Category: 4. Start an Accounting Business

Start a Practice YOU Can Count on: Your Own Accounting Practice There are few things in life you can count on, especially when it comes to your career. But if

A number of days ago I was asked what I do and why I do it. This wasn’t a new question to me; over the years many of my friends

One strategy of some of the most successful business owners is to build a business from nothing, grow it, and sell it or have someone else run it. So how does it work and why would someone want to do it in the first place? Why "Flip" Businesses The process of starting, growing, and selling […]

There’s an old adage in marketing and advertising which encourages one to promote the “benefits and not the features” of a product. Without doubt this golden rule has application in marketing all services and products – accounting services included. Tell Clients the Benefits They Will Gain From Paying For Your Service When you are talking […]

Getting Started Often when getting your Accounting and Bookkeeping business started, marketing is the toughest part. You know about the Accounting process and have all of the skills that you need to do the work, but how do you convince others? For many of us with Accounting skills, we just don’t know where to get […]

Signumd Freud summed it up many years ago when he stated that there is a reason behind every action that a person does. So if you are considering starting your own business, you must have a reason. There are many benefits, or reasons, why you might want to start your own business. So let’s examine […]

What Kind Of Tax Advantages Do Home-Based Businesses Enjoy? You have probably thought of many of the benefits of running your own successful accounting and bookkeeping service. From the independence of working for yourself to making better income than you may currently make, there are many reasons that starting a home-based business might be right […]

This article examines the first step in starting a successful homebased accounting and bookkeeping service — your office. Your first rule of success for any home-based business is to stake out your territory. You need to locate a place in your home that is away from the main traffic path of the home, and has […]

Starting a home-based business is an exciting challenge. Chances are you worked hard for a long time to reach this point, and watching your dream come true is satisfying, thrilling,

We’re a couple months into the New Year.  How are you doing with those resolutions? Some of us struggle with resolutions.  And unless they represent life-long changes, often resolutions can be useless.  The problem with resolutions is that we focus more on doing or having certain things instead of just being.  What?  I know; it […]

Give Yourself the Gift of Profitability Who wouldn’t want the gift of profitability?  That’s probably even on Santa’s wish list.  A solid investment in yourself and your business would make a great present that may not fit in your stocking, but will definitely fill your bank account!  What’s the investment? Every successful business thrives on […]

One of the most inexpensive marketing tools available is your business website.  With minimal startup and maintenance costs you can develop a good website that will represent you well and increase your clientele.  It will also work 24/7 as a virtual receptionist, getting the word out about your business while you work.  And if well […]