Handling your own books may be the only option when you first open your online store, but as you grow, you need to free up your time and get help with more complex bookkeeping and accounting issues. So, how do you know it’s time to seek help from an expert? Keep reading to learn 5 signs to help you determine when it is time to hire an e-commerce accountant.
With QuickBooks Onlnine clean ups, you often don’t know exactly what you’re getting into or exactly how much work will be involved, and these unknowns can make pricing a cleanup pretty complicated. I want to share my insights on the two basic ways of charging for QuickBooks Online cleanup - fixed fee or by the hour, to help you decide a pricing system that works for you.
I love helping e-commerce sellers tackle some of their biggest bookkeeping questions and challenges with QuickBooks Online. One of the basics that Shopify sellers need to know is how to record Shopify sales in QuickBooks Online. This can be tricky, as there are a lot of moving pieces, and you have to know where to get the information you need to enter into QBO. In this blog post, I’m going to demonstrate how to record your Shopify sales in QuickBooks Online using a manual journal entry method.
Are you an introvert bookkeeper? Me too. I’ve got a special place in my heart for people like you and me because we make great bookkeepers but we may have to face a unique set of challenges (opportunities for growth) when interacting with clients and prospects. One of these growth opportunities, is learning how to say “No” when you’re an introvert bookkeeper. It’s crucial to be able to say "no" to the wrong kinds of clients and projects so you have time and energy for the right ones!
Whether you are launching a new virtual bookkeeping business or trying to make your existing business more efficient and scalable, you probably know that it can take years of trial and error to figure out the best way to run a bookkeeping business. You are probably also very aware that all that time is costing you money. Most people would rather skip past that trial and error and follow a proven roadmap, if they can find one. In this blog post I want to give you a behind the scenes look at my course in the 5MB Academy, The Virtual Bookkeeper’s Roadmap, which was designed specifically to show you how to do it right.
If you're an Amazon seller, you already know that there are fees that Amazon deducts from your sales. If you want to track your profitability, you might be wondering how to get those Amazon seller fees recorded correctly into QuickBooks Online. I'd like to show you how to do just that and also show you a tool that I recommend for streamlining the whole process.
A lot of people ask me how I get paid to diagnose my clients’ QuickBooks problems. In recent blog posts and videos, I’ve shown you the Smart Review checklist I use for a quick (free) check up of how messed up a client’s books might be. Once potential problems are discovered during my Smart Review, I will recommend a paid QuickBooks diagnostic review to my client, so we can take a deep dive into the books to find out exactly what needs to be fixed.
Are you looking to add more bookkeeping clients? Do you wish you had a reliable system for turning quick, free QuickBooks reviews into paying clients? My Smart Review System for getting bookkeeping clients does exactly that. Keep reading to discover how I do it.
As an Amazon seller, should you do your own Amazon bookkeeping? I’ve heard this question from many sellers and today I’m going to share my thoughts as a bookkeeping expert, CPA, and e-commerce specialist. Do you have what it takes to do your own bookkeeping and is it the best path for you? Take a look at the 7 crucial considerations for DIY Amazon bookkeeping, to help you determine just that.
A lot of bookkeepers struggle to take new prospects from the initial phone call to being ongoing clients. It can be tricky at first, but it’s crucial if you want to grow your bookkeeping business. Fortunately, it’s much easier if you have a plan in place. That’s why today I’m going to share my QuickBooks paid diagnostic review sales funnel. Keep reading to see just how the funnel works.
Before you take on a new client, it pays to review their books and see what’s really going on. Did you know that you can get a pretty good picture of a potential client’s biggest QuickBooks problems in less time that you might think? Let me tell you how I review my client's books in just 15 minutes with my Smart Review System, so you can do it too.
When it comes to tracking Amazon inventory in QuickBooks Online, what are the do’s and don’ts? Well, my short answer is that you do want to track the inventory costs in QuickBooks Online, but you don’t want to track all of the details of inventory in QuickBooks Online. Keep reading to find out why that is not recommended and to learn what you should do instead.
Are you serious about becoming a confident, competent virtual bookkeeping professional? If the answer is yes, then you need to be willing to invest the time and money necessary to raise your skill level. Where can you get virtual bookkeeping training? I'll share several options with you.
A common struggle for e-commerce sellers using Amazon and/or Shopify lies in how to get the information from your Amazon and/or Shopify account into QuickBooks Online. Streamlining your numbers and getting them into your financial software with an app integration can save you a TON of time and effort. In this blog post, I want to share my recommended tool for seamlessly integrating QuickBooks Online with Amazon and Shopify - A2X.
Are you struggling to pick a niche for your virtual bookkeeping business? I hear so many of my peers asking, “How do I pick the ‘right’ niche?”, or “What is the most profitable niche?” I'm going to give you some tips on how to pick a niche for your bookkeeping business.
