In foot-in-the-door, the salesman asks for a little commitment (the foot in the door), followed by a larger commitment (the salesman squeezes through the door).
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Unless you know somebody who knows somebody who's willing to speak up for you, you really don't have a chance of getting the foot in the door.
Startup is taken seriously: Probably one of the more important reasons of associating with a respectable incubator, startup teams are taken more seriously and get a lot better chance at getting the foot in the door.
He's originally from Dudley in the Black Country and got his foot in the door at BRMB Radio in Birmingham when he was still a teenager.
Nick Catliff, managing director of independent production company Lion Television, and who in 1994 persuaded a Scottish judge to allow a TV crew to film an armed robbery trial in the sheriff court, said the latest move was a "foot in the door".
"For both Temasek and Standard Chartered, the acquisition represents getting a large foot in the door to take advantage of the emerging middle class in Asia, " analyst Richard Hunter of Hargreaves Lansdown.
In addition to the general exposure, a company like Citi gets its foot in the door to handle all of the banking for the team and the venue, access to players and their agents and a place to drum up business with other team sponsors in the corporate suites.
But just remember that sometimes you may have the same credentials as other applicants, but if what you say in the cover letter is personal and hits home with the employer, you just might get your foot in the door.
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So after I told Ann that we could negotiate a better compensation package for her food-water-shelter offer, I asked her to tell me the top five reasons she should have one foot out the door and pointed in the direction of her 16-year-old self.
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Although how-to guides tend to overstate just how often interns (particularly at the undergraduate level) are later hired for full-time positions, the fact remains that a Wall Street internship is a huge foot in the door.
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The industry has been on the back foot in the face of these trends with sales - excluding door-to-door transactions - at their lowest level in a decade.
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So gaming would be the foot-in-the-door for a lot of people.
On the job-seeker side, I think people would also prefer to get their foot in the door via a colleague rather than via a friend.
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The niche markets for crystal fibres are still attractive for a small firm, giving it a foot in the door before large manufacturers such as Lucent and Corning really get going.
To be sure, many churches haven't been immune to the effects of the recent recession, and even for those that are financially stable, entrepreneurs trying to get a foot in the door may find it difficult if they lack religious affiliations.
If Romney wants to get his foot in the door, he better start by knocking.
This is how I want to start my career and get my foot in the door.
But one judge just gave cops engaging in warrantless cell phone searches a foot in the door.
Android can serve as a foot in the door for comprehensive multi-device AV plans in the future.
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For many candidates, getting a foot in the door is the greatest challenge in landing a job.
Must you be a financial genius with an IQ of 140 to even get a foot in the door?
It seems disingenuous, however, to suggest that signing up gives a writer any special access or a foot in the door.
That gave them a foot in the door to higher fashion merchandise.
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You can even get your foot in the door by pitching an interesting idea or proposing to take on a small side project.
That gets their foot in the door to allow them to build up interest from other nations and, perhaps eventually, companies and tourists.
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Small firms have long struggled to get a foot in the door of big companies which have lengthy bureaucratic processes and specific vendor requirements.
I'd like to hope I'll get my foot in the door somewhere again in the not too distant future and have another good go.
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