Yeah, you’re addicted! Addicted to success. Well-developed active listening skills are among the most important attributes that office managers need. Not only does active listening help you deal more effectively with coworkers and clients, but it will also enhance your long-term career prospects by helping you achieve greater levels of success. Finely-tuned interpersonal communication abilities are crucial…
One often-overlooked yet very important aspect of accounts payable and receivables is the accounting software being used to track them. It may be tempting for many small – or medium-sized businesses to use simple spreadsheets for accounting. However, this can double or triple (or worse) the effort, such as having to enter the customer’s address…
PETALUMA, Calif. – Optio Solutions, LLC, an accounts receivable management company, has become an associate member of the Medical Equipment Suppliers Association (MESA). Optio Solutions will offer MESA members flat-fee pre-collection services and contingency collection programs to help them recover overdue payments. Optio Solutions provides a variety of debt management services including written demands and collection calls. Programs tailored to…
Warning: The following blog post may result in slight feelings of something creepy crawling on you, but we promise, it’s quite fun and well worth it! The Disney/Pixar movie “A Bug’s Life” made the point clear, but cutely: There are way, way more bugs in the world than people (according to the Bug Squad, the ratio…
The world’s never been more connected, so it makes sense that you want to tap into the web that keeps us together when you need to pursue debt recovery. The neon blinking sign of the social media network never turns off, never closes, never locks. It may seem like a no-brainer to push your quest…
Your furry, scaly, feathery, fluffy patients may have nine lives to spare, but your veterinary practice has just the one. When your livelihood is in danger due to outstanding debt on behalf of your patients’ “parents,” you’ve got to walk a fine line. While you don’t want to isolate or turn off your clients, you…
The nation is under a blazing heat advisory, which means nothing but big bucks for your business, right? So you’re beefing up on staff, adding machinery, and basically raking in the dough. Yet when the rush is over, you don’t want your funds to “take a dive,” “get burned,” or “be all wet,” do you?…
You know it’s that time of the year when one of the parents in your office is suddenly much more popular. He or she is passing around a laminated cookie order form and suddenly, you see them everywhere. Little girls dressed in uniforms, covered in patches, hawking their treats. The names are exotic and unlike…
You don’t need an auto tiller to spread the seeds for a successful landscaping business. But as you know, a single instance of root rot can spread so quickly that it can kill your entire crop. Don’t let bad debt overcome you. Take root with these ideas on how to see more green. Trim and…
Congratulations! You’ve made the sale but still haven’t collected full payment from your customer. What do you do now? You can either track down those non-paying customers yourself or hire a debt collection agency. Debt collection agencies often provide flat fee or contingency services. Flat fee is self-explanatory. But what is contingency? What is it &…