Sentences with phrase «hard sell the company»

Most often, agents will try to hard sell the company they work for, irrespective of how good or bad the claim settlement ratio of that company is.

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Companies that refine and sell petroleum products pay market price for oil, so their costs are rising, but a shaky economy makes it harder for them to pass costs on to customers.

In a discussion called «Selling Your Business: The Keys to a Successful Exit,» veteran businesswomen Kathryn From and Marnie Walker will provide some answers by sharing their experiences exiting the companies they worked so hard to build.

«A bigger move, say outside of a 20 percent band, might destroy confidence and make it harder for small business to raise money, or even to sell to larger companies who might be more worried about their viability, or ability to deliver on orders placed.»

Nakanishi, an engineer who joined Hitachi in 1970 and worked his way up the ladder, proceeded to sell the company's hard disk drive business and consumer - related operations, opting to concentrate on sales of big - ticket power plants, rail lines and water treatment facilities.

CEO Tim Cook, Steve Jobs» down - to - earth successor, couldn't help himself on the earnings call, describing the quarter as «historic» and his company's performance — selling an average of 34,000 iPhones an hour, 24/7 — as «hard to comprehend.»

As the executive branch decides how to address the opioid epidemic, communities hit hardest by the prescription drug crisis are beginning to target the pharmaceutical companies responsible for selling the addictive drugs.

The hard - to - find retro console has sold 2 million units so far, according to the company, with the bulk of the holiday season still in front of it.

When selling to highly competitive or secretive industries customer referrals can be hard to come by but that doesn't make your company second - rate by any measure.

The economy is picking up steam, but a stronger dollar will make it harder for U.S. companies to sell goods overseas, derailing future growth.

For all the talk of EMC Federation companies being able to sell both with each other and against each other, it's hard to see how this will work in the field given that Team EMC faces prodigious competition from Amazon (AMZN) Web Services and Microsoft (MSFT) for these accounts.

Want to know why it is so hard to sell yourself, your company and your product?

The maker of Skin So Soft had a complicated commission structure that made it harder to earn as much at a given sales level compared to other direct - selling company.

Selling the company means giving up the independence of a company leader when it comes to hard business decisions and balancing work with family life.

I'd just finished a transaction with this company and was now getting the hard sell for something I had no interest in.

And whether you own 100 percent of your business or your unhappy spouse is also your business partner, you may find yourself having to sell assets or take on debt to break up the company you worked so hard to build.

She'll have to quit her well - paid job at a respectable company and tell her parents that although she studied hard throughout school and got into a great college and graduated in 3 years that she is now leaving it to change the way that manufacturers sell products electronically through their distribution systems.

«You can work long, hard or smart, but at Amazon.com you can't choose two out of three,» Mr. Bezos wrote in his 1997 letter to shareholders, when the company sold only books, and which still serves as a manifesto.

The move is expected to hit utility - scale solar projects like this one, which sell their electricity to power companies, particularly hard.

They stayed and kept working so hard that, a few years later, Archana's company — Hubbl, which provides internet advertising solutions — sold for $ 14 million.

A standard liquidity discount of 5 percent is applied to most closely held companies where assets may be hard to sell.

But stock in a private company is hard to sell on an open market.

This is hard to express, but your material has helped me a lot in developing a general «philosophy» for how to start, run, and sell this company.

It's hard to differentiate between companies in modern industries when every business is essentially selling the same or near - identical products.

It's a hard story to sell in a down economy, but the best companies will manage to do it nonetheless.

In particular, «monetary tightening could trigger a sell - off that would be especially hard on high - growth tech companies, and concerns about global growth could reemerge and force customers to cut spending,» says Vijay Chandar, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Market Strategist.

More specifically, the law is designed to deal with bilateral trade — import restrictions and export subsidies that make it hard for US companies to sell their goods in that country.

But if I don't talk to those people I knew from the former churches that I have worked before, it is going to be really hard for me to make any sell in order to meet the quota from the insurance company.

For instance, if I sell product to a hard cider company, I'm not going to go and create competition against that hard cider company.»

Through the brothers» hard work, eventually the company transformed into Finest Food Distributing Co., selling specialty foods off the backs of trucks to small stores in New York City.

Monsen credits the company's growth to hard work and its ability to understand how to sell products on an international scale.

Kraft has committed to buying more and more certified coffee... there's not enough on the market so they can sell 100 % certified in Yuban... but with the company's help we are working hard with farmers to get more and more farms certified.

Now it says 20 food companies deserve recognition for their hard work cooking, selling and promoting veggie and vegan fare.

I love the overall message that mothers need to end the mommy wars, but if you watch the ad closely, it is still selling you formula and the idea that the breastfeeding is hard and the bottle is an equal and convenient substitute, which only makes it easier for formula companies to swoop in when you are having a bad day nursing.

Commercial companies have embarked on some hard - sell designed to tug at the heartstrings.

«The harder we make it for international companies to employ the very best executives, the harder it is to sell the UK as a place to do business and foster employment opportunities.»

Flogging inexperienced workers to companies is a hard sell, but one that could well pay off, both for the government and for the businesses themselves.

Van der Heyden isn't the only European researcher to get such a hard sell from Pan European Networks (PEN), a 6 - year - old publishing company with offices in Congleton, U.K., and Brussels that promises to provide opportunities for «leading figures from across Europe» to get attention for their work or ideas.

The company began making its own vegan hard cheese alternatives (sold under the Sheese brand name) in 1988, and has since expanded into cream cheese alternatives (Creamy Sheese) as well.

Companies will have a much harder time selling poorly made products if shoppers come equipped with RFID readers that can instantly tap into online review sites like epinions.com.

It was hard to figure out how to put a value to the company and how many shares we could sell.

It is hard to get good information, because just like big pharma, big supplement companies have an agenda — and its to make money by selling their products.

Also, the reason OO has been pushed so hard is that there are lots of companies, small and large who have a profit to make selling it.

It's hard to believe but true — there are companies out there that will actually sell you 10,000 fake profiles to add to your site and offer to install them!

Mark Brooks: Myspace was a internet design company in 1996, sold virtual hard drive space in 2000, scooters in 2002 and kicked off as a socail network in 2003.

WHAT: After he reneges on a deal to sell his company, American Century Records, to a German - run competitor, hard - partying record executive Ritchie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) attempts to revive the struggling label by getting back to basics.

But the British could find it tougher to sell their fish to the EU if there's what's called a «hard Brexit,» where the U.K. gives up full access to the single market and full access of the customs union, says Christophe Collin, technical manager of Armement Bigouden, a fishing company in Le Guilvinec, western France.

But thus far the company's had better luck with trashier fare like The Cloverfield Paradox than with tougher sells like 2017 Sundance luminary I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore, a Netflix exclusive that, as Pfeiffer points out, is hard to find on the site if you're not explicitly looking for it.

It is true that Nintendo has that image of a family friendly company, and that Bayonetta 2 may have a hard time selling at first, but I also believe it's gonna be a success on the long run for what it represents: Nintendo trying to cater for the so - called «hardcore» gamers, and including «Mature» content on their consoles.

If your employees are taking company provided training at designated times and locations, a Learning Management System with mobile, MOOC integration, or LRS capabilities can be a hard sell because it does not align with your corporate learning environment.