Halloween could be your most profitable time of year – if you play things right. People are gorging on sugar, sinking their teeth into caramel apples, and all that candy corn has a habit of sticking around. To ensure yourself a treat of a Halloween, you’ve got to watch out for the tricks. Dental debt…
Breaking news! Today there’s front page, above-the-fold, top o’ the scroll, shout it from the bandstands news – major, major breakthroughs in the economic shutdown that’s paralyzed the country for the past couple of weeks. CNN Money announces in its boldest, biggest font: Congress has just raised the debt ceiling. While Democrats and Republicans are pausing…
Use programs within programs. Saves: 5+ minutes Want to add an Excel spreadsheet to a Word document? You don’t have to open multiple windows at once. Simply use Word’s Insert Object feature to place the spreadsheet on the Word page. You can even make changes by double-clicking the spreadsheet, which opens the Excel-in-Word mini window.…
Microsoft Word is the Office Manager’s top choice for word processing office productivity software. But you may be so used to just opening the program and typing that it doesn’t seem to make you more productive – it’s just a place to type. If you’re only using word to put pixels to paper, let us…
How do apartment complex managers determine whether the lease applicants who’ve just walked through the door are a good credit risk or represent accounts that will eventually need to be turned over to a collections company? It’s always a gamble, but we’ve got a few tips you’ll want to move in on. Reference Checks Aren’t…
Sink your teeth into this! Just in time for Shark Week, come on in, the water’s just fine. We’re talking about taking a big bite out of dental collections – collecting shark teeth, that is! (Did we fool you there?) Shark Week on the Discovery Channel may focus on shark attacks, shark survivor stories, and even shark habitats,…
Fresh crayons, sharp pencils, free backpacks in all the office supply stores… yep, it’s back to school. As students start spilling across your thresholds, you may start to think in terms of dollar signs. Tuition fees are what keeps your institution going, but what happens when you can’t collect? Don’t sit in the corner with…
The caped crusaders have left the building, but over here in California, we’re still recovering from the influx of Lycra and masks that can only mean one thing – Comic-Con. No, Optio Solutions didn’t have a booth (but how cool would it have been to be sandwiched between Stan Lee and Sanrio?), but we can…
You probably thought this was going to be an article on the benefits a collections company can bring to your business, such as helping you recover debt or re-establish contact with late payers. Nope! We’re talking about a different kind of collection. The hobby kind. You’ve seen these collectors – they’re out on the weekend prowling the…
It’s a little more intense than Red Rover or tag, and is one of the only opportunities in grade school where children are encouraged to throw things at each other. Sure, it may be those bouncy red playground balls, but you’d never know it from the rabid passion on the players’ faces. It’s dodgeball, and…