tips, resources and ideas designed to help you sell more books... without having to quit your day job!

Few indie authors give up their day job, but good books do sell.

At the end of the day the job of getting my books sold fell squarely on my shoulders and I have had to learn a lot about marketing and the industry as a whole in the process.

When Amanda Hocking got serious about replacing her day job with a career as a writer, she researched what was selling hot at the time.

In my first 18 months, I spoke at over 150 venues and sold over 25, ooo copies, all while still working at my day job.

In publishing news, the end of Samhain publishers, and the discussion of author earnings after one prize - winning literary author had to return to the day job because he only received 40 cents per book sold.