soft sell

soft sell
noun
suggestive or persuasive advertising
• Hypernyms: ↑advertising, ↑publicizing

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noun
: the use of suggestion or persuasion in selling rather than aggressive pressure — compare hard sell

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a method of advertising or selling that is quietly persuasive, subtle, and indirect (opposed to hard sell).
[1950-55]

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soft sell noun
1. Selling or sale by preliminary softening up or other indirect method
2. Mild persuasion, or mildly persuasive tactics
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Main Entry: ↑soft

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soft sell UK US noun [singular] business
a way of advertising or selling products by persuading people to buy them in a relaxed and pleasant manner
Thesaurus: advertising, marketing and prhyponym
See also: hard sell

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soft sell,
Informal. a relaxed way of selling, by suggestion and persuasion rather than by pressure or aggressiveness.

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1.
n. [in sing.] subtly persuasive selling
2.
v. (soft-sell) [trans.] sell (something) by using such a method

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noun [singular]
: a way of selling something that uses persuasion rather than aggressive pressure
— often used before another noun

using soft-sell tactics

a soft-sell approach to marketing

compare ↑hard sell

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ˌsoft ˈsell f12 [soft sell] noun singular
a method of selling that involves persuading sb to buy sth rather than using pressure or aggressive methods

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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