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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 Hello [Firstname],Summertime is usually a slow time for many businesses. If that is the case for your business, use your free time productively: step back and take a look at ways you can transform your company this summer that will reap benefits over the long haul. In this issue of the E-news, we share some ways that we are transforming GrowthForce to improve satisfaction and efficiency. One is the implementation of QuickBase™ – a major new product from Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks®. We are starting a Recession Busters column. Each month, the column will provide one income-generating best practice and one expense-saving tip. So take advantage of the summer doldrums to make changes to your business…and get started with ideas from the GrowthForce E-news. QUICKBASE: A HOMERUN FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
GrowthForce has just implemented QuickBase - a customer relationship management software from Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks. We have finally found a CRM program that fits the needs of small businesses. Not only does it manage customer relationships, but project management with workflow as well. Best of all, QuickBase integrates with QuickBooks, eliminating duplicate entries. GrowthForce is so impressed with QuickBase, that we have signed on as the first QuickBase Certified Intuit Solutions Provider in the Houston area. To learn more about QuickBase, click here for a QuickBase Case Study. NEW RECESSION BUSTERS COLUMNStarting this month, we will give two tips to help businesses combat the recession: a revenue-generating idea and a cost-savings suggestion. Revenue Generating To generate income, we're taking the plunge into Social Learn how to navigate online networking by attending the Social Media 101 Webinar by Springboard Works on July 23. Click here for more information. Cost Savings Save money by consolidating your business VISTAGE TIPVistage is the world’s largest CEO peer group made up of CEOs who help each another make better decisions, achieve better results for their businesses and enhance their lives. They collaborate over the Web, receive one-on-one coaching, attend peer group monthly meetings, tap into a vast online resource library and learn from expert speakers. Click here for information about Vistage. This month’s tip from Vistage is about: How to build accountability among employees Click here for the article. GROWTHFORCE NAMED TO HBJ FAST 100 GrowthForce has been named to the annual Houston Fast 100 by the Houston Business Journal. The distinction is reserved for the top 100 fastest growing businesses in the 10-county Houston area. The rankings will be announced in a special HBJ section released Sept. 11, 2009 and at a luncheon that same day. For more information, Click here. BOOK SHARE
Here’s what we have been reading at GrowthForce. You may want to take one along on your summer vacation. Next month we’ll be sharing our book reports with you in the E-News.
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Media networking. If you have been toying with the idea of tweeting or bouncing around the benefits of blogging, now is a great time to get started. More and more businesses are using online networking to develop relationships and turn them into clients. 
’ communications services. With all the buyouts and mergers in the telecommunications industry recently, that may not be an easy task.
We found Collaboration Insights, which not only can uncover savings in your telecom spending, but also collaborate with you to maximize the impact of every communications dollar you spend. For a step-by-step plan on how to save on telecom expenses 
At GrowthForce, we are using the summertime to take advantage of some downtime to make changes in our business model. We plan some major transformation of our business.
That is why we’ve got a whole lot of summer reading on our to do list. The ideas in these books and articles will influence our management decisions in the areas of customer satisfaction and expectations, pricing, sales and field operations.|
Summertime Referral Program At GrowthForce, our best compliment is a business referral. We encourage our friends who know the value of the GrowthForce value proposition to recommend us to their business associates. We will pay up to $500 for a referral that results in a new GrowthForce client: $100 for a qualified lead and $400 for a contracted client. To make a referral simply, click here. New Migration Manager Position GrowthForce is pleased to Upcoming Events: QuickBooks Training Class Taught by GrowthForce Senior Manager of Accounting Systems, Tues., August 4, 2009 This introduction to the QuickBooks system offers everything a novice user of QuickBooks needs to know to get started. You’ll learn about creating Lists, Chart of Account, Items, Centers, bank account and balance sheet activities, selling and paying for goods and services, reporting results, tracking time, designing forms and letters. The cost is just $299 per person. Discounts are available for multiple attendees from one company. Each attendee will receive a comprehensive QB training procedure guide and eight hours of CPE credit. QuickBooks for Non-Profits
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Wed., August 12, 2009 20th Annual Houston CPA Society Golf Classic Mon., Oct. 26, 2009
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announce the promotion of Marsha Gibb to the newly-created position of migration manager. In her new role, Gibb will help the company implement a customer-driven culture by creating a great customer experience from the first sales call to established client. She will act as client liaison, transferring information between clients and GrowthForce departments to insure customer satisfaction and meet customer expectations. Gibb has worked at GrowthForce for three years, starting out as a bookkeeper and quickly climbing the ranks to certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor. She plans to graduate this fall with a B.A. in accounting from Sam Houston State University. 