What to Write When You Email an Invoice
The covering email decides whether your invoice gets processed or parked. Subject line, body and what to attach.
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Debtor Days: How Fast You Get Paid
One number tells you how long your money sits with clients. How to calculate it, what it should be, and how to bring it down.
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When to Write Off Bad Debt
Chasing a debt costs time that has its own value. How to decide when to stop, and what writing it off actually involves.
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Invoice Discounts: How to Apply Them
Line discounts, total discounts and settlement terms. How to show each one so the client and your records agree.
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Setting Invoice Due Dates
A date gets paid faster than a term. How to set due dates that work with a client's payment cycle instead of against it.
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Why Invoices Sit Unpaid
Late payment is usually a process failure, not a refusal. The seven reasons an invoice stalls, and which are yours to fix.
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Web Design Invoice: Milestones and Scope
Milestones, revision rounds, recurring hosting and the scope creep that eats a fixed-price project. How to invoice it properly.
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What a Customer Statement Looks Like
A worked statement with an ageing breakdown, and why that one column is what gets an overdue invoice paid.
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Invoice Checklist Before You Send
A twelve-point check that takes a minute and removes most of the reasons an invoice sits unpaid.
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