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Debt Collection Mistakes Can Prove Costly

Your Virtual Credit Manager

If you sell on open credit terms, you need to plan on having to expend time and resources collecting from those customers that don’t pay when due. No matter how much effort you put into evaluating customer credit, some customers will not live up to your expectations. You need to be doing the right things.

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What Triggers Your Collection Efforts?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

If all your customers paid promptly — by the time the invoice was due — you would not need to do any collection work. Collections is a reactive process. The amount of collection activity with which you are tasked is directly proportional to your customers’ payment habits.

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The Crucial Role of AI in Transforming Digital B2B Credit Applications

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With the rapid advancement of digital technology, businesses can no longer afford the inefficiencies of slow credit applications, validations, and approvals. Empowering the credit team with intelligent Order-to-Cash (OTC) digital solutions is essential. Conducting reference checks online instead of through paper applications.

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Equip Your Collection Agency for Success

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Ralph Hutter on Unsplash Confronted with high interest rates and inflation, and heading into a what is increasingly looking like a recession, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) will probably need to use a Collection Agency more than they have in the past.

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The Five Stages of a Collection Call

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Photo by Icons8 Team on Unsplash Commercial collections is not unlike convincing somebody to buy something, but people with that talent tend to go into Sales. For most people, however, collecting B2B debts is an acquired skill. Those of us who have spent our careers in credit and collections, fell into the profession.

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Use Caution Extending Credit to Startup Companies

Your Virtual Credit Manager

That’s why it is standard to ask on a credit applications the year in which the business was formed. Years in business is a critical factor in the assessment of credit risk along with number of employees, which can be a good proxy for sales volume, something private businesses are not always willing to disclose.

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Collections Forecasting – Key Things to Watch

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Why Is Forecasting Accounts Receivable Collections Important? Forecasting Accounts Receivable Collections Using DSO The easiest and most accurate way to forecast your accounts receivable is using days sales outstanding (DSO). Credit Management and Monitoring. Cash flow is essential for business. Disputes and Deductions.