---
type: this-week-with
url: 'https://taylordrayson.com/2023/12/01/tww-s4-e144'
title: 'Season 4, Episode 144'
date: '2023-12-01T13:00:00+00:00'
fields:
  episode: S4E144
  season: '4'
  number: '144'
  topic: 'Trip to Belfast - Hazel Mac App - Cineworld Email Automation - Business Debt - Loans and Debt From Customers - Ways to mitigate the Debt - Firing A Customer'
  duration: '28m 30s'
---

# Season 4, Episode 144

Trip to Belfast - Hazel Mac App - Cineworld Email Automation - Business Debt - Loans and Debt From Customers - Ways to mitigate the Debt - Firing A Customer

Back after 2 weeks of no shows

Visit to Belfast - slower pace of life

What do you think the next accent colour for Season 5 will be?

Hazel Mac App - <a href="https://www.noodlesoft.com/">https://www.noodlesoft.com/</a>

Organise your downloads folder - or indeed any folder on your computer

Run Automations based on file types - rename files etc.

Cineworld email will automatically add an entry to the diary, taking off the adverts time

Debt in your business

Taking out a loan to expand

Pitfall - growing too fast without getting the orders needed to service the debt

Putting money back into the business without a loan, building up slowly

Debt from customers - very difficult to manage

Paid a percentage up front to cover costs

Payment after 30 days can be a problem for cashflow in a small business

Sending invoices dated on the date sent not the date of the event

Automate payment chasers - ask customers to let you know that payment has been made

Can takes a great deal of time to chase customers

Monthly subscription payments is easier to manage for some companies

Leverage for non-payment - as web hosts we can turn off a website

Firing a customer if they aren't a good fit for your business

 

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## See also

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