Explore every episode of the podcast Bookkeepers On Fire
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| Clients Be Ghostin’ | 14 May 2025 | 00:11:19 | |
👻 Clients Be Ghostin’? Not Anymore. 💡 Your business, your rules. Stop chasing money and start setting boundaries. 🎙️ Listen now and let’s turn ghost clients into reliable revenue. | |||
| Class Me Crazy | 11 May 2025 | 00:10:13 | |
Are classes in QBO a blessing or a bookkeeping beast? We’re diving in with sass, strategy, and some strong opinions. Tune in to hear how we really feel about tracking your bar, bus trips, and nonprofits. | |||
| Priced To Flee | 07 May 2025 | 00:09:34 | |
🔥 Priced to Flee – A Bookkeepers On Fire Breakdown with Debbie & Donna Are clients handing you boxes of receipts like it’s 1997? Time to rethink your approach (and your price tag)! Here's the scoop: 📦 Set Boundaries – If clients want receipt management, they need to follow your tools, your process, and definitely not text you receipts. 🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth. Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 #BookkeepersOnFire #ReceiptManagement #KnowYourWorth #PricedToFlee #BookkeeperLife #QBOPros #SmallBizSavvy #StopChasingReceipts
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| Knowledge Ain't Cheap | 04 May 2025 | 00:08:20 | |
🔥 Straight Talk from the Top! 🔥 🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth. Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. | |||
| Signed, Sealed, Discreet | 30 Apr 2025 | 00:06:44 | |
Ever wonder how bookkeepers handle confidentiality? Debbie & Donna spill the beans—without naming names, of course!
🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth. Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥
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| Ask or Assume? | 27 Apr 2025 | 00:22:24 | |
🎙️ In this episode we tackle real client conversations, pricing mindset, and how to lead with empathy (and a little sass) during discovery calls.
🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth. Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 #BookkeepersOnFire #DiscoveryCallTips #ClientRedFlags #BookkeepingBusiness
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| Mixed-Up Madness Begins | 23 Apr 2025 | 00:15:31 | |
What do you do when your very first client hands you a tangled mess of uncategorized transactions and co-mingled accounts? 🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth. Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥
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| Marketing is Mute | 20 Apr 2025 | 00:16:47 | |
🎧"I’m getting a bit discouraged with my marketing efforts not getting responses. I’m on a tight budget and can’t spend much. I am emailing firms if they need extra outsourced help, posting in groups, asking current clients for any referrals and not much happening. I guess just need words of encouragement. Thanks!" | |||
| Wait, There's More? | 16 Apr 2025 | 00:14:27 | |
🎧 "What does a cleanup consist of? Categorizing transactions and reconciliation of banks accounts or is there more to it?" 🏦 Reconciling Accounts – Matching the books to the bank isn’t optional — it's essential. 🧩 Digging Deeper – Unapplied payments, miscategorized expenses, duplicate entries... yep, they’re all part of the puzzle too. Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 #BookkeepingLife #CleanupCrew #WaitTheresMore #BookkeeperHumor #SmallBizTips | |||
| Client Storage Conundrum | 13 Apr 2025 | 00:13:31 | |
🎙️ Client Storage Conundrum – A common question with a dash of humor! Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 #Bookkeeping #ClientManagement #BusinessTips #Productivity #TechHumor #FlashDriveFiasco | |||
| Mentor Magic Wanted | 09 Apr 2025 | 00:13:48 | |
✨ Feeling like throwing in the towel as a solo bookkeeper? You’re not alone — but you are in the right place. 💼 Get paid to learn – Find a job with a firm that uses QBO and grow your skills on their dime 💰 🎧 Conferences change everything – Attending just one event could help you find your people, your mentors, and your motivation (plus, people who get excited about a good bank rec 👀).
💬 Been there? Going through it now? Listen in and Let’s support each other in the comments! Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 | |||
| Consultation Time Vampires | 06 Apr 2025 | 00:11:32 | |
Ever had a discovery call turn into a 50-minute TED Talk that had nothing to do with your services? Yeah, same. In this episode of Bookkeepers On Fire, Debra & Donna explore a real life situation sent in by a listener. ⏳ Set boundaries upfront to protect your time (and sanity). 🧛♀️ Spot the time vampires early — and politely close the curtain.
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| CFOs For Rent | 02 Apr 2025 | 00:14:41 | |
🎧 "Do You Offer Fractional CFO Services? and What Do Those Include?"
