Sentences with phrase «of a hard sell from»

It's a bit of a hard sell from a marketing perspective, which is why their US market share is getting a bit beaten up by non-cap-weighted and active rivals.

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«This is another effort from the operators to sell online services access to their customer base,» said Joe McNamee, the executive director of digital rights group EDRi, which campaigned hard for strong net neutrality laws.

Sure, it seems hard to be enthusiastic selling insurance, but finding mentors who have made it their life, embraced it and accumulated a stack of chips from doing it, might change an employee's perspective.

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.

Windows Phone 7 and Android are great examples — while both smartphone operating systems allow a large number of vendors to sell their own versions, the problem is that such products are hard to differentiate from each other.

Yu, the buyer from Guangzhou, worries that the thousands of apartments still to be built at Forest City will be hard to sell without Chinese buyers.

Running a trade surplus means that a country sells more to foreigners than it buys from them, and there seems to be an implicit belief that exports are what a hard working country produces, and imports are the equivalent of its consumption, so that a trade surplus means that the country earns more than it spends, and the larger the surplus, the more likely the ants in that country are especially productive, thrifty, morally upright, and perhaps fond of sensible clothing.

A few lucky winners will IPO, but it's hard to envision who these businesses will ultimately sell to — the lion's share of our returns come from M&A.

If you are selling catering services in Palo Alto, you'd better target the long tail keyword, since visitors coming from it are very likely to place an order, while it is hard to predict intent of visitors searching Google with a single word «catering».

-- the current price at 12,35 EUR is ~ 1/3 lower than the expired take - over offer from Deutsche Annington 6 weeks ago — although the share will be delisted by the end of the year, I do believe that a squeeze - out under Luxembourg law is very likely within the next 12 - 18 months close to the initial offer price (~ 50 % upside from current price)-- the downside is that following November, the stock will be unlisted and hard to sell and that for some reason the Acquirer Deutsche Annington will not squeeze out the remaining minorities

The cost of NEM's XEM token has been particularly hard - hit today, entrance in the arise of a thespian $ 500 million penetrate from Japanese cryptocurrency sell Coincheck.

There are a huge number of options to choose from and most of them go for a hard sell and make wild (and often exaggerated claims).

They meant his creativity in sourcing pre-crisis loans and then selling them based on unconventional appraisal methodologies; the loans went bad, the investors are suing Credit Suisse, and I don't really know or care that much about the substance but it is always harder to argue about the good faith of your loans when you have e-mails from your own bankers calling them naughty words.

Kind of makes this dish taste a little bit like dessert rather than Brussels sprouts, at least that was my intention even though I'm not sure my kids were quite sold (it's really hard to hide Brussels sprouts from kids!).

Thankfully I managed to get some from a world foods stall on a market for 1.99, but he said it's getting harder to get hold of cooking grade oil — probably because it's all being sold off at a premium elsewhere!

The hardest part was that a number of the local super markets have removed Nabisco's Famous Chocolate Wafers from their shelves, since they haven't been selling.

«From the early days spent travelling from the Riverina region to far North Queensland selling their locally produced wine, to the incredible 12.5 million cases we now produce every year, our family business is a heroic tail of success that is testament to my parents» determination and hard work from the beginning,» he adFrom the early days spent travelling from the Riverina region to far North Queensland selling their locally produced wine, to the incredible 12.5 million cases we now produce every year, our family business is a heroic tail of success that is testament to my parents» determination and hard work from the beginning,» he adfrom the Riverina region to far North Queensland selling their locally produced wine, to the incredible 12.5 million cases we now produce every year, our family business is a heroic tail of success that is testament to my parents» determination and hard work from the beginning,» he adfrom the beginning,» he added.

Schuman Cheese, with the help from marketing agency Emergent, is continuing to roll out its «True Cheese» program to tackle the issue of Italian hard cheese adulteration, which is estimated to account for roughly $ 375m of cheese sold in the US and 20 %...

