How To Start A Bookkeeping Business

Julie emailed us asking advice about what business name she should use for her new bookkeeping business.

My business name is currently JXX Bookkeeping – family initials – so means something to me, but somewhat forgettable to anyone else.

Something professional of course is what is needed, and also easy to remember – but…… any ideas?

Your initials or family name may seem an obvious choice for a business name.

After all, what’s the big deal?

Remember the old days when you’d see “John Doe and Sons” whether it was a family butchers, green grocers, or the like. In small country towns where generations of famlies had grown up together and family dynasties build up a reputation?

Nowadays there’s multinational companies that only employ faceless people with first names and no family, based at post office boxes, with freecall numbers. The company executives hide away in ivory towers demanding obscene saleries sending those companies broke knowing that regardless of the result they’ll get their $20million golden handshake.

Whereas small business owners are more interested in the quality of the individual bookkeeper than some fancy name or whether they are a member of any association or franchise.

So how does this help you in your decision of what business name to choose when starting your bookkeeping business?

It doesn’t really help!

Since it’s you that’s starting your bookkeeping business, only you can determine what you plan to do with it. Begin with the end in mind.

There’s other factors that many bookkeepers do not even begin to consider when selecting a business name for their book-keeping business.

When bookkeepers get on board our Bookkeepers Marketing program, this is just one aspect that we cover in helping them move forward.

Your business name may seem a simple decision. Just remember, there’s many factors to consider when deciding what business name to nominate for your bookkeeping business

We’ve been providing a consultancy service to help bookkeepers get started in their business for a while.

You’ll be investing in your new business venture in no time at all, with an initial outlay that’s far less than buying a bookkeeping franchise or a “Business in a box”, so you can get started HERE

For bookkeepers, time is money

The information that we provide our bookkeepers at the outset has come through tried and tested methods, it is not theoretical. Soon you’ll have the confidence and understanding to expand your bookkeeping business to whatever level you choose to take it

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