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<description><![CDATA[Steve is a contributor to Collection Agency Services:

http://www.collectionagencyservices.net

Which offers you a wealth of information on how to select the best collection agency for your business.]]></description>
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<title>Commercial Collections Agency Mindset</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A Commercial Collections Agency is a third-party service that performs debt collection for business to business transactions. This is especially beneficial for proprietors whose business involves a l...]]></description>
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<title>Why A Collection Agency Is Your Small Business's Best Friend</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Does the term "collection agency" put you on edge? If you're like many small business owners, the mountain of debt you accumulated during startup might have been enough to make you worry about collec...]]></description>
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<title>Learn About Commercial Collections Agencies Fees</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:57:41 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As with any other service, there are good and bad commercial collection agencies. Beware of any agency that offers you cut rate commissions far below the accepted Commercial Law League rates, offers you kickbacks on commissions, or makes outlandish promises about recovery success.]]></description>
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<title>How To Write Commercial Collections Letters</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:32:46 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is sometimes valuable to bring the sales manager into this step of the collection process. Information concerning the delinquency can often be obtained from the sales department.]]></description>
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<title>The Differences Between A Commercial Collections Agency &amp; Lawyer</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:27:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If your letter writing and phone calls have all failed to resolve a debt issue, it is time to call in a professional - a commercial collection agency or a lawyer specializing in commercial debt collection.]]></description>
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<title>Commercial Collections And Credit Granting</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:21:43 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It is estimated that billions of dollars in delinquent commercial credit is currently being carried on the books of both American and international businesses. This figure changes as our economy grows or contracts.]]></description>
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<title>Commercial Collections By Telephone</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:02:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The telephone enables a credit manager to make many contacts in the shortest period of time. A call permits you to present your case to the debtor for immediate response.]]></description>
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<title>Commercial Collections Billing Practices Advice</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2005 21:00:40 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Swiftness is the key to collecting past due commercial accounts because commercial accounts depreciate more faster than consumer accounts.]]></description>
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<title>Civil And Common Laws Information</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2005 13:17:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In a criminal case, the government generally brings charges in one of two ways: either by accusing a suspect directly in a "bill of information" or other similar document, or by bringing evidence before a grand jury to allow that body to determine whether the case should proceed.]]></description>
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<title>Criminal Law Information</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2005 13:05:16 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of law that punishes criminals for committing offences against the state. The goal of this process is that of achieving criminal justice.]]></description>
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<title>State Tax Information</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:52:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[All states also have their own tax system. Typically there is a tax on real estate, and there may be additional income taxes, sales taxes, and excise taxes.]]></description>
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<title>History Of The Federal Income Tax</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:42:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The powers of Congress, and the limitations set upon those powers, are set forth in Article I of the United States Constitution. Section 8 specifies both the power to collect, "Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises," and the requirement that, "Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States."]]></description>
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<title>What Is Tax Law?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 22:30:57 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The federal tax code is complex. This complexity generally arises from two factors: the use of the tax code for purposes other than raising revenue, and the feedback process of amending the code.]]></description>
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<title>Tips and Tricks for Legal Debt Collections</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2005 07:28:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If a customer owes your local business money, it's hard not to feel angry, like you want to do anything possible to get your money back.]]></description>
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<title>Small Business Debt Collection Laws</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:38:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In your small business debt collection laws will eventually become important, as your debt grows and some clients do not pay. To collect small business debts legally, you must send a written notice that collections have begun, within five days of first contacting the debtor for collections. The letter must include dispute instructions.]]></description>
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<title>Do Home Businesses Complicate Small Business Debt Collection Laws?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:36:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The home-based business market, sometimes called the SOHO (small-office/home-office) market, is booming. As more and more B2B businesses expand into these markets, they may find themselves walking a fine line between B2B and B2C.]]></description>
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<title>Dental and Medical Collection Legal Guidelines</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:36:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Every medical and dental practice has to deal with patients who do not pay. If it doesn't deal with such patients, the costs will simply be passed on to other patients - the practice may simply suffer or fold.]]></description>
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<title>Don't Let Your Small Business Fall in the FDCPA Trap</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:06:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When someone owes your small business money, you certainly feel like a victim.  But did you know that if you aren't careful, you could break the law by trying to get the money back?]]></description>
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<title>Should You Buy Dog Health Insurance?</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:58:12 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Should you seriously consider buying a dog health insurance policy? Yes, you should. Here's why health insurance for dogs is a good idea:]]></description>
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<title>6 Common Dog Emergencies</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:48:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sure, you may be a master of human First Aid. But do you know what to do in a dog health emergency?]]></description>
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<title>Fur Isn't Such a Good Sunscreen</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:18:13 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[You might think the most important bit of dog health advice would be to let your furry loved on spend all day enjoying the outdoors. But you'd only be half-right...]]></description>