If you’re a bookkeeper, accountant, or business owner who's been curious about CFO services—this one’s for you. Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community | |||
| Use At Risk | 19 Mar 2025 | 00:17:13 | |
🔥 Should You Add “No Assurance Provided” to Financial Reports? 🔥 On this episode of Bookkeepers on Fire, we tackled one of those “wait… should I be doing this?” questions. Here’s what you need to know: 📄 “For management use only” is out. SSARS 21 says to use “No assurance is provided.” 🧾 If you’re compiling monthly financials, adding that line (on every page) keeps you compliant and crystal clear. 🚫 Never sign a client’s financials for loan purposes — that’s called a comfort letter, and it’s a legal and ethical no-go. 💥 Whether you send monthly packets or let QBO do the talking, make sure you’re covered — and keep a PDF copy for your records. 🎧 Listen in for more fire, facts, and a few sarcastic jabs at tax preparers who just “adjust to make it work.” 🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth. Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 | |||
| Clocking Client Chaos | 16 Mar 2025 | 00:09:09 | |
🔥 Are you still tracking time like it's 1985? On the latest episode of Bookkeepers on Fire, Debbie Kilsheimer and Donna Reade say ⛔ to the tyranny of the timesheet. Here's why: 🧠 Time tracking = employee mindset. Owners focus on outcomes, not minutes. 💰 Flat rates > hourly rates. Scope the work, set the price, and adjust when things change. ⚙️ Processes = profit. Invest time upfront in systems, then reap the rewards monthly. ⏳ Stop micromanaging your minutes and start mastering your model. 🎙️ Tune in as Donna and Debbie explain why "tracking time is the dumbest thing"—and how they price, deliver, and adapt without the clock ruling their day. 🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth. Join us here: Bookkeepers On Fire Community Bookkeepers On Fire is proudly ad-free and 100% listener-supported, so we can bring you unfiltered conversations without outside agendas. If you enjoy the show, consider donating to help keep our mics hot and our mission independent. 🔥Donate with Venmo🔥 🔥Donate with PayPal🔥 | |||
| Owner’s Draw Drama | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:05:03 | |
"If a client has 2 credit cards that are personal but he says he mainly uses them for business. How do you record the credit card payments when he pays them from a business bank account? I got the receipts from him for all the business expenses on those credit cards and I enter them manually. I then record the credit cards payment as owner’s withdrawal. Is that correct?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Ledger Life Rocks | 02 Mar 2025 | 00:04:44 | |
"What are your thoughts on the QB Ledger option? I was thinking it might be worth trying for couple lasting clients who are still in desktop (my old version as I don't pay for it anymore). For both these clients, I only work on their files 1 or 2x a year.... nothing live, no bill paying etc. Just enter, reconcile, get a report to their CPA’s. So I was thinking QB Ledger might be sufficient for them." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Just Stealing | 26 Feb 2025 | 00:04:40 | |
"My client has her own QB Accountant account and has her own 2 businesses as clients. She wants to move one of those clients to her QB Accountant profile so that it's free and she can rid of one QB subscription. Is it possible to move a client file into the QB Accountant file?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Hiring Gone Wild | 19 Feb 2025 | 00:11:11 | |
"When you first started hiring help for your bookkeeping business, did you go with a contractor or with an employee? Why or why not? If you hired in employee capacity how did you go about providing tools/equipment and training, assuming you are operating out of your home rather than having a business location? Do you tell your clients that other people would be handling their books or was it all behind the scenes for them? How did you ensure that your "helper" did not create bigger messes or use information inappropriately? Did you take out additional insurance coverage for this?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Mind-Reading Not Included | 16 Feb 2025 | 00:09:54 | |
"How do you deal with Uncat or Keeper fail? I put one of my clients on Uncat. It's been a few months and I think he used it just one time and didn't even get through everything on there. It was not too much but, at the same time, he has been bad about communicating with me so transactions did accumulate but I tried to not overwhelm him by putting only a few at a time in the account that feeds to Uncat. I believe, ideally, he would like for me to read his mind and use clairvoyance to see receipts so that his reports are magically done. I am at the point where I am about to cancel my subscription because it is a waste but wanted to see what your thoughts are. Have you had a similar fail experience? Is it just me? I had a feeling it might not work with him so I am not upset or surprised but you recommended using these tools that I figured I could at least try. " Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Charge for Chatter | 12 Feb 2025 | 00:09:42 | |
"If your bookkeeping is a monthly pricing package, do you include a zoom call with that package? If not, how much do you charge for a zoom call?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Client or Scam? | 09 Feb 2025 | 00:03:15 | |
"When a company sends you a QuickBooks connection request do you accept it?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| QBO Ledger Lovers Unite | 02 Feb 2025 | 00:08:53 | |
