Sentences with phrase «long long time coming»

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Maintenance contracts drive service calls, which drive customer relationships, which drive sales of new systems, since it's a lot easier to sell a $ 300 maintenance contract than it is to sell an $ 8,000 system — and when that time comes he's no longer «selling a new system» to a cold - call customer, he's «replacing outdated and inefficient systems» for a current customer.

Delinquent payments stick around on your credit score for 7 years, so while making a late payment isn't a lifetime offense, it will impact you for a long time coming.

This moment has been a long time coming for the company, which is now the first and only one in the U.S. that can provide such health reports to consumers without a prescription.

«When you're in your 30s, you still have a long flight path... so you still have quite a bit of time to take measured risks, at least when it comes to markets, to be able to build your portfolio and have more growth,» Snider said.

When it comes to success in this field, quality trumps quantity every time, so focus on getting the content right, even if it takes longer.

«When it comes to major genetic improvements in crops, those are done by multinationals investing huge amounts of money over long periods of time,» says Sparling.

Such warranties may cover a longer period of time, or cover a greater range of problems than does the basic warranty that comes with the product.

«Sometimes you have large companies that have established relationships with customers for a long time, and with data protection rules coming in on top of that, the information about that consumer then stays with the large established firm,» she explains.

A time is coming when people will no longer put up with these companies letting users be attacked when they're just trying to enjoy themselves on the Internet.

For many businesses, there comes a time in the startup phase when cash is short, revenues are not growing fast enough and anxiety about the long - term sustainability of the business is growing.

The final twist came with the realization that HFTs could figure out a way around a delay if they knew how long it was, so the team decided to randomize it between five and nine milliseconds, about one - fiftieth of the time it takes you to blink your eyes.

Although society has come a long way since a half - century ago, Buffett recalls a time when women were kept out of the workforce and predominantly told to depend on marriage as their path to livelihood.

Are you in it for the long run when it comes to miles logged and time spent on the road?

Whether for you that means long, lazy days on a beach lounger or exploring an exotic new locale, many professionals run into the same snag — you salivate at the thought of escaping work, but when the time actually comes you find it nearly impossible to actually disconnect.

With these tools you can track where your traffic is coming from, how long visitors are staying on your page, and even see who is on your page in real - time.

Given the natural skepticism of leaders who have been doing things one way for a long time, your success or failure will come down to the relationships you build.

With that sense of purpose, there's a safe chance we'll be hearing about - not to mention consuming - the brand for a long time to come.

In this exclusive interview with Inc., conducted over a long lunch in Chicago, John speaks candidly of the loneliness that comes with leadership, his hard - won understanding of why founders ignore their health — and the importance of a well - timed drink.

«It's wonderful that women are standing up for something that's been going on for a long time, and hopefully, within a generation, we will come closer to this equality we're trying to achieve.»

What he has left behind — books and recorded speeches, audio and video lecture series and hundreds of can - do maxims as well as children committed to upholding the principles by which he lived his life — all but ensures that people will be following the «Ziglar Way» for a long time to come.

Technology has come a long way in the last five years and it's time for classrooms to catch up.

Stephen Wunker, managing director of New Markets Advisors, says that for corporations that must devote their energies to day - to - day operations and quarterly earnings, incubators offer forays into fuzzy, long - term prospects that can come into focus over time.

As long as you're seduced by everyone else's plan for your life, your wallet will be seemingly stuck open when it comes to paying for help with time management.

It takes a long time to get either one, but you can file a provisional application that holds your place in line, in case someone else comes up with the same thing.

This would come decades after American preclearance facilities were first placed at major Canadian airports, where travellers have long cleared customs before flying to the U.S., with the goal of reducing wait times at the back end.

In the post, Feld, a long - time advocate for a «Startup Visa» to allow more international entrepreneurial talent to come to the U.S. to build businesses and create jobs, remarks on just how hard the current administration has fought to keep the program from going into effect.

In the course of developing that strategy, they had some long conversations with the founders and the musical.ly team and came to the understanding that musical.ly's primary focus at the time was and continues to be the health, vibrancy and positivity of their community.

«The iPhone was a long time coming in this industry,» he told the reporter.

We only spend about 10 to 15 percent of our time working on long - term projects that will not impact the business for years to come.

As a marketer though, I can't be: those in sales and marketing have known for a long time that stories trump data when it comes to persuasion because stories are easier to understand and relate to.

It will likely be around, in one form or another, for a long time to come.

These assets are all riskier, in the short run, than plain - vanilla bonds, but a retiree with a long - term time horizon can't afford to shun the rewards that come with those risks.

The realization that we're likely to live much longer than they did may come as both a blessing and a curse: More years means more time to travel the world, scratch off bucket - list items, or volunteer for favorite causes.

He and his partner, John Mackey, came up with this notion quite a long time ago, long before «buying organic» was, well, a thing.

This tightening of the purse strings has been a long time coming, says Owen Matthews, a general partner at Wesley Clover.

That's a very, very long time in technology and by then BlackBerry was so far down and the trend was so well developed that it was really hard for them to come back.

Here are 6 things to know about Logan Paul, including why this resistance to his brand may have been a long time coming.

But there came a time when that no longer helped me progress forward, so I stopped the Facebook letters and moved on to something else.

I learned a ton, but the time had come where it felt like more of an obligation and was no longer synergistic with my life goals and work priorities.

While some in the industry believe the printed word will attract a decent market for a long time to come, others argue it is just a matter of time before remaining newspaper advertisers follow the classified crowd online.

For long - time DE2 fans, the paint scheme brings a wistful smile; for newer fans, the paint scheme makes that slice of history come alive.

It's long past time we kept track of everything that's coming in from students and faculty and staff, and everything that's going out.»

For a long time I was thought of as a California guy who came from open wheel and had success in NASCAR.

«For the staff, we've had people who have spent a long time behind the wall and come out and been through the program and understand that it can work,» Isaacs told Business Insider.

He «came off as cold and calculating,» lacking in sincerity, «glib at inappropriate times, downright evasive at others,» and in general seemed «as much a machine as the bicycle he rode for so long.»

«In the short term, costs will increase, but in the medium - to long term, there will be more transparency in the market, and prices may start to come down in time,» said Marcia Wagner, head of the Wagner Law Group, which focuses on ERISA law and employee benefits.

Smartest Move: Revamping Flickr By the time Mayer came into the picture, photo - sharing site Flickr was long overdue for a relaunch.

Most of the common analyses and tests done by Web companies treat are centered on the notion of «visitors» to their website (transactional, one time relationship with consumers, typically driven by traffic coming from search engines) rather than «users» of their service (longer term relationship, typically involves creating a user account with the Web service).

Some examples are, perhaps the other civilizations aren't interested in communicating or perhaps they don't last very long, so although a lot of them, they come to exist, at any one time, there aren't very many.

The opportunity came via Marc Lore, Fleiss» long - time mentor and the founder of Jet.com.