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It probably goes without saying that the biggest reason your business could be losing money is because customers are not paying you on time. You do the work, or supply the product, and then if you don’t get paid, you start losing cash immediately. Collection agencies that work with small business, such as our company hear this type of thing all the time. It’s the single largest source of revenue loss.

But there are many other causes of lost revenue and some of them might not even be obvious to you and your team. Maybe they are and you’re just ignoring them. Whatever the case may be, there are a number of ways your business can […]

Remember the movie “Dude, Where’s My Car?” Well, have you ever said to yourself, where’s my cash?

There are insights we have as a collection agency that works with small business. And we get questions all the time when we sit down and talk with small business owners and others like you. They are always asking where their cash is. “We see some of our money coming in, but not all of it.” A common theme when we consult with concerned businesses.

You need to know where your cash is at all times as a small business. Everything from keeping track of the cash that goes in and out of your business to the people that are […]

When you are running a small business, every dollar counts. That includes cash that comes into your business and cash that goes out. It’s how you charge your customers for what you provide them, and keeping a watchful eye on what you are being charged by others.

It’s also about protecting what you have which includes cash, receivables as well as physical items such as assets and inventory. Maybe your customers are paying on time, but you could be losing money in other areas. It’s important to keep an eye on everything related to money in your small business.

Here are a few items to always pay attention to:

Cash Flow:

As a small business, you need to […]

When you are running a small business, you might be in a position where you are doing almost everything. Depending on the circumstances such as amount of business, labor shortage or it is just the nature of your business, one day you could be at your desk and the next, out seeing a customer.

The fact is that many small businesses are running because the owners are actively involved in the day-to-day operations.

But what happens when you cannot be at your business?

There are a whole host of reasons that could cause you to be away from your small business. Everything from an injury or illness, vacation […]

As a collection agency that specializes in working with small business, we get a number of questions from professionals we meet. But the one that always seems to come up is, how can my small business get paid faster? Afterall, that’s pretty much why we’re talking in the first place. They haven’t been paid for the services they have provided.

While a larger business may be able to absorb late and non-paying customers for a period of time, a small business as you know, relies heavily on cash flow. And it becomes a real issue quickly if customers are not paying.

Here are a number of items to consider if you are trying to lay the groundwork […]