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Red Flags, Slow Payments, and Collection Secrets

Your Virtual Credit Manager

In our case, we found our readers had an affinity for articles on identifying collection risks and the best ways of dealing with past due balances. First we look at Red Flags that may indicate a customer could begin paying slower or default. Far more damaging is a customer that defaults (never pays).

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The Nine Essentials of a Successful Collection Call

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Successful collections require the coordination of a variety of activities: timely and accurate invoices and payment posting, monthly statements, email reminders and other dunning notices as well as telephone calls. A Cautionary Tale… As a corporate credit manager, I periodically was tasked with other finance department activities.

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Effective Communication Strategies for Collecting Past Due Accounts

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Finding the time and resources to complete every collection activity needed to be done at the optimal time to be done is a constant challenge. Most small companies come up short because the owner or CFO have more important things to do and there isn’t a dedicated employee responsible for credit and collections.

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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Inevitably they will need to initiate Collection activities to recover some of this money owed; in other words, contacting delinquent customers and requesting them to pay your firm for goods and/or services provided on credit terms that have become past due. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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A Holistic Approach to Debt Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

People who are new to business collections are inclined to fall into one of several patterns. Seldom does a new collector appreciate the need for a balanced, holistic approach to debt collections. In time, as they become more familiar with the process of collecting, their productivity increases.

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Effective Communications for Collecting Delinquent Receivables

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Finding the time and resources to accomplish all the collection activities required to do a good job is a constant challenge. Most small companies come up short because when there isn’t a dedicated employee responsible for credit and collections, the owner or CFO have more important things to do.

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Dealing with Difficult Debtors

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Moreover, if you are trying to collect from a small business, you may have to deal with the owner, who will have a lot on their plate in addition to their debt to your company. New to collections? You should attend Introduction to Business/Commercial Collections on Tuesday, July 16 at 1:30 PM EDT. annualy, forever.

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