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In This Issue
What Color is Your Cow?
Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs. Salesforce.com
5 Advanced Social Media Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses
Budgeting
Inside the Mid-Market
About Our Firm
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What is xRM?

One Platform.  Many Applications.
 
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Fun Fact
The average company saves over $7,000 for each employee suggestion that is enacted!
Quote of the Day
"640K ought to be enough for anybody."

Bill Gates
Tips and Tricks
21 Underground Excel Tips

This eBook is a collection of 21 tips not so exploited but very useful.  Apply them and feel enthusiastic each time your productivity is boosted.

FYI
New per diem rates released for travel expense reimbursements.

The IRS has modified the rules for determining the amount of travel expenses for business purposes.  Click here to read them.
eNewsletter October 2009
Greetings!

Greetings!
 
Sir Francis Bacon once said, "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." 
 
Opportunity is what we, at CONEXUSsg, are here to provide.  Whether your goal is to streamline your technology, increase your productivity, or gain a competitive edge on the competition, opportunity is here.
 
This month our newsletter highlights Seth Godin's The Purple Cow; we also investigate the differences between Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Salesforce.com.    
 
Please contact us when you are ready to make opportunity.  We are here to serve your many needs and specialize in helping the wise, as Bacon defines them.
 
Regards,

Eric Holleman
What Color is Your Cow?
What makes your company extraordinary?  What is it about Boxing Glovesyour 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 CRM vs. Salesforce.com: A Heavyweight Battle in 6 Rounds
Ladies and gentlemen, please ready yourselves for an epic Boxing Glovesbattle of the champions.  In one corner, the impressive Microsoft Dynamics CRM boasts its flexibility, deployment choice options, and user-friendly interface.  And, in the other corner, the formidable Salesforce.com flexes its software-as-a-service strengths.  What will happen when two giants of Customer Relationship Management go head-to-head?
 
Click here to find out.
5 Advanced Social Media Marketing Strategies for Small Businesses
Twitter is the new water cooler, a gathering space for friends and business partners alike.  And although its critics berate it as time waster and productivity vacuum, Twitter, like Facebook, is here to stay.  And savvy businesses are cashing in.  Social media is the new It in the marketing world.  Your company's Tweets, Facebook pages, and presence in the blogosphere reach potential clients every single day.  But savvy online media marketing must push beyond simply creating and engaging an online community.  Your water cooler conversation needs to work for you.  But how? 
 
Click here to convert online contact into something more, like profit.
How Long Does Your Budgeting Process Take?
BudgetHow long does your yearly budgeting process take?  Can you run monthly financials easily and create all the financial reports you need?  Multisite and international organizations require sophisticated financial reporting, budgeting, and planning capabilities, including advanced multidimensional consolidations, eliminations, and multiple currencies.

Microsoft Dynamics offers financial planning, budgeting, and reporting applications that work with your enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to help you measure business results, align performance to goals, and improve profitability. Which solution is right for you? For simplified, template-driven planning and budgeting, choose Forecaster for Microsoft Dynamics ERP. FRx for Microsoft Dynamics ERP gives you powerful analysis and reporting capabilities. With Enterprise Reporting for Microsoft Dynamics ERP, you get a full-featured performance management solution to manage complex consolidations and multiple currencies. To find out how easy it is click here.
Inside the Mid-Market: A 2009 Perspective
A new, global study of midsize organizations reveals that despite the economy, more than two-thirds are planning or implementing their top IT priorities. These smart midsize companies are taking advantage of the current environment to invest in their future, with areas ranging from information management and security management to social media and cloud computing seeing the greatest focus and investment.   Find out what the study shows here.

About CONEXUSsg

At CONEXUS sg, we focus on information as an asset. Our consultants have an unmatched depth and breadth of business and technology experience. We will work closely with you and your team to understand your specific needs, and then we will craft a customized solution for your business.  Visit our website at www.conexussg.com.