Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Hello, [Firstname].

We're pleased to bring you yet another edition of GrowthForce's email newsletter. In this issue of GrowthForce eNews Steve gives some sage advice on budgeting this year, we share an exciting article on GrowthForce in the Houston Business Journal, a 2008 QuickBooks tip and info on our upcoming events.

Creating Your Business’ First Budget in
5 ˝ Steps!
Stephen King explains how to get the first budget behind you

2008 is here and going strong! But its not to late to fulfill a new years resolution. In this free white paper learn the 5.1 steps to create your company’s first budget. With this step by step guide the first time budget maker gets a solid foundation on how to tackle a budget it with ease.

It starts with the right mindset and following the KISS method – Keep It Simple Steve. Learn how to forecast revenue, set a gross profit target, understand how break down expense patterns and put it all together. Then you’ll learn how to put a budget in QuickBooks to help make your reports more effective and help your employees start acting like an owner. If you’ve always wanted a budget for your company but didn’t know how to get ‘er done, this is the article for you.

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GrowthForce in the News
The Story of GrowthForce told in Houston Business Journal Feature Article

GrowthForce was featured in the Strategies section of December 21st issue of the Houston Business Journal. In this article in one of Houston’s respected business publications Stephen King, reveals his thoughts and strategies on how getting a second start meant going back to business at square one. The article describes his approach outsourced accounting and bookkeeping practices consistent with the GrowthForce best practices.

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GrowthForce featured in BusinessMaker's Radio Program

January saw GrowthForce featured on Russ Capper’s BusinessMaker’s weekly radio program. Click here for the podcast.

We Proudly Welcome Our Newest Clients!
The Month of January Brought 10 Exceptional Companies to GrowthForce Services

• Ascend Global
• CRMatic
• GSSI Sealants
• Hanson Survey
• High Lonesome Ranch, LLC
• Staybright Electric
• Taylor Family Practice
• The Parish School
• The Village Learning and Achievement Center
• Trees for Houston

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QUICKBOOKS™ TIP:

USE MICROSOFT^® OUTLOOK CALENDAR FOR BILLING IN QUICKBOOKS!

QuickBooks 2008 now has a Time Tracker which is integrated with Microsoft Outlook. You can quickly capture your billable hours in Outlook and send to the Time Tracker for billing or tracking. Employees can select meetings, emails and appointments right from their Outlook calendar and edit entries before submitting their timesheets. You then use Time Tracker for Microsoft Outlook to import time from your Outlook calendar. Those time entries can then be downloaded to QuickBooks for billing and used in QuickBooks Payroll.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Partner to Profit Event: Join the outsourcing conference on Thursday, March 20th at The Planet. Details to come.

End of the Busy Season Party: The Association for Accounting Marketing is inviting the top 160 CPA firms in Houston to celebrate the end of the busy season. Thursday night, April 17th. Sponsorships are still available.

Click here for more information.

CLIENT QUOTE

GrowthForce helped us improve our cash flow and become consistently profitable.
Philippe Cras, Homewood Suites, Kingwood Parc