Sentences with phrase «first big customers»

Not exact matches

When Reynolds first started out in the sales training program at IBM, one of the biggest things he learned was to make sure you listen to your customer.

Particularly in a startup, it might seem silly at first glance to spend time on small things that delight your customers, when you have so many big problems.

But Maoli is a big believer that hospitality — that deep, honed, customer - first attitude that the greatest hotels excel at — can work for any business.

Shopify hopes the AR and VR - based shopping experience it has created could surmount one of the market's biggest barriers: getting customers to buy products without insisting on first seeing them in - person.

Just because you closed your first one or two big sales doesn't mean you'll be able to close again without putting in the same amount of time, effort and dedication that got you to your first customers.

But for the first time, CEOs tell us that «customer acquisition» is the biggest barrier to business growth.

(At least until the first big security problem with a cloud service causes huge customer data losses.)

Though her unit's revenue has shrunk — in part because of a slowdown in big - ticket orders from its largest customer, the U.S. Department of Defense — its operating profits grew 15 % in the first half of 2017.

Everything a large company did, a startup should do — write a business plan; hire sales, marketing, engineering; spec all the product features on day one and build everything for a big first customer ship.

The first day was the test: she arranged the tapes and CDs on the piano, nervously sat down to play, «took a big breath,» and found customers responding to her opening chords.

First, they're passionate about developing a product or service that solves a big customer problem.

Because if they don't, they are risking the customer not pulling the trigger on the bigger - ticket, multi-year contract, due to dissatisfaction with their first experience with your company.

Frankly, many venture investors who see a race to lock up market share as a first mover in your space may want you incurring big losses in the near term to sign up as many customers as possible today before a competitor does.

«Our biggest issue was that we lacked reliable statistics about our performance, ticket first - response rate, first resolution rate, satisfaction ratings and industry benchmarks,» she explains about the company's 62 - member strong customer - care team.

Digital boss Mark Read and acquisitions specialist Andrew Scott used first - quarter results from the world's biggest advertising group to outline their initial plans to counter lower customer spending and huge technological upheaval.

JD.com, the country's biggest online direct retailer and Alibaba's top rival, said it tested delivery by drone to customers in four rural areas in what the company believed to be the first commercial use of such service.

«We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first.

've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first.

First, some background: In December, the Republican - appointed Nevada Public Utilities Commission (PUC) decided in favor of the state's biggest electricity provider and created a new rate class for rooftop solar customers.

There is one other big advantage in terms of Dropbox's model, at least from a founder and early investor perspective: the tradeoff of Box earning ever - increasing amounts of revenue per paying customer is the amount it takes to land that customer in the first place.

Big Red has confirmed to CNN Money a report first made by Droid Life, saying that the company will indeed start charging an additional one - time $ 20 activation fee for all customers who sign up for one of Verizon's contract - free device payment plans beginning Nov. 15, the same day the carrier will start charging users an additional $ 20 for unlimited data.

Potential customers were at first skeptical that Epicurean Group could compete with big companies by using menus of seasonal, healthy, locally sourced food.

«Customer First» is the first pillar of our strategy, and we've prioritised the way we work side - by - side with our customers and partners to tackle the big challenges facing their industFirst» is the first pillar of our strategy, and we've prioritised the way we work side - by - side with our customers and partners to tackle the big challenges facing their industfirst pillar of our strategy, and we've prioritised the way we work side - by - side with our customers and partners to tackle the big challenges facing their industries.

Cover - More, Australia's biggest travel insurer, said on its website customers would only be covered if they had bought policies before the volcano alert was first issued on Sept. 18.

Glossier Priming Moisturizer - One of the biggest reasons customers love Glossier is because the cult skincare brand has always championed the skin first, makeup second mantra.

The first big Bavarian hybrid misfire was thinking that the customers of that rolling celebration of conspicuous consumption, the X6, would want to save fuel.

Sacrilege, blasphemy, call it want you want, but the famous factory gates in Maranello will be opening to allow the big cash cow out, for two clear reasons: The first is that Ferrari has customers who want such a car and the Italian company would rather their money came to them than went to a rival.

Now that it's here, it's obvious that this is a serious makeover that positions the brand to continue raking in new customers, something it's been doing steadily since its Big Rig styling was first introduced in 1994.

