5 Ways To Improve Your B2B Relationships Business-to-business relationships often require good faith arrangements. Due to a lack of up-front funds, suppliers like you must extend trade credit to maintain B2B partnerships. However, when you enter into trade credit agreements, you place yourself in a vulnerable position. With too few regulations and security measures, these …
Read moreTim DemetriouMarch 15, 2022Invoicing , Late Payments
In Australia, small to medium-sized enterprises provide about $1.3 trillion in business-to-business credit. Trade credit allows consumers to access goods and services that they may be unable to under other circumstances. While trade credit is standard practice, suppliers often deal with a time-consuming and outdated process. Unfortunately, without innovation, your company is more likely to …
Read moreTim DemetriouJanuary 18, 2022Invoicing , Late Payments
Have you considered online invoicing for your business? It’s one of the newest ways companies are streamlining their accounting processes and improving productivity. Even if your business doesn’t yet have its own separate website for setting up payments, you can use software to submit online invoices. Is it worth trying? Consider the benefits before making …
Read moreTim DemetriouJanuary 17, 2022Cash Flow , Invoicing
The financial health of a business is arguably the biggest determining factor for longevity. This is why accounting plays such a crucial business role. However, no matter how skilled the accountants you have onboard may be, the more manual processes involved in accounting, the higher the risks of human error. In worst-case scenarios, it could …
Read moreTim DemetriouDecember 5, 2021Invoicing , Late Payments
Getting paid for the work you do is usually a given, however, in the world of wholesale product supply, things work differently. Providing delayed payment terms means trying to get paid can be time-consuming, annoying and dangerous. Why dangerous? Because when buyers don’t pay, suppliers hound them. This is fair enough. However, when communication between …
Read moreTim DemetriouAugust 6, 2021Cash Flow , Invoicing
It’s an exciting time when you are finally ready to launch your new product. But the question is, how much do you sell your product for? This might seem like an easy question to answer. But if your pricing is off, potential customers could view you as a cheaper, less desirable product or as something …
Read moreTim DemetriouAugust 2, 2021Invoicing , Late Payments
How to Write a Letter of Demand (template included) A powerful addition to your collections toolkit is having a demand letter. This comes into play when you have tried everything to receive a payment from your customer/s. A letter of demand, also known as a dunning letter or debt collection letter, helps your B2B customers …
Read moreTim DemetriouJuly 16, 2021Cash Flow , Invoicing
The Best Way to Reconcile Invoices Reconciling your customers invoices is an important step in your accounting process. Not paying proper attention to this can not only cost your business revenue, but also affect the relationship of those you do business with. Shockingly, a large number of small businesses and SMEs skip this step. Whether …
Read moreTim DemetriouMay 11, 2021Invoicing
5 steps to improve your accounts receivable process Running a business means constantly shifting focus – you’re so busy in the day-to-day, that it can be hard to keep track of all the moving parts. Pencil, on the other hand, is in a unique position. We have a birds eye view of the businesses we …
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