Sentences with phrase «even service businesses»

As Cosh puts it, «The oilpatch isn't distinguishable from other kinds of mining or manufacture, or even service businesses, in the degree to which it involves risk, innovation, or scientific sophistication.»

Not exact matches

A web conferencing service allows your business to make presentations, hold meetings and even train people from anywhere in the world.

Even after more than 20 years in business, the world's biggest streaming video service experienced some of its fastest growth ever in the first quarter, helping to give its stock a big lift.

Even if you're not in the customer service business, there's one clear way to please your customers: act like serving them is your first priority.

Because you're being compared to the substantial internal costs and additional headcount (which will likely be a multiple of what you've spent or hired) which any acquirer would have to incur in order to replicate your product or service, even if they are already essentially in your space or business.

Many companies that offer merchant services and payment processing have gift and loyalty card programs and even a small gift card program can increase profits for any size business.

In case it has escaped anyone's attention, Amazon is well on its way to becoming the nation's largest apparel merchant; and that's even before the rollout of its just - announced Prime Wardrobe business, which provides an at - home, try - it - before - you - buy - it clothing service.

The SBA, in partnership with the GSA, pulls info from SAM to populate the SBA's Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) so that government agencies — or even private sector corporations — that are interested in a service or product your business offers can search for and find your Business Search (DSBS) so that government agencies — or even private sector corporations — that are interested in a service or product your business offers can search for and find your business offers can search for and find your company.

And it also suggests that in Services, Apple has a business that can keep the profits flowing, even if the iPhone stumbles.

Entrepreneurs have begun building their businesses around this desire for instant gratification, and as a result, consumers have become even more conditioned to expect real - time services that further feed this perceived need.

If you're a small business just establishing your online presence and you need not only a host for your site, but also a domain name, SSL certificate, access to Windows 365, and even site - building and online marketing tools, it's hard to find a service that puts it all together better than GoDaddy.

Before you open your business, shop at all the wedding shops, and even pretend you are a bride - to - be to see what kinds of services the wedding gown shop provides and how they treat potential customers.

And that doesn't address the bigger price pressures on the less elite Uber driving services, even as costs of doing business have increased.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the company will likely enter the grid services business eventually, and its acquisition of SolarCity last year gave it even more tools and motivation to do just that.

You might even look for a partner for your event — another small business owner who targets the same corporate prospects for a different product or service.

Even if your IT staff or service provider is vigilantly securing your cloud with the latest safety measures and security systems, cloud storage can still be risky business.

Taxi and Limousine Services — Will Lyft, Uber, Sidecar or even Google's Driverless car make these businesses obsolete?

Even seeking financing through social media is a bit like signing up for online dating: substitute your bio for your business goals and personal interests for your product or service focus.

Successful business ownership is not about having a unique product or service; it's about making your product stand out — even in a market filled with similar items.

If you're Apple with a cash hoard exceeding $ 250 billion, you've got to be looking at how really well your services business (iTunes, Apple Music, App Store, etc.) is doing, and saying, how do I accelerate this part of my business even more rapidly?

Just like in business in general, when you offer your clients a «done for you» service, even at a much higher price than general consulting, you will get a percentage of your clients who will be delighted to just have it done, and who will gladly pay much more for that privilege.

For even greater control over delivery times, businesses can consider offering local customers on - demand delivery services, such as UberRUSH or Deliv.

«Reclassification, even if successful, would resolve no existing problem and would almost certainly end the massive private investment in Internet infrastructure that has gone on since 1996, when Congress created a light - touch regulatory environment for Internet access and related services,» Larry Downes, an Internet industry analyst and a director at Georgetown's Center for Business and Public Policy, says.

Starting a small business typically involves website development, creating marketing, setting up accounting and legal services, figuring out billing and shipping, even dealing with customer privacy and security.

Executives at Amazon and Netflix have said in the past that winning major Hollywood awards are good for business, as they lend even more credibility to streaming players looking to woo viewers to their services while also helping to attract high - profile talent, such as actors, writers, and directors.

When starting and growing a business, relying on third - party vendors to fulfill some aspects of your product or service to clients can be beneficial even necessary.

Think about small businesses that offer complementary products and services and band together to run promotions that provide even bigger benefits to customers.

If you were giving away your services for less than cost, or just breaking even, you'd be operating a non-profit venture — or a business that's likely to fail.

You can even use WebOffice to create other business applications, including those for creating time sheets, tracking employee vacation days, and responding to customer service inquiries.

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

Every aspect of the business — its products and services, the focus it places on technological advancement, and even its emphasis on internal teamwork — are all done to help the client.

Recent cyber attacks that disrupted business operations and hospital services in many countries across the world have, however, increased fears that assailants motivated by money or ideology could cripple even more strategic targets such as power and water networks.

Even if a business has the best product or service, if its site doesn't communicate its messages quickly, valuable customers will be lost to competitors.

If your business is one of those that lets quotes slip through the cracks, implement a quote follow - up service immediately (in fact you can even outsource this).

Remember that as you launch a new business or even a new product or service.

Walker even credits ride - hailing services like Uber and Lyft for changing the nature of business travel, specifically the willingness of people to stay in hotels a little farther away from their business.

The on - demand delivery service — offering rides, food, beauticians and more — has jolted the economies of even famously gridlocked cities like Jakarta, where small businesses have seen their sales soar once they've registered on the company's platform.

Making matters even stickier for Bain, Sir Jack Lyons, whom the consulting firm hired to help it get business in Britain, has admitted receiving more than $ 3 million in fees from Guinness for» advisory services.»

One way to avoid that problem is to hire an IT professional to examine your system and business needs and tell you whether you even need to upgrade, says Pianko, whose firm does such evaluations as a free service to new clients.

Square is becoming, in other words, a one - stop shop for small businesses: You can get invoices and payroll services there, or even speedy cash through its lending program, Square Capital, which has extended $ 1.3 billion since its 2014 launch.

In a world where even the lowly buggy whip has moved into the online realm (seriously, Google it), Yellow Media, that provider of inexpensive booster seats also known as the Yellow Pages, has been buying up rival phone directories and figuring out ways to make its antiquated business model work by slowly, so slowly, moving its services online.

Chances are even if you aren't familiar with the AMB Group, you're familiar with their work: it is the investment management and support services arm of Home Depot founder Arthur Blank's for - profit businesses, such as the Atlanta Falcons, PGA TOUR Superstore, and Atlanta United FC, among others.

When a business has high - touch services that are so specialized, it is also difficult for them to be replicated — even by team members.

«It always struck me that the business model in financial services was flawed at best, and maybe even broken at worst.

Even as it pivots to focus more on software and services, the company that gained fame for its smartphones is not giving up on its handset business — yet.

The bank is aggressively targeting smaller businesses for its new service, which at a monthly cost of $ 5 (and a one - time charge of $ 14.95 for the software) allows even a one - person company to manage multiple accounts in real time from a PC.

The appointment of Chen, who has an enterprise background, suggests the company will focus even more heavily on producing smartphones and offering services to its core group of business users.

Having its own video streaming service isn't imperative to the ongoing relevance of Apple's main business — it's a handy bonus at best — so it's hard to see why the company would want to bother with such an expensive proposition, even if it does have $ 200 billion (U.S.) in cash to burn.

The service will provide a first glimpse of how businesses can serve up ads on the watch, even though the gadget will not be available until later this year.

The FAA, like many government agencies, must charge a fee to deliver a service, even if hobbyists and businesses disagree.