How To Start A Bookkeeping Business

When starting your bookeeping business, maybe you are working as a home based business with off-site clients.

“Is it true that any bookkeeping client is better than no client?”

Or perhaps you are happy to go to the client’s premises to start your bookkeeping business

“Any bookkeping client is better than no bookeeping client”

We’ve heard that many times – but is it true? That’s your choice, because it’s your business. The reality is that some clients are better off with another bookkeeper.

After all, why do you need the hassle and aggrevation of a difficult client? Now you’re asking:”How do I know this will be a difficult client?”

We’ve just turned away a prospective client, because she didn’t know how to do the bookkeeping but insisted that she had a system in place and wanted the new bookkeeper to follow that system, and oversee the existing admin person who was doing the books

That’s fine, she’s got a bookkeeping system that she’s happy with. Furthermore she wanted to tell us how much we should be charging. That’s OK too. If you’re desperate for work, you may take anything.

Soon, you’ll find yourself with a full calender, plenty of agrevation, and no room for good, happy, and profitable bookkeeping clients.

Instead you have to turn those profitable book-keeping clients away, and leave them to bookkeepers such as ourselves, because we’ve only got room for good profitable clients.

We leave those troublesome clients alone as we understand that some bookkeepers are desperate they’ll take on difficult clients.

That way, everybody wins.

Do you have a bookkeeping business around Stirling, northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia?

If you qualify as an experienced freelance bookkeeper, and you need more clients around Stirling and Warwick, Western Australia, then we may be able to help you and your business

We’ve successfully helped a bookkeeper start basically from scratch. She wasn’t sure how much to charge, or how to speak to clients, and generally struggled to get the business happening. Now that she’s reached full capacity, we’re getting enquiries from clients wanting experienced MYOB and QuickBooks bookkeepers

We offer bookkeepers a program whereby we will find them bookkeeping clients for their bookkeeping business.

Right now we are looking for Quickbooks and MYOB bookeepers in Stirling and Warwick, Western Australia, so if you are starting out, or need more bookkeping clients and feel that you have sufficient experience as a freelance bookkeeper*, then contact us today.

We talk about finding bookkeeping clients, and the sort of *experience that you need to start your own bookkeeping business in our EBook How To Find Bookkeeping Clients

You want to know how to find bookkeeping clients in Pascoe Vale, Victoria?

For a while we’ve been working with a bookkeeper in Pascoe Vale, on the northside of Melbourne. She was looking for more clients and having trouble getting started.

This bookeeper wasn’t sure how much to charge, or how to speak to clients, and generally struggled to get the business happening. Now that she’s reached full capacity, we’re getting enquiries from clients wanting experienced MYOB and QuickBooks bookkeepers

We offer bookkeepers a program whereby we will find them bookkeeping clients for their bookkeeping business.

Right now we are looking for Quickbooks and MYOB bookeepers in the Pascoe Vale, on the northside of Melbourne, so if you are starting out, or need more bookkeping clients and feel that you have sufficient experience as a freelance bookkeeper*, then contact us today.

We talk about finding bookkeeping clients, and the sort of *experience that you need to start your own bookkeeping business in our EBook How To Find Bookkeeping Clients

Do you need help to source new clients for your book-keeping business? If you do, then read on. We’ve done exactly that for many bookkeepers around the world.

“Teach a (wo)man to fish and s/he eats for a lifetime”

You’ve heard the old adage : “Give a man fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime”

Startbookkeeping.com.au is all about helping bookkeepers kick start their bookeeping business, with many different methods of how to find book keeping clients

“I tried to start my own bookkeeping business two years ago,” said Andrea.

So what happened?

“I couldn’t find any bookkeeping clients!” She told us

“I couldn’t find any bookkeeping clients!” She told us.

What methods did she use? Yellow Pages and the Local Newspaper.

We’ve talked a number of times about using these methods to quickly burn up your marketing budget. Why do bookkeepers prefer to throw their money at companies that have no interest in whether they find bookkeeping clients.

Then we learn that those same bookkeepers are not prepared to invest in a resource that will give them many different proven methods for sourcing new bookkeeping clients?

