1. Maximize Your Membership
CMA's mission is to provide to trade creditors
the best possible knowledge, networking,
services, and professional development
resources for effective business credit
management.
2. Ronald Regan – speaker at NACM Credit Congress
in Los Angeles, CA 1964
4. NACM Benefits
• Professional development
– Credit Congress (May 19 – 22, 2013)
– Only professional Credit Certification Program
– Credit Learning Center online programs
• Information resources
– Business Credit Magazine
– Blog
– eNews
– Resource Library (log on required)
10. Encyclopedia of Credit
Access to over 500 articles on credit tools, processes, best practices,
laws, forms, and many other business credit related subjects.
13. 1 Webinar included with membership
CMA’s Education
Department offers a
variety of fee-based
and complimentary
webinars every
month.
Your annual
membership
entitles your
company to one
fee-based webinar
each year.
14. Professional Development
• NACM Certification (CBA, CBF, CCE)
• CAP/ACAP Courses
• Online Courses Available from CMA and
NACM
• Seminars
• Western Regional Credit Conference
• Cheryl Hammond, Education Counselor
(831) 475-9482
chammond@emailcma.org
15. 15 NACM Credit Reports included
Annual membership includes: 15 NACM National Trade Credit
Reports; or 25 NACM Reports for full AR contributors
• Over 7 million current
tradelines from 40
NACM locations
• Historic Trends
• Credit Score
• $14.95 each; $9.95
each for full AR
contributors (save $5 a
report)
• Easy access through
anscers
19. Contribute your accounts receivable
• Earn discounts on NACM Credit Reports
and get additional 10 reports
• Save time and money contributing data to
credit groups/networks
• Strengthen the CMA and NACM trade
databases
• Contact Paul Guillen for more info:
(818) 972-5366 or pguillen@emailcma.org
21. anscersX – New!
anscersX Combined Business Credit Report – No contract to sign, No
minimum order, and Value Priced from $29.95 - $51.95
From Equifax:
• Company demographic and
address information
• Trade Experience
• Public Record Data (Legal & Tax)
From Dun & Bradstreet:
• Paydex Score
• Payment Analysis by Industry
(trade experience)
From Ansonia Credit Data:
• Trade Experience from various
industries
From CMA:
• Trade Experience
22. Free Credit Report Assessment
• NACM Trade Credit Report
• anscersX
• Experian
• Equifax
• D&B
• Monitoring/Alerts
• Portfolio Scoring
• Decisioning
• Canadian/Int’l Reports
Contact Terry Campos for aContact Terry Campos for a FREE assessmentFREE assessment andand
FREE sample reportsFREE sample reports to help you decide.to help you decide.
(818) 972-5361(818) 972-5361
tcampos@emailcma.orgtcampos@emailcma.org
25. CMA Credit Group Services
• RFI (Request for Information)
• RFI Reference list
• anscers®
Credit reports
• Meeting Review Report
• Group Monitored accounts
• Group Alerts
• Facilitated meetings
• Education
26. RFI (Request for Information)
Gathering credit
information can be
time consuming and
labor intensive.
anscers® RFI lets
you make all
Requests For
Information easily
and quickly online.
27. Submit RFIs to…
• Your Credit Group and
Credit Networks
• Trade references on
your credit
applications
• Trade references
already on file with
anscers®
• Any other companies
in your industry
29. Group Alerts
• Bankruptcies
• Ownership changes
• Collections
• NSF Checks
• Slow pays
• Custom comments
• Instant email notifications
Looking for a group or network? Contact Larry Convoy at
(818) 972-5323 or lconvoy@emailcma.org.
30. Additional CMA Services/Benefits
• Commercial Collections
• Construction Forms Filing Services
– Launched new software 2011
– File liens in all 50 states
• Business insolvency services
– ABCs and Work-outs
– Liquidations
– BK info through PACER
• Check Guarantee and Credit Card
services from UTA
32. More Details - Claim Notes
•Claim Status Updates
•Detailed Collector Notes
•Remittance Transaction History
•List of Claim Letters sent
•Questions? Contact Kim
Lamberty (702) 259-2622
34. CFFS Enchancements
•View/Print Completed form requested
•View/Print Project History
•Request Additional action
•Print Progress Releases – for Free!
•Usage Detail Report – view/print your
own monthly invoices
•Questions? Contact Amber Jackson
(702) 636-4334
35. Participation is valuable
• Attend Member Conferences
– CMA Annual Meeting, April 11, 2013
– NACM Western Region Credit Conference, Oct 2013
• Serve on Committees
– Membership (Contact Dina Amadril at
damadril@emailcma.org)
• Post to CMA social media sites
• Apply to the Board of Directors (applications will
open December 2013)
• Boards of Governors
– Northern CA contact Jodi Owens at jowens@emailcma.org
– Nevada contact Kim Lamberty at klamberty@emailcma.org
38. Customer Support (800) 541-2622
For more information about CMA, visit our web sites:
www.creditmanagementassociation.org
www.anscers.com
www.bankruptcy-alternative.com
www.cmaauctions.com
www.encyclopediaofcredit.com
Or Contact:
Mike Mitchell, CAE
President and CEO
(818) 972-5340
mmitchell@emailcma.org
39. CMA's mission is to help B2B
companies achieve their financial
goals through effective business
credit management.
Editor's Notes
What you looking to accomplish for yourself professionally and for your credit department, and how can CMA help you achieve those goals?
Professional development and information resources
Professional development and networking and services
Peer to peer information resources – best practices, advice on specific issues, tap into the depth of experience other members have to offer.
Questions, comments, employment opportunities. 1600+ members in CMA Linkedin Group.
Desktop reference and great training tool for credit department.
Additional credit personnel can register from your company, but primary contact authorizes registration and access to your member account.
One place to see all of your company’s recent activity, credit group deadlines and updates, upcoming programs, CMA news, twitter posts, important announcements, and access to all services.
Webinars are a fast and easy way to gain additional knowledge and train your staff, and you get one free with your annual membership.
More serious about professional development – 6 – 15 week courses that prepare you to take the NACM certification exams. Offered in a variety of formats.
We believe that credit and financial information is crucial for making any credit decisions. One source of credit information that is only available to your company as a member is the NTCR.
Easy to access on anscers.
Track your usage on My Account link.
We are working on providing other valuable benefits for contributing full accounts receivable.
So many choices, so little time.
NACM and CMA are best known for their industry credit groups. This is our most popular service that combines information from member exchange and trade data contributions. Credit groups may have looked different back then, but they still provide the same value today.
If you are trying to get the most up to date trade data from multiple sources efficiently, then use RFI.
What you looking to accomplish for yourself professionally and for your credit department, and how can CMA help you achieve those goals?