Advanced Billing Solutions, LLC

What are the Benefits for Outsourcing Your Billing?

On the face of it, I guess you can sum it up this way.  Business owners should focus their time and energy on the tasks that bring more money into the business, while delegating all other “low dollar” tasks to others.

Meaning, to maximize your business you need to focus your energy on the essential functions of your business that keep you in business, such as:

• marketing for new customers/clients
• on-going marketing to existing customers/clients
• doing the “high dollar” tasks that can’t be outsourced (you know better what this means for your particular business)

What about all the rest?  Well, think of it this way.  Is administrative busy-work the best use of your time?  Think about it.

Not to mention, here are a list of five (5) ways outsourcing your business to a billing services company can help you with the bottom line…

1. help you get paid on time
2. help you make more money
3. help improve your cash flow
4. help you build your business
5. help you retain customers

How can it do all that?

Get Paid On Time

If you want to get paid on time, you have to invoice on time.  If you are a landscaper, it means getting your cut list out the door on time, every month.  And then making it easy for your customers to pay you.

Do you accept credit cards?  If not, maybe you should.

On a side note, my other business is merchant processing.  You can visit the site by following the link.  It is a documented fact that accepting payments by credit card will help you get paid much quicker.  People pay for all types of goods and services by credit, and are more likely to “take out plastic” than write a check.

By accepting credit cards, you speed up the payment process because people are more likely to pay by credit card then with a check.

Additionally, payments by credit card can be processed from your desk with a computer, with money deposited into your account 24 to 48 hours later.

No more waiting on checks.  No more waiting for “out of town” checks to clear.

For more information, check out this article on merchant accounts and checks by following the link.

Do you have clear records on which customers have paid, and which ones still owe you money?  If not, your accounts receivables are a mess.

Being able to quickly account for who has paid you, and who hasn’t, is important for your business and your cash flow.  How much time are you wasting each month just trying to figure out who has paid, who is late, and then re-invoicing those customers who owe you money.

Having a monthly financial report goes a long way to streamlining your billing process.

We’ll address the other four (4) points in upcoming articles, so come back when you get a chance.  You can always bookmark our site as well. So stay tuned…

Next Steps…

Ready to get started.  Currently we are offering a…

30 Day FREE “no-cost, no-strings-attached” Trial

Test the program with our “no-cost, no-strings-attached” test drive.  Prove to yourself that it’s the “easy-breezy” system you’ve been waiting for.  If you’re not happy with the results simply let us know.  You risk nothing.

Here’s how the program works:

1. You or your crew call a toll free number and leave a message regarding work done (date, time, etc.)
2. Your voice message becomes an email.
3. We create the invoice based on your notes
4. If we have any questions we give you a call on our dime
5. Once invoices are ready we mail them for you

What could be easier than that?

To discover how we can help to automate your lawn service billing process, visit the link to give us a call at 877-262-3712. For legal billing services simply follow the link.

Are you in another industry?  No problems.  Our billing system is ideal for just about any professional practice.  Leave us a comment below to discover how we can help you and we’ll reply by email.

We look forward to helping you streamline your billing process.

A Case Study

Recently a landscaping company called me because they were looking for a lawn service billing company.  The problem?  The demands of managing his crews while growing his business was simply too much for him to handle alone.

In the process some of his customers were not getting billed on time.

Definitely not a good situation.  And one we are uniquely able to handle.

Now, talking with John got me thinking about an incident that happened to me over the winter…

The last winter snow storm dumped too much snow for me to handle alone.  I actually don’t mind shoveling snow (no, I refuse to buy a snow blower), but this time I called my landscaper.

He was out of town enjoying the sun in Florida.  Good for him, but bad for me.

Well, I had the cell phone for the guy my neighbor uses, and gave him a call.  He told me he just left my neighbor’s driveway and was already out of my area, but would come by early in the morning.  And true to his word, he did.

The price was fair, and he did a great job.

After a number of weeks I realized something.  He never invoiced me for clearing my driveway.

I wasn’t sure how much he charged, and didn’t have his business address.  So, needless to say, I never cut him a check for clearing my driveway.  That was 3 months ago…

Now, maybe you’re thinking “what’s the big deal?  At most it’s what, $30 or $40 to clear your driveway.  No big deal.”

Okay, that may be true.  Now multiply that by 5, 10, 25.  The numbers add up.  Fast.  And it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that customers (or potential customers) falling through the cracks is NEVER good for your business.

Ever.

So how do you know if you need to…

Outsource Your Billing?

You might need a lawn service billing company (or solution) if:

1. your current system is a dog-eared notebook in the front seat of your truck
2. you don’t have an up-to-date database of ALL your customers (including former customers)
3. you know some customers haven’t paid you yet, but you’re not sure of the exact amount and number of days past due
4. you don’t send invoices on a regular basis

If any of these describe your situation, perhaps it’s time we discuss how we can help you get a handle on your customer invoicing and billing.

Here’s what we can do for you:

1. design a custom invoice with your company name & logo
2. invoice includes a “tear off” return payment slip
3. we include an envelope for return payment
4. we handle postage
5. we can receive payments, deposit to your bank account, and provide you with financial reporting

All for one simple-to-understand fee structure.

Next Steps…

Here’s how the program works…

1. You or your crew call a toll free number and leave a message regarding work done (date, time, etc.)
2. Your voice message becomes an email.
3. We create the invoice based on your notes
4. If we have any questions we give you a call on our dime
5. Once invoices are ready we mail them for you

What could be easier than that?

If you’d like to discover how we can help to automate your lawn service billing process, visit the link to give us a call at 877-262-3712.  We look forward to helping you streamline your billing process.