We should be measuring the quantitative, transactional part of our business, but we should also recognize the unmeasurable value of the qualitative, relationship-based element.
In fact, relationship-based marketing was the only technique that business owners had before they could spread the word to broader audiences through print, then radio, then TV, then the Web, and now through social networks.
As Jayson Boyers argues over at the Huffington Post, competency-based education omits the social and relationship-based aspects of a college education, which often yield as much career benefit as classroom knowledge to those just entering the workforce.
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Drew Hilles, national director of audio for Google, points out that some of the company's radio ads won't be sold online but rather via a direct sales force focused on "relationship-based sales" with big clients, just as the company does already with some of its online ad sales.
By opting for an outcome-based relationship that caps fees, the CIO can finally demonstrate financial acumen.
This trust-based relationship with someone they knew is what kept customers coming back.
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The Department of Dermatology in the Stanford School of Medicine has had a long-standing research-based relationship with Nu Skin Enterprises.
Soon after, however, the man grew remorseful, as the tryst apparently caused some friction in his other, less Internal Revenue Code-based relationship.
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He is focused on the need to advance U.S. interests in our broad-based relationship with China -- very important economic, diplomatic relationship with China.
And so my main goal today is communicating how interested the United States is in continuing to be an equal partner with El Salvador and other countries in the region -- a relationship based on mutual interest and mutual respect.
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Others argue that the banker-client relationship has moved from its strip-club based roots to one more focused on sports events like the Super Bowl and the U.S. Open and dinners at exclusive restaurants.
The Clinton-Gore relationship has always been more business-minded than based on friendship.
During an unveiling at today's press event, VIZIO was on hand to showcase a powerful new relationship and portfolio of AMD-based platforms.
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Women tend to "internalize, " which contributes to their stress, says Lois Barth, a New York-based business and relationship coach.
Chris Malone is chief advisory officer of The Relational Capital Group, a research-based, brand relationship marketing firm located in Philadelphia.
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This article is by Chris Malone, chief advisory officer of The Relational Capital Group, a research-based, brand relationship marketing firm located in Philadelphia.
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The issue is made more complex by the evolving relationship between Greenland, a hunting-based society of just over 50, 000 people, and its former colonial ruler.
Salesforce.com ( CRM), the cloud-based, customer relationship management software outfit, opened for business before the first dot-com crash, survived, and has continued on much like a start-up, its revenues growing rapidly but profits not so much.
Their bi-coastal relationship has ensured that Matchbook might not have an actual home-based office but instead a virtual one where the lines of communication are always open and strong through phone calls to one another and the rest of the Matchbook team, emails, and blog posts.
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He also told the BBC's Hugh Sykes that he wanted "a relationship based on dignity and self-respect" between Pakistan and the United States and condemned the US use of military drones.
"Leaders of both countries have labored diligently to maintain or manage a stable Sino-U.S. relationship that is based on some shaky foundations, but we loathe to work on the fundamentals, " Yu said.
While most clients seem to welcome a team-based model, some prefer a more personal relationship.
The bedrock of the Cuban economy, says Dan Erikson of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based group, is Cuba's political relationship with Venezuela.
"Through the mosques, they have funds, ideological and political indoctrination and military training, " said Ali Alfoneh, a fellow at the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute who has researched the relationship between Iranian civilians and the Revolutionary Guard.
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"This has been quite a surprise ... he's a reformist but not a revolutionary, " said Ali Alfoneh, a research fellow at the Washington-based American Enterprise Institute who has researched the relationship between Iranian civilians and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard.
Boldly moving out of its comfort zone, the 327-year-old exchange bought a controlling stake in the London-based Equiduct trading platform and entered a strategic relationship with the investment banks Citadel Securities and Knight Capital Group, to become a market to be reckoned with.
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Over all, just to summarize, I am incredibly optimistic about the prospect of stronger and stronger ties between the United States and Turkey that will be based not only on our NATO relationship, our military-to-military relationship, our strategic relationship, but also increasing economic ties.
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The Workshop, which will be taught by professionals in the fields of communication, audiovisual and gender, will train approximately twenty professors and teachers and will raise awareness among professionals of education with regards to the relationship between audiovisual, the impact of HIV and AIDS and gender-based-violence.
Like Salesforce.com , RightNow aimed to sell its customer relationship management (CRM) software as a low-maintenance, Web-based service, not a shrink-wrapped product.
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