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<title>What You Should Know About Dog Health Care</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:18:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Our dogs are now, more than ever, a very important part of our families. We care for them as we care for ourselves. That includes taking a greater interest in our dogs' health care. In response, there have been many advances in dog health care in recent years:]]></description>
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<title>Agility Training For Dogs</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 11:16:14 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Without agility, the most muscular person in the world couldn't win a fight against a fifth-grader. But did you know that for a dog agility is possibly even more important?]]></description>
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<title>Collection Agency Selection</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:49:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Frankly, given the legal and regulatory requirements involved in attempting to collect a debt, it makes as much sense to do it yourself as it does to try to remove your own appendix. A collection agency is, on the whole, much cheaper than a doctors - and lawyers. Do yourself a favor and let a professional collection agency handle this complex matter for you.]]></description>
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<title>Collection Agency Practices</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:35:56 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The following information is useful to creditors who are collecting money themselves, or are seeking the help of a debt collection agency. You can use these collection agency practices guidelines when evaluating your own in-house collection procedures. For more detailed information please view the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.]]></description>
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<title>Medical Collections</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:32:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Although you make a patient feel better, there isn't usually anything tangible to be a reminder of your service. When it comes time for the patient to pay their bills, yours is often at the bottom of the pile. You are competing with other credit grantors that supplied a tangible product, or something they really enjoy like cable or their cell phone and therefore your medical collections problem is more difficult.]]></description>
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<title>Collections Management</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:16:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How long does it take your customers, clients or patients to pay you for the products or services you have provided? Have you developed a consistent collection management program?]]></description>
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<title>Debt Collection Techniques</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:40:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most organizations face debt recovery problems. These problems mainly arise from a lack of a coherent approach to expedite customer payments. The problem gets even worse with most businesses adopting an ad-hoc approach towards debt recovery.]]></description>
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<title>Selecting A Collection Agency</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:31:06 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If you run a business, you are sure to have some customers who require a lot of follow-up before they pay you. Often you spend too much time and energy to collect money that is rightfully due to you. Giving this task to a collection agency will help you:]]></description>
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<title>Types of Collection Agencies</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:30:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Credit Collection agencies provide much desired relief to creditors by taking over their credit collection processes. These types of collection agencies offer services to a wide array of sectors and across a vast spectrum of businesses:]]></description>
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<title>White Zinfandel Wine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:28:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[White Zinfandel wine is a blush wine made in California from early-picked Zinfandel grapes.]]></description>
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<title>Increase In-House Nursing Homes Collections</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:12:11 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When a nursing home provides quality care, it has the legal and moral right to be paid on a timely basis. With profit margins shrinking due to reimbursement changes and empty beds due to increased competition, streamlined collection procedures can maximize revenues.]]></description>
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<title>Bad Debt Recovery</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 21:09:08 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The bad debt recovery process has two steps:

Bad debt identification and Bad debt recovery. ]]></description>
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<title>Merlot Wine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:57:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Merlot wine is a rich, soft wine with the flavor of blackberries, beloved because it is seldom harsh and not as acidic as a Cabernet Sauvignon with which it is often blended.]]></description>
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<title>What Are Home Equity Loans?</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:52:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this day and age, when most of us do not have the hard cash required to decorate our dream home or take that much-wanted vacation, the next best thing is to take a home equity loan. So what's a home equity loan?]]></description>
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<title>Sauvignon Blanc Wine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:47:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sauvignon Blanc wine is crisp, high in acidity and light- to medium-bodied, and Sauvignon Blanc wine is recognizable for its grassy, herbaceous flavor and aroma.]]></description>
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<title>Lesser Known Facts About Home Equity Loans</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:45:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Home equity loans nowadays are not just used for remodeling kitchens or financing your child's education. They can also be used for debt consolidation. Imagine a scenario where you have run up huge credit card debts over a period of time. Credit card interest rates, ruinous as they are, can be avoided by rolling your debts into a home equity loan.]]></description>
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<title>Bordeaux Wine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:35:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bordeaux is a region in France that produces some of the world's finest and most famous red, white and dessert wines.]]></description>
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<title>Home Equity Loan Considerations</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:35:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Though home equity loans as a product are extremely attractive because of their tax deductibility and low interest rates, borrowers need to keep some pointers in mind before going in for a home equity loan.]]></description>
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<title>Carignane Wine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:33:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Carignane grape variety is one of the most widely planted grapes in the world.]]></description>
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<title>Cabernet Sauvignon Wine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:24:52 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cabernet Sauvignon is the grape responsible for the wines of Bordeaux's Medoc region, arguably some of the finest reds in the world.]]></description>
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<title>Home Equity Loans Categories</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:24:48 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Home equity loans have become a rage these days, since they give ready access to loans at a cheaper rate and can be used for financing other needs like buying a car or remodeling the existing house. Given the popularity of these mortgage products, there are three main categories under which these loans can be slotted:]]></description>
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<title>Home Equity Loans Popular Scams</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:21:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pop Quiz: Why are home equity loans such a great boon and such a dangerous weapon? 

