“What I liked most about this book was that it talks about growing your bookkeeping business past the point of just running it out of your basement. Reading this book before you start your business lets you plan it with success in mind!”
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The Numbers 101 for Small Business Series
Start and Run a Bookkeeping Business

Start & Run a Bookkeeping Business

by Angie Mohr

“Once you have definitively decided that you want to start a bookkeeping services business, there are two ways you can go about it. You can build your practice from scratch, customer by customer, or you can buy an existing practice.”

 


Start & Run a Bookkeeping Business is written for people who want to start or improve their own bookkeeping service business. It covers not only the basics of running a small business but also those issues that are specific to a bookkeeping enterprise, such as tracking client work, increasing customer base, and determining when to involve a professional accountant.

For anyone with a "head for numbers" and some computer knowledge, it may seem like a natural thing to put out their shingle and offer bookkeeping services to small businesses and individuals who need to track their investment portfolios. But bookkeepers do not tend to have the training or experience to manage their own business - just the books! As a result, many bookkeeping services fail. The good news is that these business skills can be learned. This book explains how to run a successful bookkeeping business in a step-by-step manner.

Written by the author of the Numbers 101 for Small Business series, Angie Mohr leads readers from financing their businesses to managing clients and marketing their services. The book also includes a chapter that will help readers to evaluate whether or not running their own bookkeeping service is right for them. The book includes a CD-ROM with worksheets and forms to help readers market their new bookkeeping service. Forms are included in MS Word and PDF formats for use on a Windows-based PC.