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10 Ways to Retain Cash in Your Business Longer
Keep Tight Control of Cash Flow to Improve Profitability Cash flow issues in a profitable company suggest a timing issue. It could be that you are keeping costs under control and hitting sales targets, but the profit that you see in your accounts never quite seems to materialize in cash. Accounting convention dictates that income…
Pro Tips for Improving Customer Loyalty
Bolster Profits by Focusing On Current Customers Your business can’t grow without continually acquiring new customers. However, it’s your recurring customers who are your company’s lifeblood. They not only drive most of your sales, they also provide free word of mouth advertising. Keeping their loyalty needs to be your company’s highest priority. If you want…
10 Steps to Build and Maintain Business Cash Reserves
Strengthen Your Balance Sheet with a Healthy Cash Reserve The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated, yet again, that nothing is certain in business. A perfectly healthy business can be hit by the unexpected at any time. However, companies with a cash reserve to fall back on are the most likely to survive downturns in fortune. The question…
Ten Tips to Get Your Invoices Paid Faster
What you Need to Include on a B2B Invoice Sales invoices may appear to be relatively straightforward documents. However, if you omit certain crucial pieces of information, it could cause payment delays. A sales invoice is not usually considered to be a marketing document. However, business to business (B2B) invoices will usually land on someone’s…
Build a Better Business by Outsourcing
Position Your Company for Steady Growth If your small business is suddenly doing better, you might think it is time to hire some new staff so that your business can grow. You shouldn’t be so quick to expand, though. While growth may be your ultimate goal, growing too fast can ruin your company just as…
10 Common Customer Excuses for Paying Late and How to Overcome Them
How to Keep Your Cool and Keep Your Customers Late paying customers are a constant problem for many businesses. When invoices are paid late it affects cash flow, and chasing the slow payers can waste a lot of time. It can also be frustrating to hear the same delaying tactics used again and again. Sometimes…
How to Manage and Control Your Cash Flow
Controlling Cash Flow is Essential to Success Small businesses are often strapped for cash. A critical business imperative is to control cash flow and not just manage it. As any business matures, various factors affect cash flow, some being growing operating costs, direct product costs (cost of goods), staffing/labor, product and service pricing as…
Why Profitable B2B Businesses Run Out of Cash (5 Fixable Mistakes)
B2B companies rarely fail because they don’t have sales—they fail because cash arrives after bills are due. Net terms, milestone billing, slow approvals, and disputes can create a cash crunch even when revenue looks strong. Key takeaways Cash flow improves fastest when you: 1. Tighten accounts receivable 2. Protect margin 3. Use the right business…
Universal Funding Corporation Named Best Factoring Company of 2021 by Digital.com
Universal Funding ranked among the most trusted nontraditional funding services for small businesses SPOKANE, WA – Digital.com, a leading independent review website for small business online tools, products, and services, has named Universal Funding Corporation to its list of the best factoring companies of 2021. The top providers were evaluated based on several key features. Universal…
Last Updated on 06/05/2026