Answer: Because they let you borrow against the "equity" of your home.]]></description>
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<title>Gewurztraminer Wine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:10:53 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Gewurztraminer is an excellent and unique grape variety that is capable of producing some of the world's greatest and most memorable Gewurztraminer wine.]]></description>
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<title>Riesling Wine</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:07:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The most famous cool climates for Riesling wine are in Germany, Austria, and the Alsace region of France.]]></description>
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<title>The Truth In Lending Act</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:02:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Most borrowers, whether for Home Equity Loan or any other type of loan, need to compare costs of borrowing to ensure that they are not taken for a ride by unscrupulous lenders.]]></description>
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<title>Home Equity Loan Risks</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 17:01:50 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Just like any other financial tool, home equity loans can prove to be a double-edged sword and can have extremely adverse results if used unwisely.]]></description>
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<title>Commercial Collections: Business Finance Booster Shot</title>
<link>http://EzineArticles.com/38618</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 10:50:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If commercial collections is not part of your B2B business plan, you're losing money. Get your cash flowing again with these commercial collections secrets.]]></description>
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<title>Business Debt Collection Letter Writing Secrets</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 10:29:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Writing a debt collection letter is one of the most important skills of any small business owner. Do you have what it takes to get the money you've earned? I have a confession: I'm a business writer who's let clients get away with not paying me--a huge sign of failure of my writing abilities. You see, I never learned one of the most important writing skills for any self-employed person or small business owner: how to write a debt collection letter.]]></description>
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<title>How To Avoid Medical Collections</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 08:31:05 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Medical collections are costing doctors millions. Here are the secrets of why patients don't always pay their bills, from a real-life deadbeat.]]></description>
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<title>Collection Agency Secrets for Collecting on Bad Debt</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2005 08:16:10 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Is your business holding bad debt? Don't get mad. Collect it! The collection agencies have been getting money back for years. Find out their secrets before your business has to write off another invoice.]]></description>
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<title>Home Equity Loans: A Useful Financial Tool</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 15:50:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A home equity loan can be a very useful financial tool in the hands of the borrower, particularly if the avenue where the borrower would invest the loan amount would otherwise have to be financed at higher lending rates.]]></description>
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<title>Champagne</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 15:43:21 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Champagne is without question the finest sparkling wine made in the world.]]></description>
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<title>Getting The Best Home Equity Loan</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 15:37:22 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Home equity loans can be a very useful financial tool with which one can utilize the equity of one's existing home, which would otherwise not yield any returns, to finance other requirements at substantially lower rates.]]></description>
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<title>Collection Agencies: What Do They Do?</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 15:27:23 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Collection agencies are businesses that collect past-due bills and accounts receivable for other persons or businesses in exchange for a fee.]]></description>
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<title>Chardonnay Wine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Chardonnay is the world's most popular white wine grape.]]></description>
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<title>Bounced Checks - Straight Talk On Dealing With Bad Checks (NSF)</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:45:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Negotiable instruments like checks and drafts have become an indispensable part of any business transaction today. As a result, it has become increasingly important to safeguard a business against financial losses arising from the receipt of fraudulent or bad checks.]]></description>
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<title>Skip-Tracing:  Locating Debtors Who Have 'Skipped' Town With Your Money</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 12:42:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Skip tracing is an important step in bad debt recovery. The collection agencies with good local networks go a long way in defining how effective the skip tracing techniques are.]]></description>
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<title>Dealing With A Collection Agency</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:43:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Once you have decided on hiring a collection agency for your credit collection, dealing with a collection agency has four different stages:]]></description>
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<title>Consumer Credit Reports</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:38:47 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Understanding the basics of consumer credit reporting, credit bureaus, and how credit reporting can effect the debt collection process.]]></description>
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<title>Fair Debt Collection Practices Act</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2005 11:28:35 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An abundant evidence of the use of abusive, deceptive, and unfair credit collection practices by many debt collectors led to the declaration of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.]]></description>
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