Promising to buy x number of hectares of product from farmers puts the pressure on the marketing arm of Eco-Farms back home, which has to work hard to sell the product.

Moving Fulmer might make sense from the perspective of rebuilding IF they got about 3 top 100 prospects in a package, but it would still be a hard sell to the fan base.

I want Moses (most of us probably do), we're in pretty good position to land him of new factors don't push him elsewhere (Duke and KY) don't act like it's far fetched, word is we had a silent verbal from KJ before KY swooped in last minute with the hard sell.

@Fatboy Gooner The Ozil deal was far less that 40 plus million as has been exposed on football leaks it was more in the region of 32 million with verious clauses that enable REM to take a percentage of any profit we make on selling Ozil and I would assume there are similar attachments with the Sanchez deal, even our record signings are clouded in smoke and mirrors so let not run away with the idea that its all SWengers fault, if your employer is on your back and pushing for results then you perform at a higher rate and push harder where as Wenger has no push from above so does nt go out of his way Kroenke does nt have the culture around him to win trophies cos thats not his aim and that filters down to the grass roots at Arsenal and shows in Wengers transfer policy and in the players performance.

Haskell's second - hand culture keeps talk of amenities from being part of his hard sell.

Like yesterday was as low as it gets for me as fan I didn't even care when Liverpool got 3 rd and fourth goals because we're dead our pride as fans is same as players we're just dead hurt, sad, weak and spineless then it gets better ox is going Chelsea today and now timers sanchez has put in transfer request haha when board said change they meant it change as in we're selling all players and we're going like Aston Villa laugh u mite we are rotten from top to da bottom and it will get better cause I bet by Thursday we will bring in nobody and promote young kids we mite chance van diik he's going for 60 million and by Thursday night sky sports will report arsenal came in with last min bid of 21 million for van diik it got flat out laughed at so at 1 min to 11 we came in again with bid of 27 million and add ons til 2029 its hard and it is only beginning haha ox starts at anfield and was shambles and he is sold today says a lot about wenger if that was me I'd say stay away till ur sold u little traitor thanks ox hope its worth it, loyalty me behind ahwell we still bellerin another little man and heart holding for Barca ahhhh I'm so mad we need Simeon's cum in and start bouncing heads off da canvas Jesus bring bk George graham at least we have defence??

It's obvious that he effectively has nowhere else to go.His wages alone preclude any interest from another Club.Factor in a transfer fee and uninspiring form and Arsenal are alone in a desire to have him.Wenger can't bear the thought of a player who originally cost over 40 million pounds having no sell - on value.However this is a fact.Extend Ozil's contract for another wasteful two years paying him a wage he doesn't deserve and he'll be off to Turkey once he feels that he's banked enough # 300k weekly wage packets.Any way you look at it Arsenal won't get their money's worth!As unappetising as it might be Arsenal should play «hard - ball» and just let him see out the remainder of his contract.

Even experienced parents might scratch their heads at some new products, such as a gold - plated crib from Lewis of London selling in the $ 1,000 range; a $ 529 race - car bed with fiber glass shell from the Baby «s Room; a battery - operated breast pump; a mirror that attaches to a car «s regular rear - view mirror so parents can watch baby in the back seat; and hard - to - find

De Blasio's endorsement of Sikora received the cold shoulder by some in the district, who felt the Mayor hadn't worked hard enough after his election to prevent LICH from being sold to a developer.

From vending machines stocked with soda, potato chips, and candy, to the cafeteria selling pizza, fries, and a host of other unhealthy foods, it can be very hard for kids to make healthy choices at school.

From the creators of the best - selling documentary FOOD MATTERS comes another hard - hitting film certain to rock your world.

As a blogger it's pretty hard to figure out how to exhibit, I'm not selling anything after all, so after a chat with my friend Shelly from Toast of Leeds, I decided I would go for something quirky and try and replicate how I see the blog, while tacking inspiration from ideas that I may have already featured on the blog.

