The media-modeling tool was kicked into high gear two years ago when Chad Jacoby, senior manager of Nissan's Business Intelligence Unit, used years of Nissan's consumer research to build a computer model comparing the relationship of each phase of their "purchase funnel"--from awareness to purchase consideration to a transaction--to the phase before it.

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As I stated before, our nations are embarking on a new phase of our relationship.

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Or are we at the beginning of a new phase in the relationship between jobs and education?

ECONOMIST: A university degree no longer confers financial security

The excerpt from the second chapter on Romance and Marriage published below will discuss strategies to evaluate your financial compatibility long before you get to the engagement phase of your relationship.

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Earlier this month, President Obama visited Afghanistan, where he met with President Karzai and signed an historic agreement that lays the groundwork for the next phase of our relationship with the country as we bring a responsible end to years of war.

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Until recently, the promise of a referendum from Mr Cameron was seen in Washington as just another phase in the rocky relationship between the UK and continental Europeans.

BBC: US alarm bells over Cameron's EU speech

Today, I am nominating our first U.S. Ambassador to Burma in 22 years, Derek Mitchell, whose work has been instrumental in bringing about this new phase in our bilateral relationship.

WHITEHOUSE: Statement by the President on Burma

That relationship seems to be going through a relatively mellow phase as it bullies the Philippines.

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Marketers will focus more on the entire consumer experience to build and foster a long term relationship with a consumer as opposed to just that initial purchase phase.

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