Your 3 Best Options for Starting a Bookkeeping Business for Less

Perhaps the question I get asked the most about starting a bookkeeping business is, “How can I do this when I’m working with a shoestring budget?” Setting up your bookkeeping business at home is cheaper than most businesses to start, but there are a couple of tricks you need to know to really help with your operating costs. (more…)

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Can Contacting Your Competition Help Jump Start Your Bookkeeping Business?

One of the biggest problems bookkeepers face when they start a bookkeeping business is actually getting the business off the ground. There are so many things that need to be done such as: set up your office, establish your pricing, create a system to keep track of your clients and most importantly, landing some clients.

This may come as a surprise to you, but contacting your bookkeeping competitors can help you out with some of these tasks. I know it sounds crazy at first glance, but bear with me for a moment. (more…)

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Looking for More Ways to Make Money With Your Bookkeeping Business?

Are you a freelance bookkeeper who is wondering what services you can offer your clients in addition to bookkeeping? Bookkeeping itself is a valuable skill, but some professional bookkeepers like to diversify and offer other services to their clients as well.

They do this not only to keep things more interesting for themselves but also to provide their clients more services and increase their revenue potential per client.

So here are five potential revenue-generating services for your bookkeeping business: (more…)

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How Much Can You Make Bookkeeping?

Are you a bookkeeper who has spent countless days cursing your boss under your breath while dreaming of the day you’ll be able to start a bookkeeping business of your own?

Bookkeeping is a valuable skill and unfortunately many employers take this skill for granted and pay measly wages for a job that is the keystone to their entire business.

So how much money can you make if you started your own bookkeeping business? The short answer is probably much more than you’re making now. (more…)

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How to Choose a Name When Starting Your Bookkeeping Business

Choosing a professional business name for your bookkeeping business will be one of the most important decisions you make. You want to choose a name that projects the ideal image of how you want your business to be perceived. Easier said than done, right?

To show you how important this process is, let me share a story that happened to me: A few years ago I made the mistake of choosing a really bad name for my first bookkeeping business. I called it “Esquire Business Services” which I thought was a great name because I thought the word “Esquire” gave the business a legal sounding name.

I thought that this name would project the image of someone who was smart and knew what they were doing. Boy was I wrong! (more…)

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5 Steps to Starting Your Own Bookkeeping Business

If you’re a bookkeeper who has spent many nights dreaming of starting your own bookkeeping business and saying “bye-bye” to your “boss from hell”, you’re in luck. Starting a bookkeeping business is one of the easiest businesses to begin.  Here are 5 simple steps to get you started. (more…)

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