How To Start A Bookkeeping Business

We received an email from Dana taking us up on our offer to help her expand her bookkeeping business.

A great way to start is have a look at what most other bookkeepers are doing, and don’t copy them! If you want to know what not to do when designing flyers to attract new business for your expanding bookkeeping business, then go and look in your mail box.

The flyers were 100% successfull!

Most business owners are bombarded with “junk mail”, flyers wanting (more…)

Every bookkeeper seems to think that they can get clients who are prepared to have their work done out of hours / off-site.

There are clients that are happy with that. Generally they are smaller clients that have a few hours per fortnight or per month of bookkeeping work.

Often clients will want to see how you work as a bookeeper, and want you to go to their premises, initially, until they get to know you.

Ask any small business owner, and they will tell you that certain sacrifices have to be made short term, for a long term gain.

We have many bookkeepers who have been very grateful for the service we offer, as they have found it to be a great boost to their business, and their income.

These bookkeepers have gained insight into promoting their businesses, how to manage their time more effectively, and other tips that may have taken them years to learn.

They appreciate that our service is not “just about getting three clients”, it’s about gaining knowledge to build a self sustainable business, that has the potential for an income in excess of $100k.

Really our marketing fee is “peanuts” – and we’ve been told we should be charging a great deal more.

Once we go ahead, our goal is to find you 150 hours work asap, and we say three clients as a minimum. There are occasions when a client in your area just needs training, or just a few hours work to help them over a hurdle – we would hope that you would be able to service such clients – and we would not count them as one of the three clients, but it would count as part of the 150 hours.

If you are not willing to service clients in your area at their premises, then our service is not for you.

The Bookkeepers Marketing Program is designed for bookkeepers who are starting, or who already have their own bookkeeping business, tailored to your business.

We’ve mentioned previously that most clients want to get to know their bookkeeper before trusting them with all their financials away from their premises.

So we do not want to let the clients down with false hopes of having a bookkeeper that can service them, and nor do we want the bookkeeper to feel dissatisfied because we cannot find them “off-site” work.

For more information see our Bookkeepers Marketing Program

The best school to learn bookkeeping is the School of Hard Knocks!

Many small business owners are looking to outsource their bookkeeping needs – they do not use the more advanced accounting software programs that are found in large companies, so bookkeepers generally would need to have current experience using MYOB and / or QuickBooks.

You may have just competed a bookkeeping course, and feel ready to start your own bookkeeping business. Regardless of what your tutors may tell you, without hands-on experience using MYOB and / or QuickBooks it’s doubtful that you are adequately prepared to start your own bookkeeping business. The best school to learn bookkeeping is the School of Hard Knocks!

When a small business seeks a bookkeeper, that bookkeeper will be expected to work very quickly, accurately and efficiently – all without supervision. So you will be on your own with no one to help you or answer any bookkeeping questions. The business owner does not want to pay for your training – s/he’s looking for a professional to get the job done asap therefore reducing the bookkeeping fees

Every bookkeeper seems to think that they can get clients who are prepared to have their work done out of hours / off-site.

There are clients that are happy with that. Generally they are smaller clients that have a few hours per fortnight or per month of bookkeeping work.

Often clients will want to see how you work as a bookeeper, and want you to go to their premises, initially, until they get to know you.