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< P > D u r i n g a c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h o n e o f m y c l i e n t s t h i s w e e k , h e p r o u d l y s t a t e d , " G r e g , o u r p a s t d u e a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e a r e d o w n f r o m o v e r $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 i n O c t o b e r t o l e s s t h a n $ 3 0 , 0 0 0 a t y e a r e n d ! I s t i l l c a n t b e l i e v e w h a t a d i f f e r e n c e t h o s e s i m p l e s t e p s m a d e i n o u r c o l l e c t i o n p r o c e s s . L a t e r t h e s a m e d a y , I s p o k e w i t h a p r o s p e c t w h o t o l d m e t h a t m o r e t h a n h a l f o f h i s c u r r e n t p a s t d u e s w e r e m o r e t h a n 1 2 0 d a y s . I v e t r i e d e v e r y t h i n g I k n o w t o t r y . I m j u s t g o i n g t o h a v e t o s t a r t b e a t i n g t h e b u s h e s f o r m o r e b u s i n e s s o r I m n o t g o i n g t o m a k e i t . " I f b o t h c o n t i n u e d o w n t h e s a m e p a t h , w h i c h o n e d o y o u t h i n k w i l l b e t h e m o s t s u c c e s s f u l ? < / P > < P > M y c l i e n t h a s b e e n v e r y b u s y o v e r t h e l a s t f e w m o n t h s t a k i n g a c t i o n s o h e w o u l d N O T b e i n t h i s p o s i t i o n . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , t h e s e c o n d o w n e r i s t y p i c a l o f m a n y b u s i n e s s o w n e r s t o d a y . C o m p l a c e n c y w h e n t h i n g s a r e g o i n g w e l l c a n b e a n a b s o l u t e k i l l e r . S a l e s w e r e g o o d . P r o f i t s w e r e g o o d . W h a t e l s e c o u l d y o u a s k f o r ? D i d y o u r e a l i z e t h a t m a n y b u s i n e s s e s w h o c l o s e d t h e i r d o o r s l a s t y e a r h a d r e c o r d s a l e s ? D i d y o u r e a l i z e t h a t m a n y o f t h e m a l s o h a d r e c o r d p r o f i t s ? T h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n p r o f i t s a n d c a s h f l o w c a n b e t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n s u c c e s s a n d m e d i o c r i t y , o r e v e n f a i l u r e . O n e o f t h e w o r s t d r a g s o n c a s h f l o w i s l a c k o f a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e m a n a g e m e n t . H o w d o I k n o w t h i s ? I h a v e b e e n t h r o u g h i t p e r s o n a l l y a n d I l e a r n e d t h e h a r d w a y t h a t f a i l u r e t o p r o p e r l y m a n a g e y o u r a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e c a n s e r i o u s l y d a m a g e y o u r b a n k a c c o u n t . I w a s o n c e f o r c e d t o w r i t e o f f m o r e t h a n $ 4 0 , 0 0 0 i n r e c e i v a b l e s t o t w o s e p a r a t e c l i e n t s c l i e n t s t h a t I t r u s t e d c l i e n t s t h a t I d i d s p e c i a l f a v o r s f o r a n d l e t t h e m s l i d e w h e n t h e y w e r e l a t e . I d i d i t b e c a u s e I l i k e d t h e m a n d I t r u s t e d t h e m . B i g m i s t a k e w h e n y o u l e t e m o t i o n s c l o u d y o u r j u d g e m e n t i n t h e c o l l e c t i o n a r e a . W h e n t h a t h a p p e n e d i t w a s p a i n f u l a n d I d o n ' t l i k e s e e i n g t h a t h a p p e n t o o t h e r s w h e n I k n o w h o w i t c a n b e a v o i d e d . < / P > < P > B u t f r o m a l l a d v e r s i t y , t h e r e i s a l e s s o n t o b e l e a r n e d . E v e r y o n e n e e d s a s y s t e m f o r c o l l e c t i n g a c c o u n t s . A s y s t e m a l e r t s y o u t o s p e c i f i c s t e p s a t s p e c i f i c t i m e s a n d t a k e s t h e g u e s s w o r k o u t o f s e n d i n g l e t t e r s a n d m a k i n g c a l l s . A s y s t e m u s e s a l e t t e r t h a t h a s b e e n p r o v e n t o w o r k a g a i n a n d a g a i n , a c a l l s c r i p t t h a t h a s b e e n p r o v e n t o w o r k a g a i n a n d a g a i n a n d u t i l i z e s i t i n c r e a s e y o u r c a s h f l o w a n d s i g n i f i c a n t l y r e d u c e y o u r p a s t d u e a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e . < / P > < P > T o s u r v i v e i n b u s i n e s s , y o u m u s t a l w a y s k e e p y o u r f i n g e r o n t h e c a s h f l o w p u l s e . M a n y b u s i n e s s o w n e r s I k n o w a r e s o f o c u s e d o n s a l e s a n d p r o f i t s t h a t t h e y f o r g e t t h a t p r o f i t s d o n t p a y t h e b i l l s c a s h d o e s . S o m e o f t h e m o s t c a s h f l o w c h a l l e n g e d c o m p a n i e s i n t h e w o r l d a r e t h o s e t h a t a r e g r o w i n g t h e f a s t e s t . O n e o f t h e b e s t w a y s t o k e e p t h e c a s h f l o w i n g i s t o m a n a g e y o u r r e c e i v a b l e s w i t h f l a w l e s s c o n s i s t e n c y . < / P > < P > M a k e s u r e t h a t a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e m a n a g e m e n t h a s d e d i c a t e d s p a c e o n y o u r c a l e n d a r e v e r y s i n g l e w e e k . < / P > < P > A n d r e m e m b e r , a c c o u n t s r e c e i v a b l e m a n a g e m e n t i s n o t a n e v e n t . I t ' s a n o n g o i n g p r o c e s s t h a t r e q u i r e s r e g u l a r a c t i o n . I t r e q u i r e s a p l a n , c o n s t a n t a t t e n t i o n , a n d d e d i c a t i o n . C o m p l a c e n c y a n d p r o c r a s t i n a t i o n c a n k i l l y o u . < / P >
Author: Greg Beverly
 
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