Name: Lunch & Learn: 5 ways to optimise your billing and get paid on time
Uploaded: 2022-02-07
Description: Learn how businesses can streamline billing to save time and avoid late payments from clients, with product marketing director Rachel Nulman-Schapiro.

Learn how businesses can streamline billing to save time and avoid late payments from clients, with product marketing director Rachel Nulman-Schapiro. 

Lunch & Learn: 5 ways to optimise your billing and get paid on time

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In this Lunch and Learn, Rachel Nulman-Schapiro, director of product marketing at vcita, discusses best practice for building your own digital payment management process.

She talks about how different types of businesses can streamline their billing to save time, become more organised, and get their hard-earned money in the bank easily.

Every business is different, but all business owners have this in common: they all want to get paid on time.

But it isn't always so simple. And more often than not, business owners find themselves spending precious time sorting through financial reports, resending invoices, and chasing payments.

Lunch and Learn: Five ways to optimise your billing and get paid on time

How businesses can streamline their billing to save time, become more organised, and get their money in the bank easily.

I&apos;m a <a href=&apos;https://danmartinuk.com/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>freelance journalist and event host</a> who helps small businesses and the organisations that support them. I&apos;m also Enterprise Nation&apos;s news reporter and Bristol Local Leader.
I have 20 years of experience as a small business journalist having interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs from famous names like Sir Richard Branson and Deborah Meaden to the founders behind brand new start-ups.
I&apos;ve worked for a range of leading small business publications and support groups, most recently as head of content at Enterprise Nation where I was responsible for the prolific output of content on the company&apos;s blog and social media. I now freelance for Enterprise Nation as the website&apos;s <a href=&apos;https://www.enterprisenation.com/business-news&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>news reporter</a> and as the host of the <a href=&apos;https://www.enterprisenation.com/podcast&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Small Business sessions podcast</a>.
I&apos;m based in Bristol where I run and host regular events with the local small business community in my role as Enterprise Nation&apos;s Local Leader for Bristol. I also have strong connections with other major business organisations in the south west region.
In total, I&apos;ve hosted over 100 events including conferences with an audience of hundreds for international brands like Xero and Facebook and live web chats from inside 10 Downing Street.
With my partner, I co-run <a href=&apos;https://www.lifestyledistrict.co.uk/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Lifestyle District</a>, a lifestyle blog focused on culture, art, theatre and photography.

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I provide marketing, management, coaching and education services, in the media, technology and entertainment sectors. I specialise in building and delivering tailored personal improvement programmes, planning workshops and management team seminars focused on the areas of; new services, innovation, media partnerships and collaboration. I hold an MA in Coaching and Mentoring, a post-graduate Diploma in Business (Marketing), a PGCHE (Adult Development) and BA (Hons) Law and lecture on professional development, planning and management. Prior to coaching and coaching, my corporate career covered IP rights licensing, marketing and innovation management working at; Yell.com, TVNZ, Walt Disney and Office Dept. As a consultant, I have delivered programmes to teams and agencies such as; Tata Communications, John Lewis Waitrose, Powwownow, IP Integration, The AA and Pomegranate Media and created marketing and innovation modules for various Universities and business schools, including; BIMM (London), Winchester University, Henley Business School, Krems (Donau-Universitat Krems), The Academy of Contemporary Music (ACM, Guildford) and Metropolis Studios. I work mostly in London and I am based at Century Club (on Shaftesbury Avenue) and The RSA (on The Strand).

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Over 25 years, Philip has worked for businesses of all shapes and sizes, from start-ups to scale-ups, to multinationals. 
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Common to every role, he has had responsibility for increasing revenue, scaling operations, and providing insight and analysis that has driven growth. 

He has spent the last twelve years scaling tech businesses in C-level roles including sales, marketing, product, operations, and investor relations.

Based near Oxford, Philip works with businesses all over the UK.

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I founded an international manufacturing company in 1988, strategically growing over the next twenty-five years into an award-winning and highly profitable company in a premium market, exiting in 2013 through a successful MBO. The company supplied UK supermarkets, including Waitrose, Sainsbury&apos;s, Tesco&apos;s, ALDI and the food service companies Caffe Nero and Costa Coffee, additionally exporting to fourteen countries. Accordingly, I have an extensive business and diverse background.

Lunch and Learn: Five ways to optimise your billing and get paid on time

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