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		<title>Customer Credit Risk Monitoring with Cortera Pulse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So many customers and so little time! Do more with less! Over the years I have had countless discussions with credit pros on how to best monitor their customer base for any sign of degradation and what comes screaming out of those discussions is the need for a new approach. There are two ends of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/08/31/customer-credit-risk-monitoring-with-cortera-pulse/</link>
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		<title>Tips for Collecting from a Long Time Customer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Q&#38;A with Dave Schier, Credit Manager, Jacobus Energy The last 18 months have certainly been a challenge for credit pros as even your oldest customers have become problem accounts. Can you share some of your tips on how to collect from a long-term customer that has started paying slower than normal or not at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/07/28/tips-for-collecting-from-a-long-time-customer/</link>
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		<title>Latest Supply Chain Index Steady at Lowest Levels in Over Two Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The June 2010 Cortera Supply Chain Index (SCI) remains in record low territory dropping to 6.79 days beyond terms (DBT), its second lowest level since the index was started in January 2007 and the third consecutive month below 7 days—all good news. The lower the SCI the better as business confidence rises and businesses pay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/07/28/latest-supply-chain-index-steady-at-lowest-levels-in-over-two-years/</link>
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		<title>Small Business Index Hits Best Levels Since 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As we do each month, today, we published our latest report of small business payment activities (see chart below). After watching as the gap grew between the payment habits of large and small businesses throughout the worst periods of the recession, both indices have now converged into a tighter pattern. The SBI peaked out in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/07/26/small-business-index-hits-best-levels-since-2007/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations to Our Comeback 2010 Contest Winners!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a long and arduous struggle to weigh the considerable merits of our semi-finalists&#8217; submissions, our talented panel of judges has finally emerged with our Comeback 2010 contest winners! You can check them all out here, at our official contest site: www.thecomeback2010.com We&#8217;d just like to take a moment to thank all of the entrants [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/07/06/congratulations-to-our-comeback-2010-contest-winners/</link>
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		<title>The Final Round! Cortera Announces Semi-Finalists in the Comeback 2010 Contest!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s finally time &#8211; after receiving over 275 fantastic entries into our Comeback 2010 small business competition, Cortera is pleased to announce the semi-finalists for each of our four categories. These twelve submissions are the cream of the crop &#8211; advanced by a group of some of the most interesting small businesses we&#8217;ve come across. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/06/28/the-final-round-cortera-announces-semi-finalists-in-the-comeback-2010-contest/</link>
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		<title>Cortera Circles – the next big thing in business credit – launched at FinovateSpring 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed the live event here is our video from Finovate Spring 2010. Jim and Alex on stage demoing Cortera Circles. Create your Circle today! www.cortera.com]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/06/17/cortera-circles-the-next-big-thing-in-business-credit-launched-at-finovatespring-2010/</link>
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		<title>5 Steps to Take if You Don’t Get Paid as a Freelancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you landed the big client, performed your job to perfection and invoiced them for your work. The clock starts ticking. Three weeks go by and you ask your customer about your payment. “Let me check with AP.” A few more weeks go by as you work with other clients and still nothing yet. Another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/06/08/5-steps-to-take-if-you-dont-get-paid-as-a-freelancer/</link>
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		<title>5 Tips to Ensure You Get Paid as a Freelancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a freelancer or independent consultant the last thing you think about is getting paid. It’s usually all about selling your skill set and experience to a potential client. The assumption is that your new, often much larger, client is capable of paying your invoices in a timely manner. While this might be true, there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/06/04/5-tips-to-ensure-you-get-paid-as-a-freelancer/</link>
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		<title>Highlights from NACM Credit Congress 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just spent 5 days last week at the National Association of Credit Management‘s 114th Credit Congress &#38; Exposition 2010 in Las Vegas – it was my 10th year attending so I’ve seen my fair share of this event over the years. I have to say this is the first time in many years that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.cortera.com/2010/05/24/highlights-from-nacm-credit-congress-2010/</link>
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