Sentences with phrase «sold to people as»

The real difference is that the Santa Claus story was never sold to people as real and it's recent enough that people know its true origins.

You'd have to be smoking crack to get up every morning to sell that to people as either cheap or well diversified in good conscience but the lazy mental shorthand that often passes for financial judgement equates Passive with Safe and Cheap.

Not exact matches

For example, an experienced media sales person selling to property developers may not find it as easy to get to grips with banks and financial institutions, or a B2B company that expand from the automotive industry to transportation logistics, may find their sales professionals struggling to understand what goes on.

As per above, post it more than that percentage of people love to receive gift cards instead of other gifts there are two benefits of gift cards if you give someone he can buy whatever he want or he can sell it for cash.

Selling direct to foreign markets (hiring your own people to work in the country as sales representatives.)

He says he recently attended one of the largest industry trade shows, Mipcom, and ended up talking to the same people he'd last encountered six years ago, most of whom were still thinking in terms of selling programs region by region to established channels as opposed to «worldwide deals for rights to be exploited via the Internet anywhere.»

Southwest Airlines isn't selling flights, they are selling the experience of travelling as affordably as possible, making them the most accessible travel company to the widest range of people.

When a company tries to sell something, people take it as selling pitch.

Golf as an industry has been facing growth challenges, so for Callaway to increase its sales, it needs to either sell more to existing golf enthusiasts or find a way to convert new people to the hobby of golf.

The report from Nested, a UK startup that helps people sell their house, looks at the cost of renting — per square foot — in 72 cities worldwide, as well as what salary is required to foot the rental bill.

People in China and Japan are, to some extent, buying what Trump's selling: her image as a have - it - all feminist who's masterfully balanced her roles as successful entrepreneur, mother of three, and style icon.

Yes, I don't think people realize the costs to having access to that platform is that, that they can sell not necessarily information that will render you identifiable as an individual, but they'll take your information in aggregate.

«It's much easier to sell people on an idea in Canada,» he says, adding that top - notch developers here are more likely to embrace the challenge of an embryonic project that requires as much technical wizardry as imagination.

An industry source told us last week that Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis is going around telling people he hired IAC M&A vet Jason Rapp as President in order to sell the company for a price around $ 700 million.

In fact, the comments section of the above mentioned article has many stories of people who did sell in past years because they thought house prices were too high, only to subsequently watch from the sidelines as prices continued to march upward.

At benefits company Stride Health, which sells and manages healthcare benefits to «gig» workers like Uber drivers, CEO Noah Lang said that he would want to be sure that the replacement plan has tax credits available to people as they need them, rather than at the end of the year only.

«We both knew the cost of keeping up with growing kids, but we knew people are always looking to buy and sell things as their kids grow up.»

Selling oneself feels unnatural to many people, including 35 percent of survey respondents who listed it as one of their causes for worry.

«We would have people call that they were hit by the recession, maybe they lost their job or business wasn't as good as it had been, so they'd want to sell their machine guns» Goepfert says.

If you rush out to buy a new smartphone simply because it's hyped as the hot new thing — by the people who are selling it, mind you — you'll probably end up disappointed in a few months.

Do not assume that «if you build it, they will come,» as the idea of co-working is new to many people, and a few will need to be sold on the benefits.

The news will come as a relief to thousands of people who dabbled in bitcoin but faced the prospect of a tax investigation for failing to disclose they sold a small amount of the currency, or used it to purchase goods and services.

Facebook is mulling a plan to sell its upcoming smart speakers internationally before launching them in the U.S., as American users and politicians have increased their focus on Facebook and user privacy, according to two people who have had discussions with the company about the devices.

The world's largest online retailer is selling $ 16 billion of unsecured bonds in as many as seven parts, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The glory days were over, and the sixth instalment sold only a fifth as many games as Guitar Hero 5 in its first week, and Activision shut down Guitar Hero operations in February, laying off 500 people and saying the move was «due to continued declines in the music genre.»

