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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. 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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Avoid these Six Collection Myths

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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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Effectively Collecting Receivables Is a Time Management Challenge

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Effective collections can also reduce bad debt losses by compensating for a liberal or weak Credit Control function. Simply defined, collections is the process of contacting customers to secure payment for your invoices. For the most part collections deals with past due invoices — those not paid within established terms.

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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

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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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Position Your AR to Enhance Working Capital

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Who absorbs any potential bad debt loss — does the lender have recourse to return the AR if they cannot collect it versus a non-recourse arrangement? Learn More About Credit Reports Please share this newsletter with your small business customers. No seriously past due invoices and no “Clutter.”

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Debt Collection Mistakes Can Prove Costly

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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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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

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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!