Got Questions About Small Business Bookkeeping? You’re not Alone!

Do you hate doing your own bookkeeping for your small business…?

Does QuickBooks drives you crazy because the data always seems to be messed up, or you don’t really know what to look at in there anyway…?

Did you hire an accountant or bookkeeper but find your books are still confusing…?

If so, you are so not alone!

Before I hired my current Virtual Bookkeeper, Jen Petersen, 3 years ago I’d been through 2 bookkeepers and years of bookkeeping hell. First because I did my books myself in Excel, which meant I ended up spending about 10 hours a month just doing invoicing!

I came to hate bookkeeping (and I don’t use that word lightly!!). So I decided to get QuickBooks, and even hired a bookkeeper to get it all set up for me. When I finally made time to look at my books after 3 months they were a total mess!

I found duplicate entries, missing entries, and almost nothing in the right categories. Then, to add insult to injury, it took me months to get all my files back from that bookkeeper. And she came via referral, mind you.

My next bookkeeper made some headway in straightening out my books. But then she handed my files off to another woman at her firm who did a terrible job. So I was paying them, then spending 5-6 hours a month finding all the problems and having them fix everything.

During those years I literally had no idea how much money, if any, I had in net profit from month to month. I was pretty much going off gut instinct and my total receivables. So I never knew what I could invest in my business. Or if I had the money to, say, replace a computer that died suddenly.

Plus, as a marketer, it drove me nuts because it was really hard to track the return on investment of many of my marketing strategies. Or the value of a customer. Or which products and services were most profitable. And it was sure hard to plan for future initiatives.

Not having a handle on my bookkeeping was really, really stressful and held my small business back in a big way.

Then I found my wonderful Virtual Bookkeeper, Jen Petersen. She straightened out my books in a jiffy.

Finally, for the first time in almost 3 years, I actually knew what was going in my business financially at any given moment (instead of just at tax time)!

She also gave me a tour of QuickBooks, explaining which reports and numbers were important to me and why. And she’s been invaluable in helping me keep everything straight as my online business has diversified and grown.

As a result I’ve been able to invest more money in the right aspects of my business. And I stress about my cash flow WAY less!

That’s why, for this month’s Small Business Success Series teleseminar I’m interviewing my own Virtual Bookkeeper and QuickBooks expert Jen Peterson.

Jen is going to show you everything you need to know to get the bookkeeping for your business under control so it’s no longer a headache, hassle, and huge time-suck. And so you can actually use the info to grow your business.

Best of all, you can listen to the call for FREE and ask Jen your specific bookkeeping questions! Or request a recorded copy of the call if you can’t make the call live.

http://www.success-stream.com/teleseminar-16.htm

Here are just a few of the things that Jen has promised to share on this call:

#1 Do you really need a bookkeeper, and if so, how do you know when you’re ready to hire one?
#2 The difference between a bookkeeper and an accountant, and when you need each.
#3 Many small business owners start out doing books in Excel…When and why to use QuickBooks.
#4 Should you go virtual? The pros and cons of hiring a Virtual Bookkeeper.
#5 Critical areas of your books and budget you should be keeping your eye on in order to maximize cash flow, grow your business and pay yourself a good salary!
#9 Tips for organizing your bookkeeping files to make life easier for you, and your bookkeeper.
And much more!

If you’re still doing your own books, find you get overwhelmed or confused anytime you open the QuickBooks, or are thinking of hiring a Virtual Bookkeeper, this free call is for you.

While it’s free to join us on the live call, you do need to register because phone lines are limited. Even if you can’t make the call live, you can request a copy of the interview audio.

Go here for all the details:

http://www.success-stream.com/teleseminar-16.htm

Got questions about small business bookkeeping or Virtual Bookkeepers? Leave them in a comment below and we’ll make sure to cover them on the call!