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Balancing Credit Sales with Profits

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(Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash ) Because Credit Policy is a part of Sales Policy, how you manage credit impacts company profits. How then does your Credit Policy affect your overall profitability? It affects the level of bad debt loss (uncollected Accounts Receivables) you suffer.

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Avoid these Six Collection Myths

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Collectors spend most of their time asking for payments While it is true collectors are constantly requesting payment of past due balances, once that request is made they end up spending most of their time resolving disputes and invoice discrepancies. Learn More About Credit Reports 5.

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Sales Commissions Impact the Collection Process

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Readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager now have access to sharply discounted business credit reports from D&B, Experian, or Equifax through our partner Accredit. Buy Credit Reports But, On the Other Hand. it just might help them pay you sooner! Risk of losing or demotivating some productive salespeople.

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Debt Collection Mistakes Can Prove Costly

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The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are ready to help you improve cash flow and reduce AR risks during these challenging times. Readers of Your Virtual Credit Manager can access sharply discounted business credit reports from D&B, Experian, or Equifax through our partner accredit.

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AR Data Management, AR Automation, & Accelerating Cash Flow

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Share How to Clean Up Your AR Ledger Launch a collection program to collect all past due invoices at least 15 days late. Match as many unapplied payments and unapplied credit memos to open invoices, deductions, and debit memos as possible. This included a 100 percent increase in past due collected.

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

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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.

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Effectively Collecting Receivables Is a Time Management Challenge

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Effective collections can also reduce bad debt losses by compensating for a liberal or weak Credit Control function. Simply defined, collections is the process of contacting customers to secure payment for your invoices. This way everyone knows what actions will be taken with moderately to severely past due customers.