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Avoid Falling Into These 7 AR Management Traps

Your Virtual Credit Manager

As a small business owner or executive, managing accounts receivable (AR) and navigating through various credit decisions is an integral part of the job. Unfortunately, many of these skills are not something you are likely to learn in business school. Please feel free to share this newsletter with your small business customers.

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“Must Have” Metrics for Receivables Management

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Monitoring and tracking cash is a critically important activity for most small businesses (for more on that subject, check out “ Taking the Crystal Ball out of Cash Flow Forecasting ”). The experts at Your Virtual Credit Manager are currently offering 33 percent off our standard small business consulting rates.

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2024: Your Year to Shine in Patient Experience

RevCycle

We’ll explore key trends, actionable tips, and innovative technologies that can transform your facility into a patient satisfaction haven. Remember, small gestures of kindness can make a world of difference. Regular communication: Maintain open communication channels to discuss challenges and opportunities for improvement.

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Get Ready for a Wave of Commercial Bankruptcies

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Historically, business failures increase after a recession. Likewise, the construction and business services industries, accounting for nearly 20 percent of insolvencies last year, are projected to remain the hardest hit in 2024. The hospitality and retailer sectors are also expected to continue to face challenges.

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Misalignment Between Credit and Sales Spells Trouble

Your Virtual Credit Manager

For a small business owner or executive, navigating credit decisions can be challenging, especially when they clash with the goals of other stakeholders within the company. Please feel free to share this newsletter with your small business customers. it just might help them pay you sooner!

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Due Diligence Doesn't End with the Credit Application

Your Virtual Credit Manager

Even more likely are changes to a customer’s business. Furthermore, new businesses and small businesses tend to have high failure rates, and there is good reason to believe a wave of defaults is coming. We are currently offering 33 percent off our standard small business consulting rates.

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How AI Can Propel Small Businesses into the Future

Lendio

A significant 23% of small businesses surveyed use artificial intelligence (AI) with 39% stating they plan to adopt AI. Small businesses are finding innovative ways to harness AI’s abilities, from streamlining marketing efforts and enhancing customer communication to optimizing inventory management.