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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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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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Ever heard the phrase, “When given lemons, make lemonade.”? This just goes to show even an unsuccessful venture in your business can be turned around to your advantage. A little thinking outside the box is all that’s in order to do it.

Every business owner develops a business plan. This plan is meant to be a blueprint for you. It is easy to get off track when pursuing a business goal so a plan gets (and keeps) you moving forward.

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If you’ve been freelance bookkeeping for awhile, I’m sure you’ve struggled to come up with more ways to promote your bookkeeping business.  So here’s a list of my top 5 favorite ways:

1.  Posting in Business Forums:

Go to Google and find a forum in a “niche” you’d like to do bookkeeping in.  For example, if you’d like to do online bookkeeping for Internet Marketers search for the term “internet marketing forums”.  Many businesses like to meet online with other people in the same business to discuss issues they’re having.  So find these business owners and start making friends with them. Read the rest of this entry »

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I just wrote a new article called “5 Reasons to Setup a Website for Your Bookkeeping Business”.

Check it out here: http://www.1stratebooks.com/tips/bookkeeping-business-website.htm

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