by Debra Robinson | Sep 28, 2023 | Blog, Cash Flow, Cash Flow Confidence, Dirty Little Secrets about Cash Flow
Often compared to the lifeblood of a business, cash flow remains as perplexing as it is crucial. It’s the liquid asset that fuels your operation, yet it’s also a convoluted concept that can lead to the downfall of otherwise promising enterprises.
The 4th quarter of any fiscal year is a labyrinthine maze for business owners — it is complex, but it is not impenetrable.
There is no time to waste if you see your business struggling financially. The easiest approach is to seek out a leader to help. Investing in professional Cash Flow Services is like having a compass, a map, and a seasoned guide in this complicated journey.
Guide to Cash Flow Management
Through careful planning, real-time tracking, and strategic foresight, business owners can navigate effectively. Keep these tips on hand:
- Keep a Cash Flow Forecast: This is the business equivalent of reading maps. Know what lies ahead.
- Monitor Receivables: You can’t solve a puzzle with missing pieces. Ensure that all expected payments are on track.
- Streamline Payables: Recognize when to hold back and when to release. Timing is crucial.
- Emergency Reserves: Store the acorns for winter; an emergency fund is vital.
- Regular Review: Constantly scrutinize your financial records as if they are riddles waiting to be solved.
- Consult the Experts: Seek professional cash flow services to show you the path to a profitable future months.
A cash flow expert is a game changer in making owners masters of their financial maze. As a partner, I offer my knowledge and can change owners financial attitudes, habits, and management to lead them to their finanical goals.
See how far an expert can take you!
by Debra Robinson | May 3, 2023 | Cash Flow, Dirty Little Secrets about Cash Flow, Follow the Money
With increased supply costs, employee wages, and interest rates continuing to climb, the economic environment can be stressful. Many business owners try and tackle their financial situation alone with the notion that they can save money.
The truth is, employing a team of financial experts can result in net savings, as the investment can improve your cash flow and net profits. Additionally, the investment can offer peace of mind.
A cashflow specialist is an expert in designing the road map to build valuable cash flow forecasts which can empower you to project how much cash reserves are necessary monthly.
The Simple Formula for Avoiding a Cash Crunch
Determining the right amount of cash to have on hand each month should not be rocket science. I educate my clients to use one of two goals to help them not run out of money. The cash balance at the beginning of each month should be equal to:
– 3 Months of the total Payroll Cost or
– 1 Month Total Outlay of Cash (includes what is posting on your Balance Sheet!)
This important figure varies from business to business. The sweet spot for a particular business can be determined through cash flow forecasting. I educate my clients on the importance of understanding cash flow beyond just the immediate future. Rather than focusing solely on the next 30 or 60 days, I encourage them to look ahead at least three months to predict whether they might face a cash shortage.
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In this blog post, I share valuable insights on how to effectively manage your cash flow and position your business for success in the cash flow arena. By implementing proven strategies and tools for forecasting and managing cash flow, you can gain greater financial control and stability, helping your business thrive in today’s competitive environment. Don’t miss this essential information – head over to my blog now to learn more!
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by Debra Robinson | Feb 6, 2023 | Blog, Cash Flow, Cash Flow Confidence, Follow the Money
Happy New Year!
In 2023, it is time to discover the pattern of cash flow that works for your business. A little change could make a big difference for financial success.
Moving money through the wrong channels at the wrong times can drastically bottleneck cash reserves. Partnering with a cash flow expert is the quickest step to excel your financial knowledge within your business.
The #1 action that cash flow experts suggest is to generate a financial forecast to create the road map of spending.
The immediate ROI is knowledge of the dollar amount needed for cash reserves.
Having looked at many business financials in the last year, I have observed business owners tensions grow as inflation rises costs. However, with the ability to be disciplined to a cash flow plan, owners can pivot away from cutting their biggest expense; salaries and benefits, .
Closing the books on 2022; the 3 biggest financial problems I am seeing are:
1. Draining Bank Accounts: Owners are spending more than they are bringing in cash collections.
2. Accounts Receivables are becoming more challenging: Struggles with cash flow results in reduced monthly revenue.
3. Rising costs and less revenue: Inflation has tightened bank accounts leaving less extra money for reserves.
I welcome the opportunity to help dental practices and small business owners to discover their pattern of cash flow to eliminate money struggles for 2023.
