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SECRETS TO GETTING PAID ON TIME AND INCREASE CASHFLOW LJ ŵƌŝƚĂ WĂŶĚĞLJ
tŽƵůĚŶ͛ƚ ŝƚ ďĞ ĂŶ ŝĚĞĂů ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ĂŶLJ ůŝŶĞ ŽĨ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝĨ Ăůů ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ ƉĂŝĚ ŽŶ ƟŵĞ͍ dŚĞƌĞ ǁŽƵůĚ ďĞ ŶŽ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ǁŝƚŚ ĐĂƐŚ ŇŽǁ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŽũĞĐƚƐ ǁŽƵůĚ ƌƵŶ ůŝŬĞ ĐůŽĐŬǁŽƌŬ͘͟
ŶĨŽƌƚƵŶĂƚĞůLJ͕ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂƐ ŝĚĞĂů ĂƐ ǁĞ ǁŝƐŚ ŝƚ ƚŽ ďĞ͘ dŚĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚƐ ƚŽ ŐĞƫŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ĚĞďƚŽƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŽƵŐŚ ƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĐĂƐŚ ŵĂLJ ƐĞĞŵ ĞdžƚƌĞŵĞ ŝŶ ƐŽŵĞ ĐĂƐĞƐ͕ ďƵƚ LJŽƵƌ ĐĂƐŚ ŇŽǁ ŝƐ ǀŝƚĂů ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ŽƉĞƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ,ĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐĞĐƌĞƚƐ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵƌ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ LJŽƵ ĨƌŽŵ ŐĞƫŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŚĞĂĚĂĐŚĞƐ͘ ^ŚŽǁ WƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂůŝƐŵ ZŝŐŚƚ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ĞŐŝŶŶŝŶŐ In business, if you want your clients to take you seriously, you need to portray a professional attitude and operational ability. Ensuring that your website is informative and consists of testimonials from previous customers is the battle half won. Just because you own the business does not mean that you can treat your customers any less civilly. Respect your clients and behave in a professional 76
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manner when dealing with them. It is imperative to communicate with your customers regularly even if only to greet them. This personalized attention will make all the difference when the time comes to make the payment. <ŶŽǁ zŽƵƌ ƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ tĞůů /ƚ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚŽ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŐŽŝŶŐ ƚŽ ďĞ ĚĞĂůŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĂƩĞŶĚŝŶŐ ĂŶLJ ŵĞĞƟŶŐ Žƌ ŶĞŐŽƟĂƟŽŶ͘ dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ǀĂƌLJŝŶŐ ĚĞŐƌĞĞƐ ŽĨ ƉƌŽďůĞŵ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ďĞ ĂǁĂƌĞ ŽĨ͘ dĂŬĞ ƚŚŝƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ ǁŚĞŶ ĚŽŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ƌĞƐĞĂƌĐŚ ĂŶĚ ďĞĨŽƌĞ LJŽƵ ĐŽŶĮƌŵ Ă ŵĞĞƟŶŐ͘ /Ĩ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ĐŽŶĮƌŵĞĚ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƚŽŽ ůĂƚĞ ƚŽ ĐĂŶĐĞů͘ 'ŝǀĞ /ŶĐĞŶƟǀĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĂƌůLJ WĂLJŵĞŶƚƐ dŽ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƚ ůĂƚĞ ƉĂLJŵĞŶƚƐ͕ LJŽƵ ĐŽƵůĚ ŽīĞƌ LJŽƵƌ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌƐ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞƐ ĨŽƌ ĞĂƌůLJ ƉĂLJŵĞŶƚƐ
Žƌ ƉĂLJŵĞŶƚƐ ŵĂĚĞ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĚƵĞ ĚĂƚĞ͘ ŶLJ ƐĂǀŝŶŐ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ĚĞĂů ĂŶĚ ŵĂLJ ũƵƐƚ ďĞ ƚŚĞ ŐĞŶƚůĞ ƉĞƌƐƵĂƐŝŽŶ ƚŚĞLJ ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ĨƵůĮůů ƚŚĞŝƌ ĐŽŵŵŝƚŵĞŶƚ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͘ ĚŝƐĐŽƵŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůLJ ŵĂŶĂŐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ ŽƉƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚŝƐ ĐĂƐĞ͘ ŶĨŽƌĐĞ >ĂƚĞ WĞŶĂůƟĞƐ dŚĞƌĞ ǁŝůů ĂůǁĂLJƐ ďĞ Ă ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ǁŚŽ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƐǁĂLJĞĚ ďLJ LJŽƵƌ ƉŽƐŝƟǀĞ ƌĞǁĂƌĚƐ ŽĨ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞƐ ƚŽ ƉĂLJ ĞĂƌůLJ͘ dŚŝƐ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ŽŶĞ ƚŚĂƚ ƵƐƵĂůůLJ ƌĞƐƉŽŶĚƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞ ƌĞŝŶĨŽƌĐĞŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ůĂƚĞ ƉĂLJŵĞŶƚ ĨĞĞƐ͘ ŽŶƐŝĚĞƌ ĞĂĐŚ ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ ĐĂƌĞĨƵůůLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ŝŵƉŽƐŝŶŐ ƚŚŝƐ ĨĞĞ͘ >ĂƚĞ ƉĂLJŵĞŶƚ ĐŚĂƌŐĞƐ ůĞƚ LJŽƵƌ ĐƵƐƚŽŵĞƌ ŬŶŽǁ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ Ă ƉƌŽĨĞƐƐŝŽŶĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞŝƌ ƉĂLJŵĞŶƚ ďĞŚĂǀŝŽƌ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ĂĐĐĞƉƚĂďůĞ ŶŽǁ ĂŶĚ ǁŝůů ŶŽƚ ďĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘
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