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In This Issue
What Color is Your Cow?
Microsoft Dynamics vs. NetSuite
When Free Doughnuts and Casual Fridays Aren't Enough
The Benefit of Sure Step for Microsoft Dynamics Customers
Lunch & Learn Seminar: Increase Your Revenue with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
You've cut your cost.  Now it's time to focus on revenue growth.

December 3, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

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Stimulate Your
Business - Trade Up To Microsoft Dynamics ERP

This promotion is for businesses currently using QuickBooks and Peachtree Accounting applications that wish to take advantage of the rich functionality offered by Microsoft Dynamics ERP Products.

Visit our website for more information on this special promotion.
What is xRM?
One Platform. 
Many Applications.


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Attention CPAs

The end of the year is getting near.   Do you need to earn CPE credits?  Here you can get them online.

Fun Fact

The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capacity of only 5 megabytes.

TRG Sponsors Seattle Goodwill's Glitter Gala Event
A Dinner & Fashion Show on November 5th to raise funds for Goodwill's free Job Training and Education Programs.

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See our Blog Articles on the ERP Software Blog.

The Resource Group is a member of the ERP Software Blog - a group of Microsoft Dynamics GP experts nationwide dedicated to assisting financial professionals in their ERP/Accounting software selection process.  Members routinely post articles on the blog so that blog so that readers have the information they need when evaluating Microsoft Dynamics GP Software.


Newsletter - November 2009
Greetings!

Greetings!
 
Is your company dynamic?  Is it energized?  Is it continually changing, growing, adapting?   Does it look different this year than it did this past November? 
 
It should. After the tumultuous year we've just experienced in the business world, it undoubtedly does.  But what triggered your business strategic shifts?  An ailing economy?  Decreased demand?  Or were your modifications employed in order to grow, to shift focus, or to conquer?
 
As we welcome family and friends to gather around our tables for the feast of Thanksgiving this month, it is time to think about what drives our dynamism.  As we give thanks for the rebounding economy and hopeful economic forecast, we focus this newsletter on productive change.
 
We encourage you to contact us when your dynamic tactics require technological support, and look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
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Ann Haucke
The Resource Group
What Color is Your Cow?

Cow What makes your company extraordinary?  What is it about your service that forces a consumer to share your name with friends?  What aspect of your product sets it so far apart from the competition that it almost stands alone?  What makes your business remarkable?  If you are not sure how to answer these questions, then you need to understand the concept of the Purple Cow, an exciting business concept explained by Seth Godin in his bestselling book of the same name. 
 
Click here if you'd like your business to be remarkable.
Microsoft Dynamics vs. NetSuite:
A Taste-Test Challenge

PepsiDo you remember the Pepsi Challenge?  Beginning in 1975, Pepsi set out to prove to Americans that they actually preferred Pepsi
to the far-more-popular Coca-Cola brand.  Poured into two identical and unlabeled cups, the caramel-colored liquid taste-test forced consumers to ignore branding and reputation and judge only one thing: taste.  Let's consider what a NetSuite Challenge would look like.  It, like Pepsi, is trying to break into the market share of a software giant, Microsoft Dynamics.  And it, like Pepsi, has to work to get potential clients to look beyond the stability and superiority associated with the Microsoft Dynamics brand.  Will it work?
 
Click here to taste for yourself. 
When Free Doughnuts and Casual Fridays Aren't Enough:  How to Motivate Your Employees
The employer-employee relationship is fodder for all types of comic writing.  It's a complicated relationship demanding a difficult combination of direction, criticism, praise, compensation, and friendship.  Satirists have made millions poking fun at the many ways the mentor-mentee connection can go horribly wrong (think Steve Carell on The Office).  Here, we offer ten ways you can be the most-loved manager in the industry while also increasing employee productivity.  Yes, you can do both.  Continue to article.
The Benefit of Sure Step for
Microsoft Dynamics Customers


The verdict is in.  Nucleus Research, in its unique ROI case study approach, has methodically studied the value of Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM.  In its objective investigation, it set out to determine if the software delivers worthwhile returns to its customers.  What did it find?  Does it recommend Microsoft Dynamics to consumers?  Absolutely.  And even better, the folks at Nucleus Research share an important secret about choosing a Microsoft Dynamics Partner.  We'll give you hint: it has something to do with an incredible implementation program called Microsoft Sure Step, which The Resource Group uses today to successfully manage their customers' projects.
 
Click here for all of the glorious details. 
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About the Resource Group
The Resource Group is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that focuses on providing Microsoft Dynamics business software and services in the Pacific Northwest.  Since 1988, The Resource Group has helped organizations take their business further by assisting in pre-sales evaluation, implementations planning and execution, and on-going support and services around Microsoft Dynamics.  For more information please visit www.resgroup.com.