All learning paths Learn See Try Make Raise an invoice and get paid What this lesson is about Write the bill with dates, units and its own number. Chase it in writing when it is late.
You asked for your money in a message after finishing a batch. Two weeks on, nothing. What do you send instead?
A The same message again, this time with the amount and the work dates. B An invoice needs its own number, the dates, the units, the rate and the total. C A short note saying the batch is done, and the bill after they reply.
Check my recall Why this matters The person who reads your message is rarely the person who releases the money. A bill with its own number can be passed on, found again, and argued about. A message cannot.
Raise a real invoice, keep it with its payment, and chase it in writing when it is late.
The person who reads your message is rarely the person who releases the money. A bill with its own number can be passed on, found again, and argued about. A message cannot.
An invoice needs its own number, the dates, the units, the rate and the total. Keep every invoice and every payment received in one place from the first one. Chase in writing, politely, on a schedule you set before the work starts. Task You finished a batch of language checks and want the money released without a quarrel.
Weak approach Sends a message saying the batch is done and the amount is due, then sends it again two weeks later.
Stronger approach Sends a bill with a number, the dates worked, the units checked, the rate and the total. Notes in his own sheet when he will send a reminder, and sends it that day.
Why the stronger approach works Both are polite. Only one of them gives the buyer something they can hand to the person who actually pays.
Try a changed situation A buyer settles three of your bills in one transfer and you cannot tell which one is still unpaid. What does the habit give you?
Make something yourself Raise a real invoice with its own number, dates, units, rate and total. Add your follow-up schedule and write out the wording of the first reminder.
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