Tis the season....

...to be collecting invoices!

Yes it's that time again. It's the "try and get everyone to pay you before the end of the year" time of year. Trying to get invoices paid is by far, the most difficult part of this job. Some people say "within 30 days" and pay within five. Others say, "two weeks max" and three months later you're surprise visiting them with a pleasent demand for it in cash.

Magazines are generally the worst- there is a whole chain of command responsible for paying invoices, and if anyone of those people happen to be out- nothing moves at payroll. Trouble is, holiday season comes around and since they can't all take vacation at once, they stagger it. But because they stagger it, it means that you might go ten weeks before all those people who need to sign off on payments are all together in the office once again.