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To be paid, just like you would figure is fundamentally fundamental in your business because if you are not being paid, why are you in business?

You would be laughing at the heaps of business people who only get their clients to simply pay when and if they remember it. I know of a businessman who habitually collects bad debts like trophies. How? Most likely because he can’t bring himself to take the cash and people just intimidate him.

If you let someone credit, do so only after they cleared their worth to you by paying cash on delivery (COD) for some period of time. Secondly, you can gauge whether they have the resources to pay you - if not you should not do business with them. Don’t fool yourself into the line of “I need the work” or “I need the sales”. It’s ultimately doing the job or providing the goods for zero if you don’t get paid.

If you are the kind of person who can’t demand the fee even after the work has been finished, try these cheats:
Tell your client that when the job is completed, you will need cash or cheque. They should be likely to have it ready at completion and you do not need to demand your money.

When you send a quote, make sure your payment terms are understandable.

Form an invoice that has your terms of payment plainly printed and hand the customer the invoice when the work is completed. They can look at the invoice and simply realise they have to pay you now without you being required to say a word. Invent a “cruel boss” who might burn you alive if you do not bring back the payment for the work.

Arrange with your bank to have you running with Merchant facilities so you can have credit cards like Mastercard and Visa. The large majority of people utilize credit cards and it can stop the difficulty of the customer not holding a cheque book or not having enough cash in their wallet.

Otherwise, don’t be afraid to hold the promised goods until payment has been made. Don’t forget, until they have been paid for, they remain to be yours.

If you plan to allow a client credit, make sure you have taken the following contact information about them a week PREVIOUSLY you give them credit.

• Name
• Address
• Phone number
• Bank name and address
• Account no.
• 3 trade references with their names, addresses and phone numbers

When you take all this information, call the bank branch and make for certain that they do operate an account at there. Then, call each trade reference and find out if they pay their debts punctually or if they have had any problems with them.

Most people will be willing to tell you if the person is troublesome. If everything is OK, allow them a moderate level of debt, say no more than $500 (depending on your business). Monitor the operation of the account for a few months before allowing this amount to be exceeded.

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