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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

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Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash When small businesses add customers and increase sales, their company’s Accounts Receivable (AR) will grow. Readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager now have access to sharply discounted business credit reports from D&B, Experian, or Equifax through our partner Accredit.

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It's Time for a Layered Approach to Collections

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The evolution of Accounts Receivables (AR) automation has revolutionized our collection strategies. Manual collection processes centered on an aged accounts receivable trial balance (ARTB) lack the regimentation and efficiency brought about by automation. What do you need help with?

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Supercharge Your Collections

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To continue reading and learn nine areas of focus for supercharging your collection process, you must be a paid subscriber to Your Virtual Credit Manager. Do you need help assessing your customers’ credit risks? a 2% discount for payment within 10 days) to motivate faster payments.

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Is Granting Credit Terms Worth the Risk?

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In such an ideal scenario, every customer would have both the ability and the integrity to pay their bills in full and on time, eliminating any need for a credit management. Do you need help assessing customer credit risks? What are the risks? But reality matches to a different tune.

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Effectively Collecting Receivables Is a Time Management Challenge

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The key factors informing your prioritization scheme are: The amount of the past due accounts receivable (AR) The age of the past due AR (e.g, For customers who habitually pay 5 days past due, don’t waste a contact until they are 10 or more days past due. 15 days or 120 days?)

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Is Your AR Management up to the Task?

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Accounts Receivables (AR) require active management. Any O2C friction that results will ultimately have a negative affect on AR performance. Photo by Elisa Ventur on Unsplash When a company’s AR under-performs, the consequences are substantial. Here’s more on Credit Checks.

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Business Customer Personas: A Collectors Guide

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No two are alike, but they do tend to fall into some common groupings. Identifying the groupings within your customer accounts receivable (AR) portfolio enables you to deal with them all more effectively and efficiently. Share The High-Risk Account: Ideally you do not want to extend credit to high risk accounts.