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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. What are the other tasks that will not get done or be delayed because of the time you devote to Collections ? it just might help them pay you sooner!

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It's Time for a Layered Approach to Collections

Your Virtual Credit Manager

The evolution of Accounts Receivables (AR) automation has revolutionized our collection strategies. Manual collection processes centered on an aged accounts receivable trial balance (ARTB) lack the regimentation and efficiency brought about by automation. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Is Your AR Management up to the Task?

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Accounts Receivables (AR) require active management. Any O2C friction that results will ultimately have a negative affect on AR performance. Photo by Elisa Ventur on Unsplash When a company’s AR under-performs, the consequences are substantial. Here’s more on Credit Checks.

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Business Customer Personas: A Collectors Guide

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Some business customers are easy to deal with, others not so much. Some have good credit, others are clear risks. No two are alike, but they do tend to fall into some common groupings. If a Faithfully Tardy customer runs into cash flow problems, you are likely to see them extend their payment cycle even further.

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Effectively Collecting Receivables Is a Time Management Challenge

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Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash Effective collections is the single most important factor for achieving reliable cash inflows. Effective collections can also reduce bad debt losses by compensating for a liberal or weak Credit Control function. The solution to the collections challenge therefore starts with Prioritization.