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Avoid these Six Collection Myths

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Commercial collections is no different. Collection myths can be found at the very root of bad decisions as well as informing counter-productive activities. Adhering to collection myths more often than not leads to bad outcomes. Simply put, collection myths get in the way of doing the best job possible.

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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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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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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Credit Policy is an inextricable part of a company’s Sales Policy. If you choose to sell on open credit, the terms you offer are in effect part of the price. If you discuss credit terms with a competitor, you are in violation of anti-trust statutes forbidding price fixing. What’s Right for Your Firm?

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It's Time to Give Your AR Ledger a Spring Cleaning

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Supporting profitable sales through the extension of credit Collecting as much of the AR generated as possible by or near the due date to ensure a substantial cash inflow Mitigating the risk of bad debt losses These tasks are best accomplished in a tidy environment. That’s 33% off our introductory rate.

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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

Your Virtual Credit Manager

What’s Involved in “Cleaning” an AR Portfolio In a perfect world, your AR Ledger would contain only whole, current invoices; or at least nothing seriously past due. Over time, AR Ledgers unfortunately tend to collect “Clutter.” Please share this newsletter with your small business customers.

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7 Steps for Collecting Unpaid Invoices in 2023

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When it came to collecting on unpaid invoices, that was my first mentor’s mantra. I’m not talking a week or two: I’m talking about invoices that are a month late or more. When that happens, I take the following steps to getting seriously past-due invoices paid. “It’s your money.