There are too many free articles out there that simply market someone or a service and do not give you valuable information. My goal here is to get straight to the point and give solid valuable information for free that will help to boost your business credit building and your business in general.
Getting a paydex is just the beginning when building business credit and many people know how to do that. Basically you simply need 3-5 companies to report to Dun and Bradstreet that you paid your bills on time. The problem comes in when you cannot find companies that report. Companies like grainger and bags and bowes have stop reporting. When getting your initial vendors you want to go to Uline, Quill, and Seton. These are three companies that report that gives quick accounts. After these you will want to go to Tech Depot and Majestic Advertising. This will give you a strong enough file to get into your revolving lines such as office depot and staples.
So you know that you need vendors. These vendors will give you an account without a DUNS number. In order to get your duns number quickly and for free, I have highlighted a method that myself and my clients use all these time. Once these companies have reported, a DUNS number will be automatically created. This method will not only give you your duns number, but you will also get your eupdate password for free and instantly. I was going to show you a method where you call a phone number to get the FREE Business Credit Builder from DnB. It turns out that you can get your Eupdate information right away from that same number. The number connects you with their people in india that take care of the updating and I guess that they give you the Eupdate information in order to reduce their load. Never the less, you can simply call 1-800-234-3867, then choose "option 1" then "option 4", and tell them that you will like to update some information on your business credit file and you will like to get your Eupdate information. They will verify some basic information, but this method is better than registering online because you never know who or when you will get it. Sometimes a Dun and Bradstreet sales rep will contact you about there "Business Credit Building Products" before they send you any Eupdate information.
These are just a couple tricks that will be useful to speeding up the process to building strong business credit.
I have found a few good sources for information by Marc Augustsine, Author of the business credit bible, which is now called "Business Credit Made Easy" and owner of http://creditrich.net and all his ebooks are sold at http://www.businesscreditebooks.com
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