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The Five Components of an Effective Collection Call

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In many cases, your new customer credit evaluation will identify those accounts you can expect to pay late, but that is a risk businesses are often willing to take, and reasonably so. Consequently, most businesses need to designate somebody to handle the collection of past-due invoices. Share Read more

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Effective Communication Strategies for Collecting Past Due Accounts

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On a phone call, you should provide a summary of the amount past due, such as “$10,000 over 30 days past due” or reference one or two large past due invoices (number, amount, and due date), but no more. The key issue is securing a commitment to pay the past due invoices.

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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!

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Mitigating Commercial Credit Fraud

Your Virtual Credit Manager

To manage the risk that a customer might default, companies implement credit and collection policies and procedures. When a fraud isn’t quickly detected, legal action to recover past due invoices can impact unaware customers. it just might help them collect faster and pay you sooner. Share Read more

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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. The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are currently offering 33% off our standard small business consulting rates.

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Position Your AR to Enhance Working Capital

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager have default risk probabilities and other financial benchmarks for analyzing your AR portfolio and revealing actionable insights. 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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Effectively Collecting Receivables Is a Time Management Challenge

Your Virtual Credit Manager

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. The solution to the collections challenge therefore starts with Prioritization.