Joy Greenwood
Sep 7, 20173 min read
Managing Your New Vendor Accounts
When looking to establish trade lines for your small business, there are some hard and fast rules you want to follow, especially if you...
Joy Greenwood
Jul 11, 20173 min read
Big Changes May Impact Small Business Owners
In case you haven't heard, the big 3 consumer credit bureaus are changing their ways. Experian, Equifax and Transunion have announced...
Joy Greenwood
Jun 23, 20174 min read
Banking on Your Business
If you are still trying to find easy ways to boost your business credibility, this one tip may mean a world of difference. One of the...
Joy Greenwood
Jun 7, 20175 min read
Using Trade Lines to Build Scores
It was a question I had answered a hundred times before, but somehow, it still left me shaking my head. "Can you help me get trade lines...
Joy Greenwood
May 23, 20173 min read
Is Your Creditbuilding Aggressive Enough?
Are you making progress in your quest for better business credit? If your company has paid for any products or services in the past 12...
Joy Greenwood
Apr 21, 20174 min read
Enhancing Your Payment History
By now, you probably already know that you need payment history to boost your business credit scores and ratings. What you might not...
Joy Greenwood
Mar 27, 20175 min read
Turbo-Boost Your Paydex Score
Whether you need to purchase inventory, add a new vehicle to the fleet, hire new staff, buy investment property, or lower insurance...
Joy Greenwood
Mar 10, 20174 min read
You Can Change Your D&B Rating
Your company's D&B Rating is one of the driving forces that determines your ability to achieve business credit. It is a rating generated...
Joy Greenwood
Feb 27, 20173 min read
Don't Cheat Your Payment History
Do you think "it takes money to make money" translates to "it takes credit to make credit?" If so, you may be cheating yourself and your...
Joy Greenwood
Dec 7, 20163 min read
'TIS THE SEASON TO BOOST CREDIT
Yes, it's the season for spending, and if you're anything like me, chances are you'll be spending more than planned. But this is also...
Joy Greenwood
Nov 29, 20165 min read
WHO'S CHECKING YOUR BUSINESS CREDIT REPORT?
Did you recently get an alert notification that someone is checking your business credit report? If so, you may have some questions...
Joy Greenwood
Oct 21, 20165 min read
BENEFITS OF A SECURED CREDIT CARD
Business owners usually have no difficulty achieving unsecured credit lines with suppliers. But, while many vendors and suppliers allow...
Joy Greenwood
Sep 23, 20165 min read
WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF?
There's a old saying: The same boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you're made of, not the...
Joy Greenwood
Aug 23, 20163 min read
SMALL TRADELINES ARE A BIG DEAL
One of the first things we do for our clients is create new accounts they can use to build their business credit. These are generally...
Joy Greenwood
Aug 5, 20162 min read
5 FREE THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY
Check out these super easy (and free!) tips and tricks for boosting your corporate credit scores and ratings. Most of them are simple...
Joy Greenwood
Jul 8, 20165 min read
OH, THOSE NINE LITTLE NUMBERS!
At some point back in time, some so-called credit guru recommended business owners put their EIN number or DUNS number in the slot where...
Joy Greenwood
May 13, 20162 min read
45 REASONS FOR DECLINED VENDORS
Business owners often submit trade references to be included in their business credit file only to later find they were not accepted or...
Joy Greenwood
Apr 20, 20165 min read
7 STEPS TO IMPROVE CREDIT LIMIT RECOMMENDATIONS
One of the most perplexing elements of D&B’s scoring and analysis continues to be their calculation of conservative and aggressive credit...
Joy Greenwood
Apr 7, 20162 min read
QUALIFYING FOR WORKING CAPITAL
Many small business owners have tried to garner working capital loans or lines of credit from their local bank and have been denied for...
Joy Greenwood
Mar 14, 20162 min read
CREDITORS LOOK FOR R-E-S-P-E-C-T
When you submit an application for credit, you are providing only the basic information a potential creditor needs to make a preliminary...
