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Automate Payment Reminders | Send Polite Debt Letters

By: Bilal Raheem

Late payments are one of the biggest challenges for businesses of all sizes. Whether you’re a small business owner, a freelancer, or managing accounts receivable for a larger company, chasing unpaid invoices eats into valuable time and resource... Read Article

How to Avoid Collection Agency Commissions | ValidateNow

By: Bilal Raheem

When a customer refuses to pay on time, many businesses feel their only option is to hand the account over to a debt collection agency. While this might bring results, it often comes with a painful tradeoff: hefty commissions. Most collection agen... Read Article

Automate Debt Letters with USPS Tracking | ValidateNow

By: Bilal Raheem

When it comes to recovering unpaid invoices, sending polite reminders is just the first step. What really makes a difference is proof that your customers actually received those reminders. Without reliable delivery, your collection efforts lose their... Read Article

How to Automate Payment Reminders Without Hidden Fees

By: Bilal Raheem

For every business, unpaid invoices are more than just numbers on a balance sheet they affect cash flow, growth, and peace of mind. Chasing down payments can feel frustrating, time-consuming, and sometimes costly when you turn to traditional collecti... Read Article

How to Recover Debts in 14 Days | ValidateNow Method

By: Bilal Raheem

Late payments are one of the biggest challenges for small businesses, freelancers, and service providers. When a client delays payment, your cash flow suffers, operations slow down, and growth gets stuck. Traditional collection agencies can take week... Read Article

Lessons from the mower jockey.

By: Matt Gugliotti

Many decades ago in high school, I started my first real business mowing lawns. I bought a well-used commercial lawn mower, the quintessential “old” Chevy pickup truck, and borrowed a string trimmer from my dad's shed. I l... Read Article

Caution: Business under construction.

By: Matt Gugliotti

      Last week I went on a tear about a parking garage in Connecticut and the business lessons that can be learned from that experience. This week I seem to be starting a trend as I consider the business lessons t... Read Article

Business

By: Matt Gugliotti

  Last weekend I took the train into NYC and I parked my car in the garage across the street from the train station for the night. When I returned sleepy eyed at 1:30am to get my car, the garage was locked down like Fort Knox wi... Read Article

It's Money Monday

By: Matt Gugliotti

It's Money Monday! It's the last Monday of the month and that means five business days left to get your A/R down before the next month. What did you do this month to start closing the gap on your aging A/R? Same thing as last month? Phone ... Read Article

Is your business a bank?

By: ValidateNow.co

Most small businesses define themselves in terms of the goods and services they provide. They believe that the scope of their business is confined to the service or product they produce. What they may not realize however, is that in many cases th... Read Article

What do I need to know about mechanics liens? (Pt. 1)

By: ValidateNow.co

The unfortunate reality of doing business is, often time’s businesses find themselves being held hostage by customers who refuse to pay.  What makes this problem worse is that there are very few good options open to businesses to encourage... Read Article

How do I collect bad debt over the phone?

By: ValidateNow.co

http://inbound.validatenow.co/blog/how-do-i-collect-bad-debt-over-the-phoneThere are a few options available to businesses that find themselves trying to collect on past due accounts.  Some can be more effective than others, and not all options ... Read Article

Holding Consumers Accountable

By: Validatenow.com

Everyone is a consumer.  We all utilize the services and products that businesses provide on a daily basis.  Some products and services in a retail setting are paid for at the time of sale, others are not, and the business effectively exten... Read Article