Course Description

How to start your own bookkeeping business course is for all the would-be bookkeepers out there who dream of working for themselves one day and for all the aspiring accounting students who would like to have their own practice one day. It's not a silver bullet, and so if you've already started your own bookkeeping business, you may still find value in the course but it is for the start-ups.

In the course we look at things such as mindset, what you need when you start a bookkeeping business, finding and keeping clients happy and how to get out of the game. There's various exercises to help you to test your bookkeeping / accounting skills/knowledge.

The best selling book "How To Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business and be Successful" (as a PDF) is included. The course will take approx 2 hours to complete plus reading time.

The way the course is structured - you read a chapter from the book and then watch the video and have a go at any of the exercises / examples given.

The course is ideal if you are serious about embarking upon a career in bookkeeping. Even if you are currently a self employed bookkeeper, you'll still get value from this course because we look at running a bookkeeping BUSINESS and not just being employed as a bookkeeper and having a job - this is a completely different mindset.

We touch on academic skills -and being technically competent to be a bookkeeper, but this is not a 'bookkeeping course' - this is a business course, focused on how to run a specific type of business - namely a bookkeeping business.

The lecturer began a bookkeeping business for £150, with no experience and ran and grew it successfully for 10 years so none of this material is theoretical or hypothetical. Its real, its practical and it works.

Serial author and entrepreneur

Lisa Newton

Lisa Newton BA MSc FMAAT has a masters degree in Investment Management and a first class honours degree in Accounting with Marketing. She formed her first company in 2004 with £150 in the same month of graduating from City University, London UK. Lisa has never had a full time 9 to 5 job in her life. She's a serial entrepreneur and author who holds directorships in various industries including telecoms, software, hair & beauty as well as finance. She has won various awards in Business including: Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2007 and in 2008 Enterprising Business Award and has been nominated and shortlisted in numerous others. In 2011 and in 2012 one of her companies won Best Accounting Franchisor Award. Lisa's books include: How to write a book in two weeks, Constant Cashflow, Make the most of your money, How to start your own bookkeeping business, Cosmic ordering with Vision Boards and Quickbooks Online The Handbook. Some of the books are in audio-format on itunes and audible. Lisa supports the charity The MS Society. A speaker, coach, consultant and an avid networker, Lisa enjoys meeting people and working on projects with like-minded individuals. In her spare time, Lisa likes traveling, dancing salsa, writing books, learning languages, meditation and cosmic ordering.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    New Chapter

    • SOBB - 1 - INTRO second attempt

    • How To Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business

    • Course Materials

    • SOBB - 2 mindset

    • SOBB - 3 the gameplan

    • SOBB - 3 the minimums

    • SOBB - 4 getting started part 1

    • SOBB - 4 getting started part 2

    • SOBB - 4 getting started part 3

    • SOBB - 7 skills training

    • SOBB - QUIZ A-F

    • SOBB - 7 DAY ACTION PLAN

    • SOBB - Marketing 14 ways

    • SOBB - 10 First client

    • SOBB - the legals

    • SOBB - 3b Mrs Jones explain the ex

    • Bank Rec Mr Rothwell improved

    • Malvern Wholesalers

    • SOBB - 12 keeping clients happy

    • SOBB - 13 Getting busy

    • SOBB - 14 show me the money

    • SOBB - 14 working like clockwork

    • SOBB - 16 where to turn

    • SOBB - 17 ending it

    • SOBB - 17 ending it second attempt

    • SOBB - Next steps