The same survey, reported in usa today, showed that relationships begun online were likely to be slightly happier and last
longer than relationships started offline.
It also suggests that marriages that start online are stronger and last
longer than relationships that start offline.
True love lingers, sometimes
longer than a relationship, sometimes even simultaneous to a new relationship, sometimes even for a lifetime spent apart.
Not exact matches
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longer «selling a new system» to a cold - call customer, he's «replacing outdated and inefficient systems» for a current customer.
In our team's work with creators (bloggers, YouTubers, Instagrammers and the like) we have heard, time and again, that they're eager to establish
longer - term
relationships with brands, rather
than «pay to play» transactional ones.
We become more
than a faceless corporate entity with shelf space in major retail stores; and that can lead to
longer relationships and brand loyalty from people who enjoy our products and what we offer.
Again, it is worth repeating that a
long - term
relationship is worth far more
than a transaction at - hand.
They must keep the sparks alive in a
long - term
relationship rather
than focus solely on the short - term, single purchase.
«Feel good» is a good strategy for an event watched together as a family over a
long period where there's time to build a story and a
relationship, rather
than the Big Game's single chance to break through the clutter.
That's a good thing -; founders who have
long relationships generally have higher rates of success
than those who met recently.
They create good
relationships over the
long run rather
than turn and burn through deal after deal as no one will do business with them twice.
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).
But it was better
than enduring a
long - term
relationship based on incompatible goals.
«It's still a business decision, but the
relationship is really important, since you'll know them a lot
longer than one project,» she says.
There is nothing more critical in building a successful business
than creating
long lasting
relationships.
It is probably a good idea to have release windows in
longer contracts so that if the working arrangement is difficult, there is an opportunity to end the
relationship sooner rather
than later.
While higher end freelancers may cost more
than those on an Elance or Upwork, they tend to have more experience, can deliver services across a few different specialities and are more likely to form ongoing
relationships with your organization for a
long - term partnership.
Still, it's easy to understand how these seemingly innocent workplace
relationships continue to develop, especially in a working world where people spend, on average, about 45 minutes
longer at the office daily
than they did 25 years ago.
Realistically, creating those
relationships will require government officials to engage startups on their turf — which is far more likely to be a happy hour at a coworking space
than a
long meeting at City Hall.
Her book, Mating in Captivity: Unlocking Erotic Intelligence, has been translated into 25 languages (Perel herself speaks nine) and her TED Talk, «The secret to desire in a
long - term
relationship,» has more
than 5 million views.
For example, the expected timing and likelihood of completion of the proposed merger, including the timing, receipt and terms and conditions of any required governmental and regulatory approvals of the proposed merger that could reduce anticipated benefits or cause the parties to abandon the transaction, the ability to successfully integrate the businesses, the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the merger agreement, the possibility that Kraft shareholders may not approve the merger agreement, the risk that the parties may not be able to satisfy the conditions to the proposed transaction in a timely manner or at all, risks related to disruption of management time from ongoing business operations due to the proposed transaction, the risk that any announcements relating to the proposed transaction could have adverse effects on the market price of Kraft's common stock, and the risk that the proposed transaction and its announcement could have an adverse effect on the ability of Kraft and Heinz to retain customers and retain and hire key personnel and maintain
relationships with their suppliers and customers and on their operating results and businesses generally, problems may arise in successfully integrating the businesses of the companies, which may result in the combined company not operating as effectively and efficiently as expected, the combined company may be unable to achieve cost - cutting synergies or it may take
longer than expected to achieve those synergies, and other factors.
«As a marketing consultant, copywriter and merchandiser, I know firsthand, (1) that a profitable
long term business hinges on strong customer
relationships and repeat business, and (2) how much harder it is to develop a new customer
than to please an existing one.
While young / first - steps content marketers can learn many things from their more mature peers, one of the most striking — and encouraging — observations about those in the early phase is that 71 % agree that their organization is focused more on building
long - term
relationships than on getting quick results from content marketing.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good
relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a
longer time
than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.
For more
than eighty - five years, we have built Woodstock by fostering
long - term
relationships with our clients.
The middleman role is often vulnerable, but
long customer
relationships (sometimes going back more
than 25 years) and the huge list of manufacturers involved (numbered in the hundreds) hints at the intractability of King's Flair's position.
