Distenfield admits that franchise owners may sometimes "step over the line" in selling services.
Like Ivie, fledgling entrepreneurs can save a bundle by selling services rather than products.
Future revenue potential will come from selling services that help business customers set up RFID systems, according to Lanza.
Mr Behlendorf points out that software-development companies, like software companies themselves, are moving towards a model of selling services rather than products.
People of all walks of life reached out for mobiles, even if some mobile businesses started by selling services to high-end customers.
Delepine joined in 1976 and later started selling services to other industries.
He said if the plans were approved, opportunities for selling services would be explored further, starting with areas such as IT and HR.
Consultants are selling services to money managers and hosting conferences where their manager clients can, for a hefty fee, meet their pension fund clients.
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Just as people sought ways to develop their incomes through selling goods in the past they are now doing the same through selling services.
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At Unisys, Lawrence Weinbach, who came in as chief executive in mid- 1997, is refocusing the company away from selling hardware and toward selling services.
Much as LinkedIn's long-term model makes sense, its near-term success stems from a manic dedication to selling services to people who buy talent for a living.
Investors puzzled over its hybrid consumer-and-enterprise business model, which depends on attracting consumers but selling services mainly to businesses, and its focus on the less-flashy world of professional connections.
Ilze is trained as a social worker and her goal all along has been to make Employment Solutions self-sufficient, to use the revenue raised by selling services to pay for operations.
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He envisions, further out, selling services around these insights.
That buy was a double score for Google--Applied Semantics had been selling those services to Overture.
On one hand, they hope that they can increase their profit by selling new services on new devices.
On one hand, they hope that they can increase their profits by selling new services on new devices.
Yet those selling consumer services will probably find that charging goes down badly.
Unlike Gaikai, Playcast isn't geared towards getting you to buy games, nor is it selling its services to device manufacturers.
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This shows that Time Warner Cable is not monetizing its existing customers and selling other services as well as Comcast.
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It aims to wire up buildings, at no charge, with the ultimate broadband pipeline--fiber optics--as a platform for selling additional services.
The move, executives say, will keep the long-distance business from dragging on the fast-growing business of selling data services to business customers.
And the Post Office undoubtedly has a talent for selling financial services.
Of course, if accountants are barred from selling other services to their audit clients, then the cost of audits may well go up.
The worst outcome of the Enron affair, for accounting firms, would be that regulators ban them from selling consulting services to those they audit.
Most of Netease's business is selling messaging services to mobile phone users in China--a profitable business that does not depend on the vagaries of advertising.
Red Hat makes money giving away software and selling support services.
Skype will also keep a development team in Stockholm and maintain a large presence in London because it is a good perch for selling Skype services into Europe.
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Warren says the Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal was driven by Wells' interest in acquiring the "second-largest brokerage army" to foster cross-selling of services for both banking and wealth management clients.
Whether you are selling consulting services, coffee or software, you need to listen to the market to determine your financial feasibility and how to brand and price your offerings.
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