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hard sell

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hard sellnoun

    forceful and insistent advertising

Wiktionary

  1. hard sellnoun

    A sales technique of pressuring the potential buyer to agree to a purchase.

  2. hard sellnoun

    A sales transaction which is challenging for the sales person to make; any act or object of persuasion which is challenging.

Wikidata

  1. Hard sell

    In advertising, a hard sell is an advertisement or campaign that uses a more direct, forceful, and overt sales message. This approach works in opposition to a soft sell. Theorists have examined the value of repetition for hard sell versus soft sell messages to determine their relative efficacy. Kardes concludes that a soft sell with an inferred conclusion, rather than an overt hard sell, can often be more persuasive.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard sell in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hard sell in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of hard sell in a Sentence

  1. Garrison Nelson:

    It is going to be a hard sell, bernie is counting on that -- that degree of resentment and that degree of anger.

  2. Valerie Jarrett:

    It was up to us — Michelle and I — to persuade him, he always listened to us, but we knew that this time it was going to be a hard sell. I hate telling Barack what he does n’t want to hear. I knew this was going to be the most painful talk I ’d ever had with him.

  3. Mitch McConnell:

    It appears as if the administration's approach to this was to reach whatever agreement the Iranians are willing to enter into, so I think it's going to be a very hard sell -- if it's completed -- in Congress.

  4. Jen Ramsey:

    Gentle, inspired, authentic, stories will outsell' hard sell' any day.

  5. Nigel Dodds:

    The trick will be for British Prime Minister Theresa May, can British Prime Minister Theresa May satisfy everyone ? It is going to be a very, very hard sell, I would have thought, but let's wait and see the actual detail.

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