Not
long ago, large enterprises — with deeply entrenched incumbent business
relationships, rolodexes, and enormous advertising budgets — wined, dined, and golfed with their customers more
than any small business could ever afford or imagine.
Our business focuses on
long - term recurring revenue
relationships with these small businesses, so a much smaller client base is required
than a transactional business.
They need love, understanding, and ministry other
than someone telling them they are going to hell unless they change.Those who are in
long term commited
relationships are a different story.
When it comes to their views on marriage and families, Millennials don't quite fit into the same mold as their predecessors, but when it comes to their desire to have stable,
long - lasting
relationships and families, the generation might prove more traditional
than they seem.
«My point is that gay
relationships that are
longer than 2 years are almost always open
relationships.
Of those involved in a «current
relationship,» only 15 percent describe their current
relationship as having lasted twelve years or
longer, with five percent lasting more
than twenty years.
Directly relating my Bible reading with my
longing for
relationship with Him... sitting alone in my living room, no worship music, no lights, no bulletin, no 3 points... it was really a blessing, and felt a lot more like worship
than most of my Sunday morning experiences.
In many cases, mid-years couples discover that they are better off staying with their
long - term marriage
than dissolving the
relationship in hopes of finding greener pastures elsewhere.
So it just makes sense if you're thinking in terms of a
long - term
relationship, we need to load up on the relational aspects of the
relationship rather
than sexual.
So
long as the right tries to defend them without offering a broader ecology of a deeply integrated and formative community — something broader, for example,
than the
long - standing defense of «family values» that denigrates the idea that there is a
relationship between the family and the village — it can offer no real alternative to liberalism.
The
relationship to Judaism is more important
than that to other religious communities because of its central role in the self - definition of Christianity and the
long history of Christian persecution of Jews.
The death - of - God myth symbolically articulates, from within the Christian perspective which is my religious framework, my own inability any
longer to affirm anything more in the way of grace and love
than the human faces and voices and bodies around me, those persons with whom I enter into
relationships of various kinds and intensities and patterns of communion and brokenness.
There must be something other
than loving, committed,
long - term
relationship that is necessary for God to bless it as a sexual union He accepts.
At night, I picture God, in his love without condition, standing over us while we sleep, clutching his heart over how beautiful we are,
longing for more and better for us, knowing us better
than we know ourselves, seeing a bigger picture,
longing for a deeper
relationship and loving us so much that it takes over the entire story.
The
longer we are Christians, the easier it is to have rules rather
than a
relationship (of which I have a few tonnes).
no, its no more a sin
than eating buggers, just stop beating up on oneself, if you are in love with YHWH, and do His law, the 10 commandments, just as David did, plenty of wrong in his life, but he prayed, and he prayed, he also loved YHWH so much, he was loyal, and loving to YHWH, so YHWH chose him, and his seed, do the law of righteousness, the commandments, and pray, and pray, love YHWH with all of you heart, and no other man made of flesh, and blood can judge anyone else, only YHWH can, He has the complete authority, and as
long as you have a
relationship deep with Him, He knows.
You are nothing more
than a prejudice bigot and YOU ARE spreading hatred towards this minority group especially since nowhere in your bible did your Christ condemn the loving
long term
relationship of a gay couple.
They've discovered the things that actually bring happiness are
long - term loving
relationships, strong social connections, the opportunity to pursue meaningful work, a sense of optimism and openness to new experiences, as well as a spiritual belief or identification with an issue or idea larger
than oneself.
Nevertheless, there is now a growing willingness - as
long as it is made clear that this is no excuse for the existence of this appalling crime within an organisation which ought to be an example to society at large rather
than a reflection of it - to think seriously about what that implies for our
relationship to a society which, because of our bishops» gross mishandling of the problem, we now have small hope of influencing in this matter.
It is my belief that both
long - term and short - term goals are best viewed as the development of a
relationship rather
than as a process of problem - solving.
Rarely do pro-choice activists any
longer describe the fetus as something less
than a developing human life or treat the
relationship of the fetus to its mother in terms of property rights.
He added that «given the presumably strong role of situational,
long - term, environmental, social and personal factors that figure in behaving aggressively, it would be implausible to expect more
than this clearly modest
relationship.
«We have
long - term customers who have partnered with us for more
than 50 years and those
relationships are incredibly important to us,» Drew Snyder says.
CBBC International has more
than 20 years of experience in the international procurement of perishable products and has established
long - term
relationships with many of the major suppliers in the world.