"If you are using QBO Ledger, can you give a list of what type of clients/industry you are using this for successfully? I'd love some input on it!" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Checks & Chaos | 29 Jan 2025 | 00:07:04 | |
"Some of the client's payments are through check, which only shows in bank feeds with the check number only. For correct categorization, I have to go to the check statement and see each check and vendor, then categorizes it manually. There are hundreds of checks every month. Is there is any way through which I can automate this, which make this hectic process easy for me." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| My Time Costs, Even For A Glance | 27 Jan 2025 | 00:08:59 | |
"How do you ask to see someone’s books for a quote? QBO specifically. Is there an option where I can be given access to look around, and if I’m not chosen to be the company’s Bookkeeper they can revoke the access?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Procrastinator’s CPE Plan | 22 Jan 2025 | 00:04:21 | |
"Best/cheapest way to keep up with CPE?! I’m behind schedule and need to catch up. " Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Overhead Costs Made Fun-ish | 19 Jan 2025 | 00:08:41 | |
"I have a client asking me to help them figure out their overhead costs. How do I approach this? I know what constitutes an overhead cost, but not sure how to present this to them. I use QBO with them." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Talk Is Cheap, Strategy Isn’t | 15 Jan 2025 | 00:29:41 | |
" I recently listened to the podcast and you were talking about the paid Strategy Call that you both do where you are doing a review of the prospects book while on a Zoom with them. A few questions: 1) Do you do a quick Discovery Call first to see if you even like them and would want to work with them. 2) The point of the Discovery Call is to sell the Strategy Call? 3) Do you provide the price at the end of the Strategy Call while still on zoom with them? 4) Do they usually decide on the spot? Thank you so much I really enjoy the podcast." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Training Daughters Isn’t Free | 12 Jan 2025 | 00:06:34 | |
"One of my clients has a daughter who will be taking over his bookkeeping. I knew it was coming, as that was the goal for her to graduate HS and college. My fear is - she will need to be trained more in-depth. He’s wanting me to lightly show her the ways, but I feel like I should be compensated if she needs to be taught how to do the bookkeeping. Would you charge a flat fee, hourly, or do you think it’s ridiculous that I want to charge a “training” fee? Curious your thoughts." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Startup Survival Guide | 08 Jan 2025 | 00:06:15 | |
"If you're just starting out and trying to minimize costs, would it be a bad thing to just use your personal phone number as the contact number, and your own Google Drive for file storage? I'm not sure how long it will take to get my first customers." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Bank Feed Fiascos | 05 Jan 2025 | 00:02:42 | |
"I have a client on QBO whose bank feed for a cc disconnected a while back and when it was reconnected some transactions duplicated but at the time I didn’t know as some we’re already categorized when the others came back through. Now that I’m reconciling I see multiple that were duplicated. How do I get rid of the duplicates?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Meow Business Banking with Interest Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Audit Me Maybe | 01 Jan 2025 | 00:05:49 | |
"When working hourly as a contractor for a firm for one specific client, is it normal to be required (by the firm) to have the client sign off on a timesheet for the hours worked?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Bank Feed Check Magic | 29 Dec 2024 | 00:09:50 | |
"If a client writes all manual checks but still connects to the bank in QBO do you just use the bank feed entries and edit those? Or do you record from the manual checks then match after? The dates on the bank feed are not the check issue date but the cleared date." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| QuickBooks Moving Party | 25 Dec 2024 | 00:13:42 | |
"I have an inquiry who is wanting to move from QB Desktop to QB Online. Looking for advice for making this transition. What do you wish you had known the first time you went through this process? I'm looking for the inside scoop!" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Non Client Questions Pricing Strategy | 22 Dec 2024 | 00:10:05 | |
"Do you do an hourly rate for odd jobs? I have a client who wants to retain me for just questions that they may have. I did their clean up and they are good people. However they don’t want to do ongoing and asked what I would charge to just answer questions once in a while. How do you charge for it? " Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Transitioning to Flat Fee | 18 Dec 2024 | 00:10:15 | |
"I’m reviewing my current hourly clients so I can switch them to flat fee. My hesitation is the amount of communication that I include in that fee. I can estimate what to expect, based on what their number of emails/texts/calls to me have been in the past. What do you include in your contract to ensure that you can be paid for emails/phone calls/texts, without looking like you’re nickel and diming? Some of my clients need a lot of hand-holding, which I don’t mind, as long as they pay me for it." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Job Listing Red Flags | 15 Dec 2024 | 00:07:18 | |
