Sentences with phrase «getting traction because»

«Apple TV was sort of the opening salvo, but had a hard time getting traction because of its dependence on resolving content ownership issues,» he explained.

I agree in what you're saying in this article, Policy Genius is nothing new but they are getting traction because of their connections.

It failed to get traction because of poor locationation and mass market appeal.

Scott Carson: Best real estate investing advice ever — I would say be focused... [laughs] A lot of real estate investors go to different workshops and seminars and they're trying to do 3, 4, 5 things, and they can never get any traction because they never focus on one thing.

Not exact matches

I have constraints in that I have to meet quarterly numbers, which is a good thing — it's certainly good discipline — but it's a bad thing as well because if I wanted to invest, for instance, a $ 100 million to just make my brand name more accepted for two quarters and in the third quarter I'll get traction, that's not an option I would consider without a lot of pull.

Ever since «fake news» first started to get traction during Donald Trump's presidential campaign, it has been seen by many as primarily a Facebook problem because many hoax and fake - news creators use the giant social network as a distribution system.

Startup companies are great places to earn your marketing chops because they're all about developing innovative products and getting customer traction — and not much else.

While it's hard to know if the consumption tax could ever get mainstream traction, Johnson and Weld appeal to entrepreneurs because they seem to be a saner alternative to Trump, says Philip Wallach, a senior fellow in governance studies at Brookings Institution, a centrist think tank.

Last year, San Antonio approved a similar program, but the mayor's office in Austin says that version failed to get much traction because it lacked enough incentives to make drivers want to participate.

Regardless of your approach, pals offer a big payoff, because they also build traction you can use later to get further funding.

But this is a big market, and there already is some activity — it just hasn't picked up a ton of traction just yet because it is a slog to get everything all in one place.

When you have that list, you'll be in a good position to get some traction within the organization because you'll understand how you can move the sales process through the right channels.

To the extent that Trump is getting traction with his foreign policy views, it is because America's responsible politicians have failed to reach the public with comprehensible arguments.

The question is asked and gets so much traction because it can be asked.

Because Cheeky Wipes have a bit of «traction», they don't smear poo around like disposable wipes, so you get the job done quicker and easier.

He even wrote the incident up for Slashdot, but perhaps it was an isolated event, because he got no Slashdot traction and when I got» round to installing the critter on Facebook and e.politics today, no such luck for me (damn).

GR: It seems to me that if this does start to get close and you do start to build more traction, there is going to be an enormous mobilization of the traditional Democratic voters, to essentially wash you out by bringing in more people, because the incumbent is in trouble.

I'm even having problems getting traction at a Sports Medicine Clinic here, because their emphasis is not on metabolic issues.

I am unable to get any traction at all among my primary care physician or endicrinologist about the concept of overtraining syndrome, maybe because it seems illogical for someone my age who is not an «athlete.»

Indeed, the studio have already set the movie for a May 2014 release for «Belle,» in part to try and replicate the impressive success of «Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,» and in part because there are internal worries that between McQueen's film and TWC's «Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom» and «Fruitvale Station,» there are too many films with black leads for «Belle» to get traction (We'd argue there's room for them all, but you can see the logic, given the Academy's tastes).

The Circle Rock campus got more traction because of Rock of Our Salvation Baptist church and there was community support.

Today's Viper packs traction and stability control as standard equipment and you get the sense that it's not just there because the government requires it, but also because buyers demanded it.

Get used to that blinking yellowish - orange traction control light, because you'll be seeing a lot of it in this heavyweight 2016 BMW M6 convertible.

The Jeep is excellent in snow and ice (we are very rural so we experience this a lot) because of its very good four wheel drive system - traction was considerably improved when I got rid of the stock tires and put on real all terrain / winter tires.

Not that it matters on public roads, because the CLS 63 AMG's performance envelope is so large that you'd have to be driving like an absolute loon to get anywhere near the point where the default traction control system would have to intervene.

When you give the vehicle gas, and one or both drive wheels spin because they aren't getting traction, traction control reduces the power until the wheel, or wheels, find enough traction to handle the amount of power you are giving the engine.

A lot of authors have trouble staying focused and disciplined with one topic or subject matter, either because they think their readers will get bored or maybe they'll get bored, but it's just so hard to gain traction if you're jumping around all the time, you're not consistent with the sorts of posts you're doing, and people don't know when to expect them.

Because of their business cycles, each book only gets a small window of opportunity to make an impact before everyone moves on to the next book, so the entire focus is to make the bulk of sales in the first month... In fact, launch sales are generally disappointing compared to what happens once the Amazon algorithms kick in and you get some traction around reviews and reputation.

Usually, authors need to flounder and struggle for several years, publish a few failed books, go on Facebook and write posts about how they're «giving up» because they can't get any traction, and marketing is too hard and overwhelming, and they don't think they have what it takes to be a full - time writer.

Weekly blogs can get you a lot of traction because you can post them on multiple platforms including a dedicated FaceBook page which will grow your readership.

Sony was always going to struggle to get traction with tablets because it's a fairly crowded market and there's lots to choose from.

They pace themselves and their resources because short, power bursts just aren't getting the kind of traction they used to.

«Authors often don't get the traction they expect from their book marketing efforts because they're either using the wrong tactics or using the right tactics the wrong... [Read more...]

In the US and UK, the ebook market is about 20 % of the total book market, everywhere else it is 5 % -7 % because in these places the prices never went down to such a level that the ebook market would get significant traction.»

In the US and UK, the ebook market is about 20 percent of the total book market, everywhere else it is 5 percent to 7 percent because in these places the prices never went down to such a level that the ebook market would get significant traction.

But some people say that they do that because they didn't get any traction at Kobo or iBooks, and we'll forget about Nook for now.

I think you're most likely to get traction with the bank you're already dealing with, because they already have your dad's account and history and the ability to fudge the limits.

This helps improve the traction of its paw pads especially on slippery surfaces because there are no hairs getting in the way.

The evidence surfaced just as the AVMA was getting traction on a well financed PR campaign to convince lawmakers that the US plants should be reopened because they had been more humane.

I agree right now I think it would be amazing if they're able to get near a 3DS sales because I would show that they're gaining traction with the portable Market.

First, because everything is so spread out and there are so many more artists and spaces, galleries take much longer to get traction.

Summary It is concerning (to FOMD) that Lockheed's press release does not mention any breakthroughs in plasma simulation algorithms... because without reliable models, no - one's design is likely to get much traction... plasma machines being too complicated and expensive for «cut - and - try» engineering to work very well.

«Temperature control is just starting to get traction as a climate change adaptation idea — largely because it has momentum as a strategy for dealing with threatened or endangered salmonids below dams,» says David Purkey, U.S. Water Resources Group Leader at the Stockholm Environment Institute in Davis, Calif..

Revs comment gets traction (is justified) only if AR5 produces the elusive 95 % confidence analysis because «I haven't had time to go through the report in detail» then shows her «how they can justify this....».

I was taking court conference calls in the middle of the night in my pajamas on the floor in a quiet corner of the house hoping not to wake up two small children and just trying to get some traction with the whole thing because it was like all of these stars had aligned and this is really what I wanted to do and I wasn't going to let the move stop me from doing it.

So we're getting some traction on teaching electronic discovery, but frankly not as much as we should have because e-discovery really has become the guts of the civil litigation process and if it's done right, everything works well.

It's not likely to be aimed at replacing Android, because «there is simply too much developer commitment APIs to mess around with Android, and at this relatively mature stage of the mobile market, it will be much harder to get traction around a new phone or tablet OS,» he told LinuxInsider.

The customers» terrible experiences paint a picture of what's really happening: Apple doesn't seem to be servicing its users properly, likely because it didn't expect that its throttling practices would get mountainous levels of backlash, let alone be discovered and get traction in the first place.

HomeKit is Apple's solution to the Internet of Things, and given both the disposable income and strong preferences of Apple customers, I expect Apple to get more traction here than just about anyone else (Xiaomi is an exception, largely because they are building — or funding companies to build — everything themselves).

However, newer initiatives, such as the «Hardest Hit» mortgage assistance programs and the revamped Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), will likely get more traction because they're better publicized and administered.