{"id":413,"date":"2011-12-09T15:03:23","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danaprincewriting.com\/blog\/?p=413"},"modified":"2011-12-09T15:03:23","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T15:03:23","slug":"grow-your-business-with-tips-from-growth-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danaprincewriting.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/09\/grow-your-business-with-tips-from-growth-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow Your Business with Tips from Growth University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a writer, blogger, and small business owner who enjoys writing about topics that help businesses succeed (it&#8217;s a very symbiotic topic for me to research and write about!), I enjoy working with companies that help other companies continually improve. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m happy to report that I&#8217;ve been recently contributing to the <a title=\"Growth University - Small Business Tips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuresimple.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Growth University small business tips blog<\/a> for Future Simple. The blog publishes regular small business tips and articles from a variety of sales and marketing writers and business experts.<\/p>\n<p>Future Simple, who runs the blog, is the company behind Base (formerly known as PipeJump). Base is a cloud-based sales pipeline tracking and customer relationship management tool that has recently been re-released with a free starter edition. If you&#8217;re a small business owner, entrepreneur, or a freelancer, Base presents a great way to manage your pipeline and your relationships. Check out the <a title=\"Base Starter Edition\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/u9fz5W\" target=\"_blank\">Base Starter edition<\/a> for free. (Referring others can help you get more free deals, too.)<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m working with it and plan to do a detailed Base CRM review soon.)<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, feel free to check out some of my posts at Growth University at\u00a0<a title=\"Future Simple Dana Prince posts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuresimple.com\/blog\/author\/dana-prince\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.futuresimple.com\/blog\/author\/dana-prince\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some recent small business tip blog posts include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"The Value of Business Blog Comments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuresimple.com\/blog\/value-of-business-blog-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Value of Business Blog Comments<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"7 Ways to Foster Customer Loyalty in a Disloyal Marketplace\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuresimple.com\/blog\/foster-customer-loyalty-marketplace\/\" target=\"_blank\">7 Ways to Foster Customer Loyalty in a Disloyal Marketplace<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"CRM Tip - Make Sure All Your Eggs aren't in One Basket\" href=\"http:\/\/www.futuresimple.com\/blog\/crm-tip-sales-tracking\/\" target=\"_blank\">CRM Tip &#8211; Make Sure All Your Eggs aren&#8217;t in One Basket<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m not just writing small business tips for Growth University. 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