We hear the struggles of so many bookkeepers that would rather waste money on newspaper or flyer advertising, rather than invest in their financial future.

“How To Find Bookkeeping Clients” was written in response to repeated requests from bookkeepers that we’ve helped source new clients

“How do You Find Bookkeeping Clients?”

We’ve worked with bookkeepers all around the country, helping them start their bookkeeping business from scratch. Using our methods, they have been able to find regular clients and turnover in excess of $60,000 pa in under twelve months

Want to know how we have done that? It’s all in the Ebook, “How To Find Bookkeeping Clients”

Start Your Book keeping Business Today

Here’s wishing all you bookkeepers a prosperous and healthy 2010 – and an exciting start to your book keeping business this year

How many New Year’s resolutions have you broken already? The Christmas holiday period is a great time to recap on the previous year and set some goals for the New Year

whether you’ve broken some of those resolutions or not really makes no dfference – the fact that you made them is important – and each day you can wake up and make a fresh start

I know many smokers that quit each night, then start smoking the next day. Gradually they get closer to making the decision, and the next day becomes two days or three days

A bookkeeping business can be a great way to work from home – work you own hours, and choose your own clients. Stop procrastinating, and take the first step

Robyn contacted our website looking for a “helping hand” she’s been waiting for a “round tuit” for about five years

“Just haven’t got a round tuit”, she says. Today’s the day that she’s taking the first steps to launching her bookkeeping business. We have a coaching / mentoring program to help her overconme the initial hurdles – we provide answers for all those unkowns involved in getting a bookkeeping business up and running

How much to charge clients? How to find clients? How to select which clients to work with.

All these, and many more book-keeping questions are answered in our bookkeepers marketing program

I tried some flyers to find bookkeeping clients, but they didn’t work!

That’s a common response from bookkeepers wanting to know how to get their business started.

Let’s just think about that statement. “The flyers didn’t work!” – What does that mean exactly? When you design the flyers, or instructed someone else to design the bookkeeping flyers, what result were you looking for?

So many people see junk mail in their letter box everyday – they pick it up and walk straight over to the recycle bin.

Then there’s the people that “love” the junk mail, and read everything that arrives in their mailbox.

This means that the flyer promoting your bookkeeping business is amongst a handful of others – most people would spend only a couple of seconds glancing at each flyer, so you need to GRAB their attention

Then what? You drown them in information, because this is the ONLY chance you have in pitching your bookkeeping services.

WRONG!

What’s the purpose of the flyer? Not to answer all the questions, but to raise the curiosity to the next level.

Remember this: You are selling the sizzle – not the sausage

There’s more about this in our Ebook “How To Find Bookkeeping Clients”.

“Too busy to take on new clients”

“Yes, please”, replied the bookkeeper. “Please will you help me find some more bookkeeping clients”

Often we will receive calls from clients that need someone yesterday, or even last week – so we need to find a bookkeeper to service that client immediately

Two weeks ago a client contacted us wanting Quickbooks training – we contacted the bookkeeper who then agreed to accept the contract

Last week we get a call from the client asking what happened to the bookkeeper – it seems that some bookkeepers are just too busy to find a couple of hours to earn some easy money.

“Having too many clients is a great problem”

The bookkeeper didn’t get back to us, so we then contacted another local bookkeeper – who was very keen to take a new client.

Two days later, after we send a follow-up email, we got a curt reply saying that they were too busy to service this client.

This is a concept that we really do not understand: We do whatever we can to service new clients, knowing that our regular clients are quite happy for us to shuffle around our timetable.

That new client could be worth $1000’s to our business. Having too many clients is a great problem to have. Having too many clients gives you the option to review your client list and decide which clients are giving the best return on investment

Your guide to find bookkeeping clients – Read our Ebook, “How to Find Bookkeeping Clients”. It’s a comprehensive guide to lead you through the sometimes daunting task of finding new clients for your bookkeeping business.

“This book is very innovative!” says Leanne from Adelaide. “You have some great strategies – much better than any other book I’ve read. They’re simple and effective and ORIGINAL”

In these tough economic times many wives and partners are realising that by doing some bookkeeping they can become the main bread-winner in the household.

