by Donna Robson | Dec 1, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Career, job searching, jobs, resume, the Career Academy, Training Courses, Xero Training
Identifying your skill gaps and refreshing your resumé are CRITICAL to winning the job of your dreams. You’d be forgiven for thinking that your resumé only needs updating when you change jobs or complete a training course. Twenty years ago this would have been...
by Donna Robson | Nov 22, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Career, job searching, jobs, MYOB Training, the Career Academy, Training Courses, Xero Training
Overcome your fears and take your career to the NEXT LEVEL. If you’ve ever had to deliver a presentation, sit an exam or attend an important job interview, you will have most likely experienced the palpitating heart and sweaty palms that accompany any of us in a high...
by Donna Robson | Jul 28, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Career, job searching, MYOB Training, Online Business Startup, Online Marketing, Sales Training Courses, Start a Bookkeeping Business, the Career Academy, Xero Training
Give your Xero bookkeeping prospects a clear reason to choose your ad over your competitor’s. We’ve written in the past about creating a compelling ad to attract potential clients and the importance of periodically refreshing your ad to stay relevant. However...
by Donna Robson | May 31, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Career, Online Business Startup, Online Marketing, Sales Training Courses, Start a Bookkeeping Business, Training Courses, Uncategorized, Work Remotely, Xero Training
How One Childcare Worker Made the Leap and Became a Self-Employed Xero Bookkeeper When Agnest decided to transition from a career in childcare to becoming a self-employed bookkeeper she didn’t make the decision lightly. She had no experience in bookkeeping and as a...
by Donna Robson | May 25, 2022 | Bookkeeping, job searching, jobs, MYOB Training, Online Business Startup, Online Customer Service, resume, Start a Bookkeeping Business, the Career Academy, Training Courses, Xero Training
How to Get the Industry Experience You Need for Junior Bookkeeping Jobs Many BAS agents and accounting firms will require you to have a formal qualification before considering you for a bookkeeping role. A Certificate IV in Bookkeeping and Accounting will provide you...
by Donna Robson | May 2, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup, Sales Training Courses, Start a Bookkeeping Business, Virtual Assistant, Xero Training
Why you should require your bookkeeping clients to comply with your Terms of Trade In the excitement of bringing a new bookkeeping client on board, it’s important to keep your feet on the ground and consider some of the practical and legal implications of entering...
by Donna Robson | Apr 3, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup, Online Marketing, Sales Training Courses, Search Engine Optimisation, Xero Training
Project bidding sites such as Bark and AirTasker may seem like an attractive way to find new bookkeeping clients, but who really wins—you or the middle man? Project bidding sites provide an online platform for service providers to quote for contracting projects. The...
by Donna Robson | Mar 21, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup, Online Marketing, Sales Training Courses, Uncategorized, Virtual Assistant, Work Remotely, Xero Training
Grow your Xero bookkeeping business by offering training and consulting solutions. As a Xero bookkeeping tutor, you will encounter many different scenarios that provide opportunities to increase your earnings potential. You can guide prospective clients to enrol in...
by Donna Robson | Mar 13, 2022 | Bookkeeping, MYOB Training, Online Business Startup, Virtual Assistant, Xero Training
Use Microsoft Excel to keep track of sales leads for the ads for your Xero bookkeeping spend. When you’re receiving enquiries about your bookkeeping services from a variety of different sources it can be difficult to keep track of them all. Having a system in place to...
by Donna Robson | Mar 9, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup, Sales Training Courses, Virtual Assistant, Xero Training
You’ve received an enquiry in response to your bookkeeping tutoring ad, however, after asking a few questions and ascertaining their needs you realise that the solution to their problem falls outside of the scope of services you provide. That’s the end of the call,...
by Donna Robson | Mar 7, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Xero Training
Xero Bookkeeping Packages for A/R, A/P, Rescue Bookkeeping & Payroll Not all clients will have needs that fit within the predefined service packages offered by your business, however that doesn’t mean that you have to lose them as a client. By opening yourself up...
by Donna Robson | Feb 13, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup, Online Customer Service, Sales Training Courses, Training Courses, Xero Training
What to do when your bookkeeping prospect says “no”. You’ve placed an ad for your Xero bookkeeping services, you’ve received several enquiries and you’ve called them back to follow up only to discover that other bookkeepers are offering bonuses, incentives, giveaways...
by Donna Robson | Feb 12, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Xero Training
Are you feeling stressed and overwhelmed about your bookkeeping backlog? You’ve missed your BAS deadline, there is a box of receipts overflowing onto your desk, and you’re worried that the ATO is going to penalise you. That’s enough to keep any business owner...
by Donna Robson | Jan 26, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup, Online Customer Service, Online Marketing, Sales Training Courses, Training Courses, Xero Training
In an ideal world you would place your ad for Xero bookkeeping tutoring, your phone would start ringing immediately and your clients would be lining up around the block to book your services. Unfortunately converting a prospect isn’t that straightforward, but with a...
by Donna Robson | Jan 12, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Online Customer Service, Online Marketing, Sales Training Courses, Training Courses, Xero Training
Compose an ad for your services that sets you apart from your competitors and has potential clients clamouring to know more. Put yourself in your client’s shoes for a moment. Imagine that you are searching through ads online, looking for some help with Xero...
by Donna Robson | Jan 6, 2022 | Bookkeeping, Online Business Startup, Online Customer Service, Online Marketing, Sales Training Courses, the Career Academy, Xero Training
You placed an ad for Xero bookkeeping tutoring services and you’re starting to receive inquiries. Congratulations! However, before you start calculating your profits it’s important to gather some basic information from your potential clients – they’re...
by Donna Robson | Dec 22, 2021 | Bookkeeping, Career, Online Business Startup, Xero Training
Are you struggling to stay on top of your Xero bookkeeping? Keeping track of accounting and business transactions is a vital component of your business success but when you’re focused on growth and day to day operations, keeping up with bookkeeping tasks can quickly...
by The Career Academy | Aug 14, 2021 | Bookkeeping, Career, job searching, MYOB Training, Online Business Startup, the Career Academy, Xero Training
It doesn’t sound normal does it? Employers normally place job ads in Seek and write up a good job description so job seekers can find the job and apply. That’s the traditional job seeker approach but these are interesting times and how people find accounts...
