How To Start A Bookkeeping Business

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

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.