Small Business Invoices โ How to Get Paid Fast
Are your clients a little (or a lot) slow when it comes to paying their invoices? ๐ฌ While you canโt pull out their credit card for them, thereโs some things you can do in your invoicing process to increase your chances of getting paid โ and even increase the speed of the payment! Here are 5 simple tips on how to do it: (๐ญ) ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ข ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ก๐. You may know that putting โCIAโ on your invoices means โcash in advanceโ โฆ but your client may read that and think โโฆ Central Intelligence Agencyโฆ??โ Make sure your terms โ both for payment period AND late fees! โ are (literally) spelled out on every invoice. (๐ฎ) ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐. Stats show that if you give more clients more time to pay โ like 30 or 90 days โ theyโll take it! So, logically, if you ask for payment sooner, youโll receive payment faster.
