The third edition of Michelle Dunn’s book “Starting a Collection Agency; How to Make Money Collecting Money” has been released and is now for sale on Amazon.com. Michelle Dunn is the author of BizCreditPolicy.com, the blog in our network dedicated to business credit policy, and is a recognized expert in the credit and collections industry.

The ongoing demand for Starting a Collection Agency is a testament to the value and quality of this book. Michelle’s book has already won awards at the New York Book Festival and the Writer’s Digest Award. It is a comprehensive book on how to successfully start and manage a collection agency, a service that is in increasing demand in these financial times. The book covers many collection-centered topics including state laws, licenses and regulations, legal requirements, bad debt, Fair Credit Reporting Act, software, fair debt collection practices, and more. This book promises that it will help you to:

• Be able to start your own business and be your own boss
• Find samples of business and marketing plans
• Find collection letters, flyers & promotional pieces
• Have a checklist of what to do before you open your agency
• Learn how to start your agency from home
• Learn how to work from home with young children around
• Learn how to promote your agency in a professional manner

About Michelle Dunn. Michelle has spent the last 19 years in the business credit and debt collections industry. She is the author of 6 books on the topic of credit and collections, and has also started her own Credit & Collections Association which has thrived for 10 years and has over 1000 members. Michelle herself was recently awarded the titles of one of the Top 5 Women in Collections and Top 50 Collection Professionals for 2007.