Year-End Best Practices for Bookkeepers for bookkeepers Jan 01, 2024

 


 

Happy New Year, friends!

Today, I want to go over one of the most important practices you should incorporate into your bookkeeping business to wrap up a successful year: the year-end review.

I’ve talked about this a bit before, but it’s a new year, and...

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11 Qualities You Need to Be a Bookkeeperā€¦and 1 You Donā€™t babs for bookkeepers Dec 18, 2023

 


 

In case you missed it, I was recently interviewed by Tara Armstrong on her show, The Lemonade Stand!  We talked about a few really interesting and valuable topics, but for today, I want to focus on two particular questions she asked me…

What qualities you need...

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20 Daily Affirmations For Balancing Business and Motherhood for bookkeepers for business owners Dec 11, 2023

 


 

We interrupt the usual flow of Profits and Prosecco today to bring you Part 2 of my special series all about daily affirmations!

Today’s series of affirmations are near and dear to my heart. We’re going to go through affirmations for women who are balancing...

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20 Daily Affirmations For Honoring the Present for bookkeepers for business owners Dec 04, 2023

 


 

We interrupt the usual flow of Profits and Prosecco today to bring you Part 2 of my special series all about daily affirmations!

Today, I want to share a few daily affirmations you can repeat to anchor yourself back into the present.

It is all too easy to live anywhere ...

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20 Daily Affirmations For Building a Business for bookkeepers for business owners Nov 27, 2023

 


 

We interrupt the usual flow of Profits and Prosecco today to bring you a special series all about daily affirmations.

Today, it’s all about daily affirmations you can repeat while building a business.

Here’s how it works: you can either go and listen to...

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The Power of Affirmations for bookkeepers for business owners Nov 13, 2023

 


 

If you saw the title of this and went “Um, that feels a little out there for me…” then stick around. I’m going to explain why affirmations are actually one of the best tools you can utilize in your life and business…even for us Type A...

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My Separation Storyā€¦Of Separating My Two Businesses for bookkeepers for business owners Nov 06, 2023

 


 

First and foremost, I have to apologize.

Kind of.

Listen, I’m not typically a clickbait kind of gal. But in this case…c’mon, I couldn’t resist!

I am sharing my separation story…but it’s the story of how I separated my two businesses.

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9 Things Distracting You From Retaining Clientsā€¦And Why Your Priorities Need to Shift for bookkeepers libby Oct 30, 2023

 


 

In my last post, we discussed the importance of retaining clients. This week, I want to expand on it a little bit; it truly is the secret sauce to building a bookkeeping business that's actually simple, scalable, and sustainable.

Retaining clients long-term is the thing...

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5 Reasons Retaining Clients is KING in Your Bookkeeping Biz for bookkeepers Oct 23, 2023

 


 

There’s one aspect of running a bookkeeping business that I rarely hear anyone talk about: retaining clients.

This is enormous in a bookkeeping business, but it’s not a focus for many bookkeepers, and it really, really should be.

Today, I'm going to go over...

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How to Make a Six-Figure Salary With a Bookkeeping Biz for bookkeepers Oct 16, 2023

 


 

Did you read that title and go, “Um, no way?” Yeah, I don’t blame you. But it’s true—it’s absolutely possible to give yourself a six-figure salary with a bookkeeping business.

You can make $10,000 per month in profit with your...

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On-Demand Bookkeeping and Business Workshops are Available NOW! for bookkeepers Oct 09, 2023

 


 

All right, friends. Today, we're talking all about workshops. There are seven total on-demand bookkeeping and business workshops available on my website for purchase—let’s walk through what they are!

 


 

What They Are

If you aren’t...

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Introducing Kajabi Templates for Bookkeepers! for bookkeepers Oct 02, 2023

 


 

All right, buckle up, friends. I am so excited about this, I can barely even type!

Over my years of building my bookkeeping business and helping others do the same, I’ve noticed one common block rise up in my students’ paths over and over and over again:...

