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Takeaway Opportunities From a Great Conference

As a Collector at American Profit Recovery I have been presented with several opportunities to improve my skillsets and gain knowledge on our ever-changing industry. Having attended these events I’m always struck by the number of people who seemed to be zoned out on their cell phones, counting the number of minutes until the next break. I assume these individuals were just looking for a day away from the office or were “voluntold” to attend. No matter how vast your knowledge is on a certain subject matter there is always more to learn and different opinions to consider. So, at every event I attend I like to have at least one takeaway that will benefit […]

APR2021-01-31T14:55:18-05:00December 19th, 2014|Categories: Team APR|Tags: Collection Agencies, learning, seminars, Skillpath|

Best Places to Work… It Doesn’t Get Old…

This could be a really short blog post. American Profit Recovery is a great place to work; Period! We know this because we have been named just that for seven straight years. Best Places to Work in Collections is a program spearhead by industry publication InsideArm.com and Best Companies Group and we’re proud to be on the list again.

There are many reasons why we are continually recognized as a great place to work. But, I’ll focus on one. Culture.

Yes, we are a great place to forge a career. We pay well, we offer great benefits and we always help our team members grow, both professionally and personally. We really are a family here.

But our culture […]

APR2020-09-27T11:56:58-04:00December 17th, 2014|Categories: Team APR|Tags: American Profit recovery, Best Places to Work, Collection Agencies, Massachusetts, Michigan|

The Payoff Principle

By: Jason;

Over the last year and a half or so I have taken an interest in personal development and have noticed the impact it has had on my life and also affected the people around me in a positive way. On November 18^th we were given the opportunity to attend the latest seminar put on by The Yes Network. The keynote speaker was Dr. Alan Zimmerman and the session was titled, “The Payoff Principle.” During this seminar a lot of the focus was placed on how improving your attitude and taking action can motivate you and give you the strength to overcome any obstacles you may find yourself facing. These obstacles can easily be found […]

APR2021-01-31T16:24:28-05:00December 2nd, 2014|Categories: Team APR|Tags: Dr. Alan Zimmerman, personal development, The Payoff Principle, The Yes Network|

Dorothy Needs To Get Paid Too…

Small Business Saturday is coming up this weekend on November 29 and this reminded me of small business owner I helped one time.

Her name was Dorothy, and she owned a flower shop. She literally had an entire stack of work cards of people who owed her money. As I showed her our diplomatic debt collection program, she cordially thanked me for my time and told me that she just did NOT want a collection agency to be contacting her customers. I told her once again how diplomatic it was and how we can help her, she again politely thanked me for my time.

I packed up my stuff […]

APR2020-11-01T12:40:08-05:00November 24th, 2014|Categories: Advice for Businesses|Tags: Boston, debt collection, Michigan, Small Business Saturday|

Be a Hero

If you could be a hero, would you be? We’re not talking about having super powers or wearing spandex, we’re talking about saving a life based solely on your unique genetic make-up. It’s a simple question really. Would you, if you could, be a hero? Would you save a life?

When I was an adolescent in middle school, having the summers off school was the best. Budding hunter-gathers, a group of my friends and I spent every waking moment during those sunny months at Sand Lake. With our parents at work most of our time was spent digging for worms and fishing for pan fish. On those really hot, Northern Michigan days we would swim to […]

APR2020-09-27T11:53:44-04:00November 10th, 2014|Categories: Community Outreach|Tags: Be The Match, Be The Match Registry, leukemia and lymphoma|

Green Industry Expo 2014 (GIE)

By: Matt Helz

This was my first opportunity attending the GIE down in Louisville KY. What an awesome experience! I had the privilege of attending the trade show with two of the best guys to learn from, Matt Moskowitz and Andy Yavallo.

What made the experience so great was seeing the interaction between Matt, Andy and their clients. The relationships they have with their clients are amazing! Every time I turned, somebody was coming up to them to say hi and give them a huge hug. It was like witnessing old friends meeting after being away for a long while. It showed me that APR is not just about growing a business and being successful for our […]

APR2020-11-01T13:50:40-05:00November 6th, 2014|Categories: Team APR|Tags: Collection Agencies, GIE, Green Industry Expo, Lawncare and landscaping, Louisville KY, Matt Helz|

Honor and Courage !

As we approach Veterans Day, I wanted to throw a few feelings down about why this is such a great day. First, my Grandfather served in the US Army and second, my Dad served in the US Navy on the USS Forrestal. Both were and are great men!

I think about the courage that a person has to have in order to make a commitment to serve our country. Knowing that they could possibly make the ultimate sacrifice to protect the freedom that we all some days take for granted.

We absolutely live in the greatest country […]

APR2020-11-01T16:04:31-05:00November 5th, 2014|Categories: Team APR|Tags: Army, Michigan, Us navy, veterans day, Voting|

Make a Difference Day

The fourth Saturday of October witnessed national ‘Make a Difference Day. ‘What did you do to make a difference in your community? Did you, volunteer at a soup kitchen, tutor a student, volunteer at a nursing home or hospital? This year, I was lucky enough to have two projects. The first was Scots in Service Day and the second was in giving a helping hand at the United Way’s Southwest Solutions early learning center.

Everyone who knows me knows that I went to the College of Wooster, GO SCOTS. Each and every year, we Scots, come together, across the world, and give back to our […]

APR2021-01-04T08:59:28-05:00October 29th, 2014|Categories: Community Outreach|Tags: College of Wooster, Detroit, GO SCOTS, Make a Difference Day, October|

Happy Anniversary APR !

It is amazing to think that we started this company 10 years ago. On one hand, it seems like yesterday and on the other, it seems like a lot longer than that! I distinctly remember the day we first walked into an empty office space having just left our jobs. The day was September 13^th, 2004…..

I remember because it was my wife’s birthday that day and I got to tell her that her husband is now unemployed and starting a brand new business from scratch. Happy birthday, honey… we have no income !! She knew, as did I, that there was no doubt that we would do great things with this company. It was […]

APR2020-11-01T15:54:50-05:00October 14th, 2014|Categories: What APR is up to|Tags: anniversary, apr, collection agency, Matt Moskowitz, Michigan|

There’s Creativity In All Of Us

I recently attended the Kentucky Bankers Association annual convention. I wrote about the wealth of information and knowledge many of us walked away with last week in our blog.

One of the best presentations I attended was on creativity. Yes, creativity!

There was a riveting presentation by a gentleman named Erik Wahl. His presentation was labeled UNthink. We were enlightened with some brilliant artwork and insights on how to not lose your creativity that we all had as kids. Over time we all become less creative and more conforming in the way we conduct ourselves and our lives. From school k-12, we are taught to do things the same way and as we […]

APR2021-01-31T16:28:34-05:00October 7th, 2014|Categories: Team APR|Tags: American Profit recovery, Creativity, Erik Wahl, Kentucky Bankers Association, Matt Moskowitz|

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