But don’t get me wrong. Sometimes you need to put squeeze on. However, do hear them out first. Clients need to be listened to! Your company should have a collections policy

that is both specific and flexible or you are likely lose clients to someone who does make an effort to understand and accommodate special debt situations.

Before you turn things over to an attorney give customer an agreed upon deadline by which you need a certain amount to be paid, otherwise you’ll have to get your attorney involved. Let them know situation can’t be left up in air for too long. This approach increases your chances of having a repeat customer – one who may even refer associates to you. A little understanding and compassion can go a long way towards helping your business succeed.

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Recouping Investment Losses Often key to recouping investment losses is to bail out before ship goes down. If you see large sums of money going down drain it's time to find an alternative investment approach. You may want to divide your investment money between brokers and corporations and industries for a time to see which performs best. RefinanceLoanRates at http://www.RefinanceLoanrates.com reports high gains for real estate financing industry, mortgage bond and other finance sectors compared to many equity market sectors. Real estate holders are using innovative ways to recover losses due to recent stock investment failures from shaky corporate share reports. One option is short-term financing programs that allow consumer to pocket funds for immediate alternative investment purposes. Many applicants are repeat refinancing, having refinanced as early as a year ago. When choosing alternative investments make certain that acquisition of gains will be at an acceleration equivalent or exceeding deceleration of investment losses.

If you have suffered investment losses and can prove this resulted from relying on a firm’s advisory and management you may have a chance of recouping at least a portion of your losses. To accomplish this you may have to go through arbitration or other legal process.

Another avenue to recouping losses often not considered is reducing trading transaction costs. Unlike trading returns which are uncertain, transaction costs are 'certain' costs. Certain costs can be controlled. Consider reducing transaction costs when and wherever possible. Set up and stick to a strict limit order and stop loss regime. Following these basic cost reduction and revenue recovery methods can help your business survive for generations to come.