Help Starting A Bookkeeping Business
We received an email yesterday from a lady who?s working fulltime as a bookkeeper for a company, and has now decided she wants to set up on her own.
Why spend (waste) money and time trying to reinvent the wheel?
So she contacted us for help. There?s nothing unusual about a request like this: We get many enquiries from bookkeepers who want to start their own business.
However, would those same bookkeepers be happy to help out a potential client to get them set-up with their bookkeeping, without expecting to receive commensurate renumeration from that client?
We are amazed by the number of bookkeepers who are not prepared to invest in our skills, knowledge and expertise in helping them get started. They would rather spend (waste) money and time trying to reinvent the wheel under the apprehension that they are saving themselves time and money.
Recently we discovered a leak in our mains water supply - we had been paying for water that we hadn?t been using, and were totally unaware of the leak until some work was being carried out in the front yard. So we called a plumber who was more than happy to attend to this problem.
Five minutes work and $160 later, we no longer had a leaking pipe! The next time we had a leaking pipe, guess what? We didn?t call out the plumber, we just went down to the local hardware store and purchased similar accessories that the plumber used to fix the first leak, and fifteen miutes later the job was fixed for around $25 dollars (plus our time)
If you are looking to start your own bookkeeping business, whether full-time or part-time then you should be prepared to set aside a budget to get started.
The lady yesterday was already considering yellow pages, business cards and other marketing strategies, and was more focused on ?trying a few things? rather than investing in a proven strategy that would bring her more clients than she could handle, giving her the option to pick and choose which clients she would want to work with
We have been helping bookkeepers get started in their own business very succesfully, and can show you how to save atime and money in getting started. When you contract us, you are investing in proven methods, with personal support, as well as our expertise and skills, just as we paid for the plumber?s knowledge and we learned from watching him.
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