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The Death of Payment Plans: Introducing Afterpay! for bookkeepers Sep 25, 2023

 


 

All right, friends. Buckle up. I have an exciting announcement to share. Today, we're going to be talking about Afterpay and the death of payment plans in my business…which is not a bad thing, by the way. This is actually a good thing for you and for me.

I'm very...

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Pushing Through The Fear of Legal Requirements for Starting a Business for bookkeepers for business owners Sep 18, 2023

 


 

Last week, we tackled the most recent boogeyman in the bookkeeping world: artificial intelligence. This week, I want to explore one that’s been around a whole lot longer—one that spooks bookkeepers and other online entrepreneurs alike.

Legal requirements.

If a...

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Artificial Intelligence Technology is Killing Bookkeepingā€¦Just Kidding! babs for bookkeepers libby tech Sep 11, 2023

 


 

Today, I want to talk about the Big Bad Wolf of Bookkeeping: artificial intelligence technology.

A lot of people have been wondering if artificial intelligence technology is going to huff and puff and blow the entire bookkeeping industry down. So if you have ever feared...

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Eyes on the Prize: Balancing Babies + Bookkeeping While Building Time Freedom Into Your Future for bookkeepers for business owners Sep 04, 2023

 


 

Welcome back to Profits + Prosecco. Today, I want to give a little life update on what it's been like to have all of my kids in school, and what my work day looks like now that my era of stay-at-home-motherhood has ended and I have more time freedom.

It doesn’t feel...

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3 Beliefs That Didn't Serve Me As I Grew My Bookkeeping Biz for bookkeepers libby Aug 28, 2023

 


 

Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been reflecting back on what I would do if I had to try starting a bookkeeping business all over again.

I’ve gone over what I did before that I would do again and what I would do differently this time around. Today, I want to...

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5 Things I Did Right And Would Do Again If I Were Starting My Bookkeeping Biz Over for bookkeepers libby Aug 21, 2023

 


 

Last week, I talked about five things I would do differently if I was starting my bookkeeping business over. Today, I want to go over five things that I did right.

Here are five things I would do again if I was starting my bookkeeping business over!

 


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6 Things Iā€™d Do Differently While Growing My Bookkeeping Business If I Were Starting Over babs for bookkeepers libby Aug 14, 2023

 


 

Today, we're going to be talking about regrets.

Just kidding. They're not really regrets, but I do want to talk about some of the things that I would do differently if I was starting my bookkeeping business over.

If you could wave a magic wand and bring me back, these are...

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5 Pendulum Swings You Can Expect When Starting a Bookkeeping Business for bookkeepers libby Aug 07, 2023

 


 

Today, I want to go over the five most common pendulum swings you’ll experience while starting a bookkeeping business.

This is one of the concepts that we talk about repeatedly inside of my program Life by the Books, as we often get to witness that concept in action...

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The Ultimate To-Do List For Starting a Bookkeeping Biz babs for bookkeepers libby Jul 31, 2023

 


 

In today's post, I'm going to talk about the nineteen things that you need when starting a bookkeeping business.

If you want a really deep dive into this concept, you’ll want to check out my Six Secrets episodes on the podcast, or the associated posts here. But in...

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A Behind-The-Scenes Peek At My Summer Vacation for bookkeepers libby Jul 24, 2023

 


 

Here at Profits + Prosecco, we're about halfway through our summer vacation.

I know everybody has a slightly different summer schedule. My kids’ summer vacation is ten weeks long, and we're five weeks through it. It’s crazy to think that in five weeks,...

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The Toxic Loop of Doing It All Yourself for bookkeepers libby Jul 17, 2023

 


 

Let’s talk about what happens when you fall prey to the toxic loop of doing it all yourself.

Maybe you’ve found yourself feeling like you need five times the clients that you currently have in order to make the money that you want. But in spite of this, you...

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Learning with LIBBY: A Discussion with Student, Grisell Cano babs coaching testimonials for bookkeepers libby Jul 10, 2023

 


 

I have a treat for you all today! Please welcome Grisell Cano, an active member inside my Life By The Books bookkeeping course. We’re going to go over her bookkeeping journey, from what life was like before, during, and after the Life By The Books bookkeeping...

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