The Sway will be targeted to customers who are either upgrading from a micro hatchback like the Nano or Maruti Alto or first time buyers who want a bigger car but does not want to move above the Rs. 5 lakhs price bracket.

That's a big draw, given the technologically driven early adopters who will be the first customers.

The big caveat for customers is only two of those firsts — the EPC and 48 - volt subsystem — come standard.

But thanks to the first major tightening of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations in decades and customer preference for higher efficiency, the trend now is for smaller, not bigger, engines.

A big plus has been being able to drive in for 5,000 mile service check - ups without having an appointment and being able to wait in a first class customer lounge until the service was completed.

Six years after the formation of the new international car brand, Qoros today reached the biggest milestone in its history so far, as it handed over its first customer car...

The iBooks Store offers customers a wide selection of both paid and free Chinese language books from top local publishers, including «Big Head Son & Little Head Dad» by Zheng Chunhua, «The Family Belongings of Chinese People» by Ma Hongjie, and for the first time in China, Stephenie Meyer's «Twilight» series will be available in a digital format.

Next Big Book's Alex White spoke to Good e-Reader about what publishers can learn from tracking this kind of online reference, specifically as it relates to their first major customer, Macmillan, who signed a three - year deal with the company.

This is Big W's first time offering eBooks to customers.

I have other writer friends (for instance, Michael J. Sullivan and Hugh Howey) who have achieved super-success first by self - publishing, but who then shrewdly parlayed their fame into select, carefully tailored deals with big publishing houses, which allowed them to expand their fan base to include bookstore customers, while still retaining most of their other rights.

Finally in the first quarter of 2014, Leap Frog is their biggest customer (30 %) followed by Sony Corporation (16 %) and older Kobo devices (11 %).

During the first three weeks of August, customers who love certain genres can treat themselves to some nice deals on big titles — select Mysteries and Thrillers will be center stage at 40 % off from August 4 - 9, Romance titles at 40 % off will be highlighted August 11 - 16, and a nice selection of Popular Fiction will be showcased at 40 % off August 18 - 23.

The publishers» highest value customers buy early (hence hardbacks first) so this would undermine a big part of their revenue.

A big part of Encore's mission is to draw upon feedback from our customers and other information to identify great books that, for any number of reasons, didn't find the audience they deserved when they were first published.

«Publishers are struggling with two things, first, the rapid emergence of the eBook and, second, the related impact on books prices in a distribution world where Amazon owns the biggest chunk of the pie and is willing to drop eBook prices below the cost of publishing to entice more of their customers to buy refrigerators and other products, which is where they make their profits.

Amazon's first brick - and - mortar store: One big ad for the Amazon app — Contrary to the piece in the Seattle Times I posted yesterday on the new Amazon Bookstore, Ars Technica's coverage suggests that this isn't just a bookstore, as Amazon apparently wants its customers to believe.

«My husband and I initially worked with a big bank to buy our first home, thinking that a name we knew would guarantee us the best rate and customer service.

Worst - case scenario There is a very high probability that Brown is right and First Marblehead's two largest customers will stick around, but let's take a look at the worst - case scenario, in which the big two cancel their contracts.

«In my very first year, I was doing the same bowls for cats that I did for dogs, and I couldn't understand why my big bowls weren't selling until customers educated me that cats like small bowls and shallow ones, because of their whiskers.»

The first requirement is that the market must be underserved and the demand must be big, says Joli - Coeur, explaining that distributors will tell them about a particular area they're not servicing, or customers will come from a distance, saying there is nothing like the store in their neighborhood.

Whether you have a product or a service (which is what travel bloggers offer) you have to get it (or yourself) out into the market — which involves selling — Daniel Pink wrote a great book — «To Sell is Human» which I felt took a lot of the fear out of approaching people (potential customers) with either your product (or you) by talking of buoyancy strategies when confronted by negative responses — which, lets face it is the biggest fear to asking in the first place — But more revelatory is to ask yourself — Can I do this?

The Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group has announced the launch of the Radisson Big Night Giveaway, which will award 50,000 Club Carlson Gold Points to the first 100,000 eligible customers registering for the offer.