Not sure where to start? Sign up for a SWOT package that will deliver: the good, the bad, and proactive strategies you can implement right away to become more empowered in managing your financial arena in 2023.
EASY AS SWOT
Which way is your money flowing? Gain the level of empowerment that only comes from a SWOT analysis.
SWOT Cash Flow Forecasting Package: One Time analysis of owners current financials. Debra will create a cash flow forecast giving owners an 8 month view into the future of what their cash on hand balances are likely to be based on their current financial story.
- Delivery of an eight-month cash flow forecast that is directly tied to your current financial story.
- Guidance on what your minimum cash on hand balances need to be to sustain your business in the months ahead.
- A one-time analysis to help you understand where you are today and identify proactive strategies that can help you make smart short term decisions.
- One-on-one consultation to understand your cash flow forecast, which will model a likely outcome for 8 months into the future
by Debra Robinson | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Cash Flow, Dirty Little Secrets about Cash Flow
Did you take on more debt by signing up for an EIDL loan? Have you been funded with 1, 2 or even 3 loans in the last 2 years? If so, please continue to read this very important message that I want to convey that you might not realize what you signed up for when you took on more debt from the SBA.
I worked with one of my clients last week to learn about how the payback schedules are going to be kicking in. Most of my clients started receiving EIDL funds in 2020 and then some have taken 1 or 2 more loans. Each time, the government is deferring when your FIRST payment will be due.
SBA Loan – Gift or Burden?
How nice of the SBA to let you know that your loan(s) payments are being deferred for 12 or 24 months from your initial funding. Here’s the kicker…… your loans have been accruing interest from day 1 of receiving those funds. I learned that my client has accrued $14,500+ of interest on approximately $650K loan payoff. I also learned that until the accrued interest is paid off, we won’t touch the principal balance of the loan. Client’s interest is charged at $65.47/day until she is current. Oh, by the way, her first payment is not due until May of 2023 because the govt will defer another 12 months from her last funding. How nice of the SBA, or not???? Who is making money off your debt? Is it a gift or is it a burden?
Steps to Find Your Accrued Interest
Think about that for a minute……If you have not looked into your EIDL loan and are just sitting back waiting for that deferred payment schedule to kick in; I would like to strongly encourage you to find out what the accrued interest amount is sitting on your account. Here are a few steps you can follow:
- Find the last email/letter from the SBA that is for the loan. This will be your original loan document or the last AMENDED notice for the loan.
- You can call the 800 number on that letter for help. What I learned walking through this process with my client is we went to this website: Capital Access Financial System (sba.gov).
- You will need to ENROLL by clicking the NOT ENROLLED link.
- You can create your login information. (This is a different site than where you originally signed up for the loan.)
- It’s very easy. But, again, if you need help, call the 800 number on the loan document that you have received.
- Once you get logged in, it will tell you what the total balance is including the accrued interest amount. This is what needs to be paid before you will start hitting the principal amount.
- You will also see when your first payment will be due.
Dirty Little Secret
From my seat in the sandbox as a CASH FLOW expert, it’s important to create debt servicing strategies in line with how your cash flow can support them. Understanding how to manage cash flow takes more than just reading your Profit and Loss. You MUST understand the Balance Sheet that is tracking all your debt. How much you are posting to the principal portion of the loans are posting here. This money going out has NOTHING to do with your Net Profit/Loss.
Proposed Solution
I would welcome the opportunity to help you create those debt servicing strategies from a proactive perspective; not reactive. We are continuing to offer our SWOT Package to help you know where you are currently with your cash flow. The good, the bad and the ugly. Here is a snapshot of what this package can offer: SWOT Packages | Get Total Cash Clarity | Centennial Revenue Mgmt (centennialrevenuemanagement.com).
Don’t wait any longer to be proactive in managing the debt in your business/practice. Cash flow is the lifeblood of all businesses. Just because you may have more money in your bank account(s) than ever before, does not equate to good cash flow. I know all the “Dirty Little Secrets About Cash Flow” in a business. Let me bubble up your secrets to help you learn how to have more money at the end of your month!
by Debra Robinson | Nov 4, 2021 | Blog, Cash Flow, Cash Flow Confidence
Trick or SWOT? Treating your Finances…. To Outside Eyes!
Don’t be tricked by your numbers. Understanding cash flow in your business should not be frightful! Don’t play it safe going into the end of the year and not know what ghosts and goblins are interfering in maximizing your net profits and optimizing your cash flow.
