Start a Bookkeeping Business

Do you find yourself struggling to get bookkeeping clients for your business? Many freelance bookkeepers are faced with this problem after the initial excitement of setting up the bookkeeping business has worn off. If you are one of those people and you also have a limited advertising budget, here are five ways you can promote your business that won’t cost you a red cent.

1. Talk to Someone:

You’ll find that the more people you inform about your business, the more you’ll discover people who know someone needing a bookkeeper. So tell everyone you come across that you are a freelance bookkeeper. Referrals are usually the number one method when you want to get bookkeeping clients.
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If you are a freelance bookkeeper (or are planning to become one) you need to be aware of some useful habits to ensure success with your bookkeeping business. These habits won’t make or break you, but they will help your business run more smoothly and prevent frustration in the long-run.

1. Pick a good time of day to do your hardest work.

Some bookkeepers are morning people and others don’t get into their groove until the afternoon rolls around. Find the time that you feel most productive and use that time for the work that requires the most concentration.
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There must be some reason why some freelance bookkeeping businesses do better than others. If two equally skilled bookkeepers compete in the same market, why does one seem to have no problem getting work, when the other has no idea how to find bookkeeping clients?

Finding clients is not something that is done occasionally using an ad-hoc shotgun approach, it must be done on an ongoing basis and you need to have a solid plan in place.
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I just want to let you know that I haven’t abandoned this blog, even though it may appear that way. I’ve had problems with the server this blog is on and for the most part I sometimes can’t even access the back-end. I’m not sure if other people are experiencing this as well because when I’ve contacted the host I was told that it’s working fine. Argh.

Please email me if you’ve noticed that this blog is down. That way I can tell my host that it’s not just me. I may end up just moving this blog to another server but right now I can’t find the time in my schedule to do this.

Anyway, I thought I’d post a brief update to let you know the latest news. A couple of months ago, “Get Bookkeeping Clients” was completely changed into a stand-alone product, rather than a monthly membership site. There are now 12 sales letters that you can send out to potential clients (one for every month) and 20 articles; you can put your name on, edit and do what you like with them. If you’re looking for more tools to help you with finding bookkeeping clients, check it out here www.GetBookkeepingClients.com
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The art of getting new business is no mystery, in fact it’s so simple we miss the forest for the trees. Here are 6 tips to remind you how to build a bigger bookkeeping client base.

1. Get New Business From Old. Ask existing bookkeeping clients for more business before you try warming up a cold lead. Ask your happy clients for referrals to people they know that you don’t – and be sure to keep track of who referred whom.
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A bookkeeper is vital to making a company function because the basis for every decision made is based on its finances. This is why many companies are willing to pay a premium rate for bookkeeping because of its necessity. However, there are companies that don’t have enough work to hire a bookkeeper employee so they choose to get a freelance bookkeeper. Read the rest of this entry »

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