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Avoid these Six Collection Myths

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Please feel free to share this newsletter with your small business customers. Collectors spend most of their time asking for payments While it is true collectors are constantly requesting payment of past due balances, once that request is made they end up spending most of their time resolving disputes and invoice discrepancies.

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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

It affects the level of bad debt loss (uncollected Accounts Receivables) you suffer. Selling only to financially strong customers reduces the risk of bad debt loss, (and the cost of Credit and Collections activity required). The increased risk of a significant bad debt loss that your firm bears.

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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash When small businesses add customers and increase sales, their company’s Accounts Receivable (AR) will grow. it just might help them pay you sooner! it just might help them pay you sooner! Share A Case in Point A parts distributor was having difficulty with collections and high dispute volumes.

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Debt Collection Mistakes Can Prove Costly

Your Virtual Credit Manager

We are currently offering 33 percent off our standard small business consulting rates. Failure to Document All Communications Whenever there is a phone conversation or correspondence regarding a debt, even if not yet past due, it needs to be documented. What do you need help doing?

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It's Time to Give Your AR Ledger a Spring Cleaning

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Supporting profitable sales through the extension of credit Collecting as much of the AR generated as possible by or near the due date to ensure a substantial cash inflow Mitigating the risk of bad debt losses These tasks are best accomplished in a tidy environment. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Please share this newsletter with your small business customers. Share How to Clean Up Your AR Ledger Launch a collection program to collect all past due invoices at least 15 days late. This included a 100 percent increase in past due collected. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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7 Steps for Collecting Unpaid Invoices in 2023

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I’m a small business owner. Still, each project I work on requires me to commit my time or my team’s time, so I treat overdue invoices as if I were a homebuilder, too. I’m not talking a week or two: I’m talking about invoices that are a month late or more. Step 1 — Identify Overdue Invoices.