As a result of Amazon's decision, Nest decided to stop selling any of its products through Amazon, meaning the limited number of Nest devices listed on Amazon today are expected to disappear from the site once current inventory is sold out, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The proposed changes will also look to address the practice of «trademark squatting,» where people misuse the system by hanging onto a trademark they have no intention of using themselves, such as an internet domain name, to sell it at a later date for profit.

It's as though the business broke into people's online homes to sell them its new bar of soap.

According to Toronto economist Bruce Little, a lack of «global ambition» could be to blame: «There's a lot of Canadian business people that start a company and as they grow, instead of saying,??? Damn, I want to be Bill Gates,» they sell it and enjoy their wealth.»

One of the quickest ways to make money fast is by selling your old books, CDs (yes, people still buy them) and DVDs as well as smartphones, smartphone chargers and gaming consoles.

«People don't talk about Florida and all the crazy stuff happening there, but they focus on Mexico when one or two things happen and it has nothing to do with tourism,» said Martha Mendez, who sells day trips for tourists to places such as the Maya ruins Chichén Itzá.

«We really struggled with what the product would look like — we were initially putting it together as a supplemental product that we sell to schools, but then it became clear that it made more sense for us to partner directly with publishers to take advantage of their existing sales and distribution networks and help them transform their existing products into the next generation products that people would be expecting on iPads,» says Derek Lomas, CEO of Mathify, a company that partners with textbook publishers to create interactive learning material.

As a result, most people are forced to sell their home and survive on Social Security benefits when they can no longer work.»

Get to know them as people, not just someone you can sell to.

An analysis of Building 8's recent hires and job listings by Business Insider, as well as conversations with people close to the company, shows an ambitious effort to create and sell millions of consumer hardware units, from a supply chain outpost in Hong Kong to a planned retail push and customer call center operation.

Reuters also reported the company is «exploring» selling its healthcare information technology business, which includes such brands as API Healthcare and Centricity EMR, according to people familiar with the matter.

April 5 - U.S. fashion footwear company Nine West Holdings Inc intends to file for bankruptcy as soon as this week with a plan to sell the intellectual property of its flagship brand to Authentic Brands Group LLC, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

As a side note, when he was selling his king - size bed, the first guy that came to the house looked at the bed and said, «How many people can this sleep»?

The Taiwanese firm is working with an adviser as it considers bringing in a strategic investor, selling or spinning off its Vive virtual reality headset business, the people said, asking not to be identified as the discussions are private.

He talked about educating people about the dangers of the drug, decried marijuana as a gateway drug, and called for a «one - penny fee on every milligram of opiates that are produced and sold in America» to be collected for treatment.

Just as major food corporations sell processed foods that are loaded with added sugar and chemicals meant to keep people eating, big tech companies have been repeatedly accused of designing their apps to maximize the time people spend on them.

The Paperwhite is as nerdily wonderful as Bezos sells it: A lightweight, moderately priced ($ 119) e-reader for those who like to read in bed in the dark without disturbing the person next to them.

So tone it down and work to get the person you're selling to want to buy — and not because they're trying to get you to leave as quickly as possible.

And just as major food corporations sell processed foods that are loaded with added sugar and chemicals meant to keep people eating, Turkle and other addiction experts say big tech companies have been repeatedly accused of designing their apps to maximize the time people spend on them.

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At one time its mapping gadgets got nearly every one from point A to point B, but the more people started using free apps such as Google Maps on their smartphones the less of these products it sold.

His business introduces new people and ideas to the world thanks to his ability to sell big - name presenters, like Malcolm Gladwell and Tony Robbins, on offering up their wisdom as part of the series.

We mostly sell online, but I think offline is very important too — we get to see people's reactions when they look at the jewelry in real life, and we want to capitalize on that as we grow.

To be sure, there were entrepreneurs who didn't fare as well, but that is true in any economy; if you don't believe me ask the people selling whaling harpoons or Betamax recorders.

Recruiting talent for startups is often referred to as «selling dreams,» because there's never enough dough to pay people what they deserve.