Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Ways Of Promoting Effective Billing Consultants

Ways Of Promoting Effective Billing Consultants

By Lila Berger


To effectively undertake billing process, there is a need to contact billing consultants. It largely depends on the agreements made between you and the customer. Varied forms of agreements might be involved in the undertaking the process. It might take other forms or a written contract between you and the client.

For example, a contract may be set up to pay an individual as he or she completes a given milestone. Such as completing one quarter of a project or submitting a draft report of a specific recommendation. Then you invoice your client upon the completion of each milestone.

However, in conditions whereby the work is done frequently and billing the clients for the number of days or hours worked including the cost such as travel, photocopying among others. The collection of the charges and billing them to your clients are made at the end of the billing period agreed-upon with the service seeker. This is done at monthly or according to the agreed upon calendar.

To ensure effective billing process, the following should be considered. While an individual may choose to invoice his or her client at the end of each milestone, considering front load your billing is essential. You should request for front payment than doing so at the end of the project.

This can be effectively done by pushing for advance payments to aid you start the project or making the first initial payments higher than those which will be due later during the project. This will enable you to get financial head start as well as minimizing risks such as, client paying on the later days of the project. The amount of money can also be used to cater for the cost of the project.

Billing clients more often is important. This will ensure more often payments thereby improving your cash flow. Standard consultants prefers monthly payments however, daily or hourly payments increases individuals cash flow.

Immediate invoicing clients are effective. At the end of the billing cycle or on completion of the agreed milestone. Individual should invoice the client to ensure sooner consideration and payments.

Use email whenever possible. In the past invoices were snail mailed to the client, this used to take up to weeks to arrive. However, currently many clients welcome invoices sent via emails. This cuts delivery time from days to seconds as well as the cost. Significantly it is important to make email part of your business thereby encouraging the clients to do the same.

To motivate the clients to promptly make the payments, you should consider offering a discount for those who makes prompt payments. The cost incurred in offering discounts is not costly as compared to the benefits brought by prompt payments. The discount should offer to the clients who make prompt payments such as within 10 or 20 days.

Additionally you should monitor the payments to be made by the customers closely. It is essential for billing consultants to keep an eye on the clients to pay their bills on time. If necessary they may make phone call to check the payment status and when necessary initiates the payments.




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