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Do You Know Who You Owe?
And do you know who owes you?
Credit policies relating to customers often are set in place and largely ignored afterward.
The same is true with regard to policies related to paying vendors.
These policies should be reevaluated on a regular basis.
If your collection periods are lagging, consider a more aggressive follow up strategy for delinquent customers.
Also review the policies for customer continuation for those who owe you money.
Review these relationships to determine whether policy is being followed.
Take advantage of early payment discounts when possible and avoid late fees (and the related credit rating problems) at all costs.
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Do you have some Small Office Home Office (SOHO) advice to share or have a question?
You can Write to Maggie!.
Include your first initial and last name and put the word SOHO in the subject.
I'll try to use your contribution in a future column.
(Please note that these columns are written several weeks in advance so publishing it will be delayed accordingly.)
I love having my own business, even with all the headaches.
If you're interested in getting started - full or part time - and are just looking for something to start with, check over the
Maggie
If you're thinking about becoming independent yourself, I hope these ideas help.
The're all tried and proven, by me, almost every single day.
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