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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 5 Best Collections Email Templates

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Anyone who’s worked in accounts receivables knows how valuable a good collections email template can be. Accounts receivable collections rely on clear communication with customers, both in delivering accurate invoices on time and ensuring those invoices get paid. It also eases the burden of invoice collections somewhat).

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Can You Get a Business Loan with no Credit Check?

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As a small business owner with poor credit, it can be even more difficult to find the financing you need. In this article, we’ll explore the possibilities of getting a startup business loan with no credit check or poor credit, as well as alternative forms of financing to consider. Getting a business loan with no credit.

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Resolve to Be More Proactive in 2024

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Then last week we looked at credit hold best practices. From a credit management perspective, these are largely reactive topics. In fact, once you decide to sell a customer on open credit, most of the accounts receivable (AR) management tasks that follow have a reactive component. There is nothing wrong with that.

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Is Your AR Generating All the Cash Flow It Should?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Processing Delays There are several AR activities that often take longer than they should and therefore cause delays: processing credit applications, approving orders, generating invoices, and posting payments. Credit evaluations, however, often take time. To make matters worse, most payment posting errors will involve deductions.

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Can You Get A Startup Business Loan With No Revenue Or Credit Check?

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Even as a small business owner with no revenue and no credit (or bad personal credit), you might be able to find a startup business loan. Getting A Business Loan With No Credit. When you apply for a business loan, many commercial lenders will review your credit history to get a sense of how you’ve handled debt in the past.

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Are You In Control of Your Receivables?

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Extending credit is the financial backbone of Business-to-Business (B2B) commerce. Not being paid on time reduces profits commensurate with your cost of capital and cost of collections — the longer the time it takes to be paid, the higher those costs. Learn More About YVCM Consulting Effective Credit Control – What Is It?

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