Rather than sell service to marketers as a customer giveaway, NetZero peddles its own brand, aiming to offset the cost by selling advertising and targeted marketing research.
We sell service hours in blocks of time.
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However, there are also plenty of legitimate companies that sell proper service contracts using online and telephone marketing.
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But NetZero refuses to use partners to sell its service, offering its service only under the NetZero name.
The customer is empowered here, and everyone wins (except for the medical providers who want to sell unnecessary service).
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If you are hesitant to sell your service or product, it is time to discover why selling is a struggle.
The aftermarket auto parts business has been accustomed to selling to small distributors who in turn sell to service stations.
Colbeck said in an interview earlier this month that the company is encouraging dealers to sell the service contracts at cost.
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Meanwhile the dealer association has been lobbying lawmakers claiming that the traditional franchise model is the best way to sell and service vehicles.
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Micro entrepreneurs are quickly coming to the same conclusion, knowing that how they sell their service is just as important as the service itself.
Plus, if a company like Apple actually gained control over the market, Amazon might not be able to sell its service on their platform at all.
When we started Next Step China, we were aware of the labels and knew it would be hard to sell a service to help people study in China.
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MediaFLO will negotiate deals with media companies to deliver their content, and will sell the service directly to cellular operators, who will share the network and resell TV service to their mobile customers.
Still another reason for networks to pay up for the NFL: The popularity of NFL games gives them a big weapon in disputes over subscription fees with cable, satellite and telecommunications companies that sell TV service.
Unlike selling packaged software for a lump sum or upgrade fee every year or two, when you sell a service month-to-month or year-to-year you have to keep delivering and reminding your customers that they are happy with the services you are providing.
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The cable companies will co-brand Sprint's cellular service in each of their markets and will sell the phone service through Sprint retail stores, cable retail outlets and other third-party distributors.
Investors would love to see the cable firm sell the DBS service after it launches--assuming it ever does.
But they are now trying to expand their portfolio and try to sell defence and service solutions to customers all around the world.
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And that fact alone should be enough to convince anyone who actually wants to sell a business service or product not to hit send.
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"If you can sell someone VoIP service in addition to data service, the chance of that customer leaving goes from likely to not likely at all, " says SG Cowen analyst Jim Friedland.
It is designed to build brand consideration and affinity, not sell a product or service.
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Barstein: Smaller plans have higher distribution costs, whereas larger plans are easier to administer, service and sell.
Softbank said Wednesday that its wireless service will sell Apple 's iPhone in Japan later this year.
Smaller plans have higher distribution costs, whereas larger plans are easier to administer, service and sell to.
Most salespeople know how to sell a product or service to a client.
This also applies if you plan to sell a product or service to a business customer rather than an individual consumer.
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At the height of the short-lived B2B boom there were at least 2, 500 would-be electronic emporiums to sell every good and service you could think of.
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