Sentences with phrase «direct pitches from»

But most books were sold in face - to - face between writers and editors, or direct pitches from writers, often over lunch or dinner.

Not exact matches

From dimensional direct - mail to video selfies, it's time to get creative about when, where and how you make your initial pitch.

The pitch promoted services ranging from market research to direct mail at prices starting as low as $ 500 per month.

One big thing that excited lots of entrepreneurs and investors about the JOBS Act was the prospect of investor crowdfunding — the idea that small businesses could go online, make their pitches, and receive direct investment from accredited investors around the world, quickly.

There is so much to unpack from this clip, but today I want to focus one aspect thatalways seems to come up when I share this clip with other Christians: Can we neverintentionally direct a conversation towards the topic of Jesus without it being reduced to a sales pitch?

And then yesterday evening — 52 % possession at home, one goal from a set - piece, another from a long and direct ball down the pitch from Ivan Rakitic, finished beautifully by Luis Suarez, but still far from tiki - taka.

You'll see from the video below that he takes a cheeky look to see if any coaching staff are watching, ignoring the vast array of cameras directed toward the pitch and bench, before scoffing a tea - cake.

It's not like we fell apart defensively against a very good City side with Ramsey and Xhaka in there (they did score from one very direct counter, but I very much doubt Coquelin would have been able to prevent that if he'd been on the pitch), so why would subbing in Ramsey for Coquelin at 45 or 55 minutes have spelt calamity here?

As you can see from this image, As Liverpool are trying to apply pressure to the Swansea defensive line following a direct pass up the pitch the front three have bunched centrally and are unable to provide width should the ball be brought under control by a Liverpool player.

What was noticeable was that the team were still looking to play Benteke in with direct passes from the centre of the pitch.

Staff from the Buffalo Niagara Film Commission were in Toronto over the weekend to make a direct pitch to film producers, encouraging them to visit Western New York and explore the region's potential locations.

Co-founded in 2001 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) alum Peter Mui and UCSF's K.T. Moortgat, and now directed by Mui and myself, EDG provides an informal, nonthreatening environment where ultraearly - stage entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas and get useful feedback from both the scientific community and industry professionals.

Without pushing with the core, you'll pitch forward due both to the angle of the cable on the low pulley and the direct backward force you need to exert to keep from falling forward.

Nicely directed with great visual flair by Jean - Marc Vallee (Dallas Buyers Club, C.R.A.Z.Y.), working from a well - honed script from veteran Nick Hornby (An Education, Fever Pitch), Wild is a solid, cathartic work that asks us, perhaps indirectly, to examine our own lives and the things we need to overcome, using Strayed's own example as an inspiration.

The idea for 355 came from Chastain, and she pitched it to him while they worked on that superhero film on which Kinberg made his feature directing debut.

According to Variety, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Felicity Jones has signed on to star in an untitled pitch which is based upon the classic ballet Swan Lake, and has Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash) attached to direct from a script by Kristina Lauren Anderson.

Andrew Stanton, a writer on Pixar's first five hit films, the director of the biggest of those hits (Finding Nemo) and a Burroughs fan from childhood, successfully pitched the project at Disney, which would become his live - action directing debut.

Deadline is reporting that Jeff Robinov's Studio 8 has snapped up a pitch from Steven Soderbergh for an action thriller entitled Planet Kill, which Soderbergh will produce and potentially direct.

Alice Lowe (Prevenge) Veteran writer and comedy performer Alice Lowe - you know her from Sightseers - made her feature directing debut with pitch black and blood drenched comedy Prevenge, the tale of an expectant mother driven to murder by her unborn child.

So it's no surprise that Sony has picked up a spec pitch from «Iron Man 3» screenwriter Drew Pearce for Gluck to produce and direct.

It's humanity under a microscope, with pitch - perfect star Jennifer Lawrence as the earthy figurehead whose only seeming care is to maintain the environment that surrounds her beloved companion (a terrifyingly divine Javier Bardem) while it is under direct assault from a variety of pesky intruders, including a squabbling married couple (Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer), the latter of whom would love to get a bite of their host's inspirational apple.

Here's the second official trailer for Trish Sie's Pitch Perfect 3, direct from Universal's YouTube:

«Writing a grant» today can mean anything from stating your case in a Word document to producing a video or making a direct pitch on a Web site.

-- Formatting HTML newsletters — Formatting books for Smashwords — Research about the business side of being an author (e.g., how Street Teams work, how to market a book in a foreign language, podcasts that might be a good fit to have you as a guest, etc.)-- Scouting for bloggers to send book review requests to — Pitching to those bloggers and tracking responses — Formatting (and perhaps light editing) of blog posts, or organizing content — Managing your Street Team Facebook group (posing questions to keep the group engaged, answering questions, sharing upcoming news, etc.)-- Creating box sets in Scrivener from individual novels — Moving works translated into a foreign language from Word into Scrivener — Scheduling tweets and Facebook posts (ones that don't require your direct input or engagement with your audience)-- Transcribing audio interviews or notes — For non-fiction authors, VAs can do an enormous number of tasks around webinars or other training you offer (e.g., planning and booking the event, scheduling guests, managing registration lists, dealing with the back - end technology, creating and proofing slide decks, sending out advance information packages to the trainees, and then sending out follow - up information to the trainees, etc..)

The group setting allowed authors to benefit from the direct advice they received for their pitch as well as the advice other authors received, and once again, authors were busy editing their pitches to be ready for the pitch sessions later that day.

Junk mail brings with it cash advance checks from your bank, credit card offers, insurance pitches, and all sorts of direct mail marketing that just isn't needed.

In addition to disregarding catalogues, I stopped reading ALL direct mail from our major publishers, and have standing instructions with Maggie who opens my mail to pitch it all.

They had all been pitching for work from Freeserve, a huge internet service provider at the time, and all related the same story: the ten people interviewing them all either had copies of the Digital Media guide or print - outs in front of them, and all the questions were directed to our editorial.

-- direct mail advertising from the major publishers is a lot of duplication of information I am given by sales reps, either in f2f meetings or email sales pitches.

Isn't that what you do with your direct mail most of the time, especially when it's a marketing pitch from a person or company you don't know?