They sell a lot of different brands so it's hard to know exactly how each one will fit, but I've only had positive experiences ordering from them.

If it's been a while since you've felt the cold blast and hard crunch of midnight - movie meanness, Zahler's shaping up to be your guy — the one selling illicit thrills out of the trunk of a well - restored, vinyl - topped LTD — and with «Brawl,» he sets himself further apart from his more schlock - minded contemporaries in cult cinem

Demetri Martin plays an illustrator who falls hard for an LA woman (Gillian Jacobs) while trying to prevent his father (Kevin Kline) from selling the family home in the wake of his mother's death.

But Lussier (working from a script co-written with Todd Farmer) sells sex and violence with such tongue - in - cheek extremeness that the overall effect is of a rather straightforward supernatural - heroism tale straining oh - so - very - hard to be indecent.

As Rick, a Machiavellian SoCal real estate broker, Shannon doesn't need a bag of eccentric tics to sell the man's sociopathy; all he has to do is drop a hard stare from a distance and the ground seems to quake.

Selling audiences on a baseball movie is hard enough - selling them on a movie about baseball statistics would've been impossible, if not for the presence of Brad Pitt, the comedic talent of Jonah Hill, and a crackling script from Aaron Sorkin, who already won an Oscar for making a Facebook movie into a culturalSelling audiences on a baseball movie is hard enough - selling them on a movie about baseball statistics would've been impossible, if not for the presence of Brad Pitt, the comedic talent of Jonah Hill, and a crackling script from Aaron Sorkin, who already won an Oscar for making a Facebook movie into a culturalselling them on a movie about baseball statistics would've been impossible, if not for the presence of Brad Pitt, the comedic talent of Jonah Hill, and a crackling script from Aaron Sorkin, who already won an Oscar for making a Facebook movie into a cultural event.

Gist: This focuses on Dean (Martin), a New York illustrator who falls hard for an L.A. woman (Jacobs) while trying to prevent his father (Kline) from selling the family home in the wake of his mother's death.

Superhero movies are a hard sell in the disbelief department, but Catwoman may be one of the silliest, as we watch the transformation from mild - mannered graphic designer to vampish dominatrix without very much conflict in either facet.

The wildly ambitious adaptation of Cloud Atlas is a brilliant piece of filmmaking from writers / directors Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, but it's also a very hard sell for general audiences.

The first images and poster from July's big budget Tarzan film The Legend of Tarzan are here and while they're trying to sell a new era of the classic character, it's hard to not just stare at Alexander Skarsgård's abs.

If parents understood that the reformers want to close down their community schools and require them to go shopping for schools, some far from home, that may or may not accept their children, it would be hard to sell the corporate idea of reform.

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Responding to customer criticism, Saturn engineers have worked hard to eliminate excess noise and vibration from its hot - selling line of sports coupes and racy sedans.

But once you start driving competitors from the non-premium space, like the Mazda6 and the new Honda Accord, the Regal once again becomes a hard sell — provided driving dynamics is near the top of your list of requirements.

As far as the whole commercial goes, it's not the kind of hard - sell ad that we've come to expect from Super Bowl commercials.

The lion's share of the major August rebates from auto manufacturers are, as you would suspect, on the thirstier, harder - to - sell vehicles, such as the $ 4,000 rebate Chrysler has on its Aspen sport utility vehicle.

Here again, though, Hyundai has a hard sell ahead of it when trying to take customers away from the top Japanese brands.

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Baen Books is the only close to big publisher who I know is doing it right: all e-books are sold at a maximum price of $ 6.00, the author gets more dollars out of that price than he does out of the hard copy sales, and there's no DRM locking the text down and keeping the user from moving what he has purchased to whatever platform he wants to put it on.

From social networking to marketing and promotion, book signing and selling hard copies, the job of building an audience rests with you; you and your readers.