How to get paid, one invoice at a time
Morning everyone! So we had a client last week, a crane hire company, who was owed $7200. The debt was made up of 4 invoices, all due in July and August 2015. When I first spoke with the customer theyRead more
How to collect money from someone famous!!
Hi everyone! Well I am feeling a little starstruck this week! Yesterday I was engaged to collect a debt from someone famous, a household name no less! Assuming he would be a multi, multi trillionaire, I thought I had hitRead more
3 common scenarios and how to deal with them
Hi everyone, happy Friday to all! I thought it was time to address some real life experiences again, so here are 3 common scenarios you will come across when doing your accounts, and the best ways to handle them: 1.Read more
Your customer’s web designer- use them to your advantage!
Hi everyone, hope you are having a wonderful weekend! Still fawning over my flashy new website, I had a lightbulb moment for a great new post that can help you all! Today we are going to talk about your missingRead more
3 quick tips
Hi everyone happy Thursday to all! Here are 3 quick tips to help you: 1. Invoices overdue from last year and don’t know how to approach the customer? A very pleasant email requesting payment that day as you need to doRead more
Who else does your customer owe money to?
Hi everyone! I am sure we have all heard it before, countless times, in various forms, but always along the same lines- “they owe money everywhere!” I am talking about other people who tell you they are also chasing yourRead more
How motivated by money are you?
Morning everyone! Happy Friday! Today we are going to talk about money! Cold hard cash. More specifically, how motivated by money are you? It is an interesting question to ask yourself- I will go first. On a scale of 1Read more
Final email demand template for 2015
Hi everyone, hope you have all had a great week! Well I am sure many of us have downed tools for the year already, but given 4 days next week are still official business days, you still have time toRead more
COD customers when they owe you money- what do you do?
Hi everyone, hope you are all having a great week. I was speaking with a client today, a coffee bean supplier to cafes etc, and he has a customer who owes him $6000. Ok, I thought, pretty standard, nothing toRead more
The less you need to rely on your customer to get paid, the better
Morning everyone, hope you all have had a great week! Yesterday I was chasing an account for $658- this company had hired a crane from one of my clients and despite numerous requests for payment, obviously it remained outstanding. TheRead more