How To Start A Bookkeeping Business

“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