We are hearing stories from all over the country about women who are wanting to turn their bookkeeping skills from a “hobby” to a serious business.

What steps do you take to get started with a bookkeeping business?
The major short term goal is to quickly get some CASH coming into the household. So you grab the local paper and see if there are any accountants looking for bookkeepers, or any small business owners that’s looking for and admin/bookkeeping person for a few hours a week.

You get yourself and Australian Business Number and start your short-term contract.

It’s a great result – but does not mean that you have your own bookkeeping business. The dilemma is whether to go down the track of a couple of part-time jobs each week, or to make the decision to start your own bookkeeping business.

You need to make a choice about which path you are going to follow, because there are different strategies that you need to consider, based on which way you want to move forward. You can read more about this in our Ebook, “How to Find Bookkeeping Clients”

Starting your own bookkeeping business can be very daunting

Cynthia’s a bookkeeper with 1 – 3 Years, using MYOB and Quickbooks accounting Software. She’s achieved a Cert iv Financial Services, and is looking for bookkeeping clients in her north Sydney suburb

She emailed us and asked:” How would you guys be able to assist me in starting my bookkeeping business?”

Her email is typical of many emails that we receive from bookeepers all around Australia, and indeed from many countries around the world.

We have helped many bookkeepers “kick start” their bookkeeping business, and have compiled an EBook “How To Find Bookkeeping Clients” that answers many of the questions you have about getting started, finding clients etc.

There’s also answers to questions that you haven’t even thought of yet

There’s also answers to questions that you haven’t even thought of yet.

To save you and ourselves time, we suggest that you read the book, and once you have an understanding of what’s involved, we can start to help you with your bookkeeping business

It’s all in the book – that’s why we wrote our EBook “How To Find Bookkeeping Clients”. Secure your copy NOW

Does advertising for bookkeeping clients work?
Short answer: No
Long Answer: Yes

An advertsing guru once said that 50% of all advertising works – the problem is knowing which 50%

Have a look in:
1) your local paper and you’ll see bookkeepers advertising for clients.

2) the yellow pages directory, and you’ll see advertisements for bookkeepers.

3) your letter box and glance through the junk mail.

In each case you’ll often see bookkeepers advertising for clients. Does this mean that you should use these same strategies?

Many bookkeepers follow these marketing strategies to advertise for bookkeeping clients.

Ask yourself this question: When is the last time you’ve picked up the local newspaper, yellow pages directory, or junk mail flyer to call a business or service that you require?

In most cases the answer is:”I can’t remember!”

So why will people respond differently to your advertisements? The point is exactly this – most bookkeepers do what they see most other businesses do, and then they wonder why they get the same results that most other businesses get – zero

Even large companies and multi-nationals are realising that traditional advertising isn’t working – and they have budgets far bigger than your annual income to throw at advertising campaigns

As bookkeepers you’ve probably seen the cost advertising efforts of small business owners when you are doing their bookwork – ask them what response they’ve had from those campaigns, and they’ll more often tell you that they only get a response if they run the advertisements each week or fortnight for the whole year.

Have a look at your advertising budget and then decide whether you should throw money away just on the off-chance that you’ll get a result, or decide that you should go ahead and invest in a practical hands-on simple manual that has a whole heap of marketing strategies [How to Find Bookkeeping Clients] that can turn your business around in no time.

“Your book “How to Find Bookkeeping Clients” is very Innovative!” says Leanne from Adelaide. “You have some great strategies – much better than any other book I’ve read. I like that they are simple and effective”

Clean Your Driveway

Why are you reading this paragraph when we’re talking about advertising for bookkeepers?

Well, have a look at the flyer that came with our junk mail. Can you see the name of the business? – Doesn’t really matter, does it.

What is the mssage that the flyer is broadcasting? That’s clear as day : “Clean your driveway” – How simple is that – then there’s the phone number (blocked out in RED)

Compare that to 98% of other flyers that are broadcasting their business name and give little idea of what they are trying to promote. Read our book How to Find Bookkeeping Clients to learn more about advertising for bookkeeping clients