Do you know the answers to these scary questions?
- Have you figured out if you are spending more money each month than you are bringing in on a cash collection basis?
- Do you know how to read your Balance Sheet that has lots of dirty little secrets?
- Do you know what your monthly breakeven revenue amount needs to be so you don’t run out of money?
- Do you know what your monthly cash reserves amount needs to be so you don’t have to juggle payroll and vendor bills?
Now more than ever, it is important to keep yourself financially educated to have a healthy business in 2021. Achieving cash flow wellbeing takes a team of trusted advisors. If you’re wrapped in wonder of it what would be like to step into November with a full awareness and presence in your financial arena, it is time to treat your business to a cash flow analysis.
SWOT Package Special 25% OFF through November. Become empowered by knowing what your cash on hand will look like for the next 8 months and schedule TODAY! Click to find more information on a SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats). As an expert of cash, I bring outside eyes to your financial arena. I will do a deep dive into your financials, create a working forecast model, and will deliver it to you in a 2 hour consultation. If you need support with collaborating with your CPA, I welcome the opportunity to help.
Find confidence and comfort in the financial health of your business. For the month of November, we are offering a cash flow package to help educate you on the movement of money in your business. Schedule your complimentary consultation today by calling (303) 835-7992.
by Debra Robinson | Oct 5, 2021 | Blog, Blog, Cash Flow, Cash Flow Confidence
Centennial Revenue Management offers more than consulting on cash flow; it is the GO-TO for all money management advise for the business community.
Debra is passionate about helping business owners and their teams to better understand their numbers and how to use that knowledge to grow and prosper. As such, the team at CRM provides ongoing cash flow and revenue management insights, tips and tools to help you build your financial muscle.
Using her professional background and current experiences mentoring business owners, Debra shares ways she has helped her clients from around the country with quick how-to’s on following the money to improve cash flow.
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Start the road to financial freedom and cash flow confidence using Debra’s guide to get your business on track. Join the conversation and sign up for newsletters filled with informative tips and ways to achieve the “Dirty Little Secrets of Cash Flow”.
Gain confidence with a 5-Minute Read. Update your cash flow knowledge in a library full of monthly blogs from Debra’s resourcesful Knowledge Bank. Such blogs discuss:
How Much Cash on Hand is Enough? Cash reserves/cash on hand are the amounts of cash accessible to a business once outstanding balances have been paid. It’s an important metric to measure and determine what amount is enough for emergencies or dips in business. How much you need on hand? Read More…
The Bad Money Habits You Need to Break – I’ve seen those bad habits broken with big payoffs. What follows is a selection of some of the most common bad habits I’ve encountered during my time as a cash flow specialist, as well as how to address them. Read More…
The Role of your Bookkeeper – Most business owners think of their CPA as a go to expert for financial reporting, when in fact they should be going to their bookkeeper – The keeper of the cash flow. Read More…
Where is your Company positioned in the Cash Flow Arena? It is not uncommon for a company to show a net profit on their income statement and still find that they are having shortfalls of cash each month. Why is that? The art of managing cash flow is to look 90 to 120 days into the future. My cash flow modeling methodology forecasts 8 months into the future to predict a likely outcome. Full Article…
Centennial Revenue Management works with small business owners across industries whose needs extend beyond the basics of revenue management into total control and fiscal health.
We offer a range of cash flow consulting services such as cash flow management and forecasting as well as outsourced CFO services in Denver, CO and virtually across the country. Let us show you how to make more confident, lasting financial decisions for your company and grow a more financially healthy business. Interested in working with Debra? Click to find the right financial package for your business!
SPECIAL EVENT – Light the Night Walk
On September 23, 2021 – The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Light The Night was held in Washington Park, Denver, CO. Debra Robinson has been a part of the walk since the beginning over ten years ago. She supports the memory and legend of her sister who lost her battle to cancer, but also was a pioneer of the Rocky Mountain LLS chapter. See more about LLS and how you can get involved by bringing light to the darkness of cancer. Click to learn more about the many ways to Get Involved or Help Debra’s Light the Night Fundraiser LLS Goal – Please make a Donation.
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Centennial Revenue Management is here to help by creating proactive strategies, identify, and transform money habits to ensure you won’t run out of your money.
Contact Debra today at drobinson@centennialrevenuemanagement.com
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