Snail Mail?

A major news network posted this headline on their website:

“Postmaster General’s New Plan Could Include Slower Mail and Postage Hike”

This probably isn't surprising to most of us. More and more of us receive bills via email and make payments online. Even with an increasingly larger population the volume of business mail is decreasing.

In these changing times, there are a few things that can be done to lessen the impact of slower and more expensive mail delivery.

1. Email your daily invoices and statements. We often hear distributors say “my customers want a paper copy”, but every business should be doing everything they can to email as many invoices as possible to their customers. The days of mail being delivered in two or three days are rapidly disappearing. Need another reason? Emailing invoices improves critical cash flow by getting them to your customer in seconds not weeks.

2. Encourage customers to pay with a credit card. Accepting payments with a credit card improves cash flow dramatically. It also streamlines the back office payment receipts process and eliminates the dependency on a mail system that is increasingly slower and more expensive.

3. And finally, stay tuned for future enhancements. JBL Solutions is working on additional enhancements to the software that will reduce dependency on the postal system, lower costs and speed up internal processing.

Have questions? Give us a call or send an email to this email. We'd be happy to answer questions about emailing invoices and statements or how to integrate the use of credit cards into your payment receipts system.