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Invoicing Best Practices for Small Businesses Invoicing can feel like a hassle when you first set up your small business. It can be exasperating to send out invoices, only to wait for payment from clients for days or weeks. Here are several best practices you can use to make invoicing easier allowing you to maintain…
Cutting business costs is a quick way to improve your bottom line. But reducing expenditures without affecting the quality of your products or service is more of a challenge. This blog article provides ten ways that you can cut back on costs while retaining quality.
Which Financing Option is Best for Your Business? Most businesses will require financing at some stage in their development. For example, there might be a need for additional working capital to fund expansion. Or funding may be needed to ease ongoing cash flow timing issues. Fortunately, there are various options open to businesses looking for…
Learn about the minimal impact invoice factoring has on the customer relationship. Sales invoice factoring is a financing option for small and large businesses alike. This off-balance-sheet financing option releases the cash locked up in accounts receivable, improving cash flow and increasing liquidity. However, unlike other financing options, your customers will be aware that you…
How invoice factoring shortens the working capital cycle Any business that issues sales invoices to customers can benefit from sales invoice factoring. However, some industry sectors, such as manufacturing, have caught on to the benefits of factoring more than others. Manufacturing companies generally offer 30, 60 or 90-day credit terms, and that can be a…
10 Tips to Collect Late Invoices Without Upsetting Customers It would be wonderful if all customers paid their invoices on or before the due date. However, that is simply not the way things work. Any business running accounts receivable (AR) can expect some customers to pay late. Some people would never pay their bills if…
Take these steps to minimize your exposure Bad debts rarely occur overnight. There are usually warning signs that an accounts receivable customer is experiencing financial difficulties. If you can spot the signs of a customer struggling to pay their invoices, you can take steps to minimize your exposure. Here are eleven signs that a customer…
10 Ways to Improve Collections and Cash Flow If you manage accounts receivable (AR), you will be all too familiar with the usual excuses for non-payment. The check is in the mail, my manager is away on vacation, and we sent a payment to you last week; these are just a few tactics people use….
How to Anticipate and Act on Them Managing the cash flow of a small business can be tricky at the best of times. Limited resources mean that one wrong move can significantly affect the bottom line and the money in the bank. For example, one bad hire would not bring down a big business. However,…
A quick guide to the benefits and costs of invoice factoring Invoice factoring is not a suitable financial solution for every business. Suppose your business raises only a few invoices and customers settle their accounts within 15 days, for example. In that case, the benefits you would gain from factoring invoices would be minimal. And,…