A few weeks ago, my friend’s son found $80 he didn’t know he had.
Apparently, when he left his job in August to go off to college, he didn’t realize he had one more paycheck coming.
Because the company didn’t have his new address, his check sat there…for 5 months. They were waiting for him to contact them with his new address.
When he never did, they mailed it to the address they had on file when they mailed his tax form.
Now while $80 isn’t a huge amount of money, I think you’ll agree that coming across unexpected cash is always a wonderful experience.
An instant cash surge can fund an event you really want to go to but thought you couldn’t afford. It can provide the money for something you’ve really wanted to buy. Give you an opportunity to invest back into your business so you can make even more money. It can relieve stress or be used to pay off debt. Or even do something completely frivolous you wouldn’t normally do.
Indeed, just about every business can benefit from a surge of cash.
The thing is…the cash is usually always available. In fact, it is just waiting for you to collect …from your own customer base. All you need to do is ask.
Here are a few ideas for collecting that money:
