This presentation tells you how you can get the most out of your CMA membership.

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

3. Membership in NACM
www.nacm.org

4. NACM Benefits
• Professional development
– Credit Congress (May 19 – 22, 2013)
– Professional Certification Program
– Credit Learning Center online programs
• Information resources
– Business Credit Magazine
– Blog
– eNews
– Resource Library (log on required)

5. NACM Resource Library

6. CMA’s Public Website
www.creditmanagementassociation.org

7. CMA Community
Discuss credit issues and solutions with hundreds of CMA’s active
Community Members.

8. CMA Linkedin Group

9. CMA Blog (Daily News)

10. Encyclopedia of Credit
Access to over 500 articles on credit tools, processes, best practices,
laws, forms, and many other business credit related subjects.

11. CMA’s Interactive Website
www.anscers.com

12. Your anscers home page

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. Free Ride to WRCC 2013
Earn a free conference registration by
referring a member by September 30

16. 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

17. Reports Tab – Search NACM Reports

18. Reports Tab – Search NACM Reports

20. 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. Reports Tab – Search anscersX Reports

22. 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

23. 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 a FREE assessment and
FREE sample reports to help you decide.
(818) 972-5361
tcampos@emailcma.org

24. Food & Hotel-Restaurant Groups 1966

25. anscers® Credit Group Home Page

26. 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

27. 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.

28. 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. anscers® Credit Report
All RFI
responses are
aggregated
and
immediately
available on
one report.

30. Group Alerts
• Bankruptcies
• Ownership changes
• Collections
• NSF Checks
• Slow pays
• Custom comments
• Instant email notifications
Looking for a group or network? Contact Diana Escobar at
(818) 972-5342 or descobar@emailcma.org.

31. Additional CMA Services/Benefits
• Commercial Collections
• Construction Forms Filing Services
– Launched new software 2011
– File liens in 49 states
• Business insolvency services
– ABCs and Work-outs
– Liquidations
– BK info through PACER
• Check Guarantee and Credit Card
services from UTA

32. Collection Accounts on anscers

33. 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 (Liens) on anscers

35. 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

36. Participation is valuable
• Serve on Committees
– Nominating (December 2012)
– Membership (Contact Dina Amadril at
damadril@emailcma.org)
• Post to CMA social media sites
• Apply to the Board of Directors (applications will
open December 2012)
• Boards of Governors
– Northern CA contact Jodi Owens at
jowens@emailcma.org
– Nevada contact Kim Lamberty at
klamberty@emailcma.org

37. CMA’s Facebook Page

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