"I've come across a job listing in my area for a bookkeeper needing to utilize 10-key typing skills for efficient data entry; is this skill vital for achieving success as a bookkeeper? " Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Charging For Those Cleanups! | 08 Dec 2024 | 00:08:32 | |
"How do you handle situations where you offer a client the monthly bookkeeping fee, they don’t accept but approach later for a clean up which comes at a lesser cost? Perhaps they genuinely couldn’t afford the fee at the time but I don’t want this to become a repeat situation. I’d love to hear your experience or thoughts on this?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| My Price is One Million Dollars | 04 Dec 2024 | 00:07:37 | |
"What would it take for you to take on or give a quote to a client without being able to see their books first?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| What Makes A Great Bookkeeper? | 01 Dec 2024 | 00:07:46 | |
"What are the key skills do you think a GREAT bookkeeper needs? " Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| I Made A Mistake | 27 Nov 2024 | 00:10:12 | |
"I have a client that wants me to clean up five years worth of data. I started the project and finished 2019. Now I have been waiting for the rest of the years. I have emailing and have not heard from him since April and by the way it is the end October, right now. Then he texted me on Friday and wants the stuff over the weekend. What should I do?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| You Will Be Audited & It Will Be Painful | 24 Nov 2024 | 00:10:04 | |
"How do you explain to someone who wants to pay everyone on as a 1099 subcontractor why setting up payroll instead is best?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations - If we are helping you please consider help us. RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| We Are In The Sales Business | 20 Nov 2024 | 00:15:30 | |
"I am getting very close to signing my first client. I plan to do flat rate billing, not by the hour. How long do you give them to pay you? For instance, if someone signs on the 10th of the month, would their first bill be on the 10th of the month to pay up front for services? Then the 30th of month and pro-rated that first month? Or the 10th of the month?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Two CPAs Different Opinions! | 17 Nov 2024 | 00:12:23 | |
"Cash or accrual accounting for managing short term (Airbnb) and long term rentals? I have two CPAs saying something different." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 QuickBooks Online QuickBooks Online + Payroll Bookkeep Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| For This I Charge You That! | 23 Oct 2024 | 00:10:19 | |
"Do you hire a professional or create your own engagement letters?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 QuickBooks Online QuickBooks Online + Payroll Bookkeep Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Tricky Referral | 20 Oct 2024 | 00:03:35 | |
"Got a referral! Tricky one though: client needs a P&L for a court case but has no bank statements or proof of expenses. Not sure how to go about this or if I can help them?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 QuickBooks Online QuickBooks Online + Payroll Bookkeep Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Another Diagnostic Dilemma | 16 Oct 2024 | 00:11:55 | |
"Follow up Question for Podcast titled: Charging for Chaos: Diagnostic Dilemmas. My question is what do you do when a prospect comes to you with no system? They have no QBO account for you to review. They have been filing taxes based on spreadsheets or the summary info on the bank statements. Obviously there is no file to review or mess to fix but how do you effectively give a good quote without being able to see what had been done previously in a QuickBooks file?" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 QuickBooks Online QuickBooks Online + Payroll Bookkeep Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| The Good, The Bad, and The Buggy: Real Stories of QBO and POS Integration | 13 Oct 2024 | 00:10:20 | |
"Working with a client who uses different POS systems for their various stores. Does QBO "play nice" with POS systems? Would love to hear stories on the good (and bad). Is the categorization process similar to bank and credit card accounts? Thank you!" Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 QuickBooks Online QuickBooks Online + Payroll Bookkeep Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| Putting Your Price Out There | 09 Oct 2024 | 00:11:21 | |
"I am rebranding and redoing my website. I currently have my rates listed on my website. What are the pros and cons of having them on your website? I am not sure if I should keep them or not." Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 QuickBooks Online QuickBooks Online + Payroll Bookkeep Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||
| The Four-Business Dilemma | 06 Oct 2024 | 00:05:39 | |
"QBO question- I have a potential client who uses QBO, has 4 different business, all related, one is an LLC real estate company that one of the other companies pays rent to. Currently, the client has 4 different QBO accounts. What would be the harm to consolidate the 4 QBO accounts into 1 QBO account and use classes to identify and keep the 4 business account expenses separate? " Check out the software, apps & training we use in our Bookkeeping Businesses daily, trust the creators and content so that we can recommend. Please consider donating or using these affiliate links. This will help us keep our Podcast Ad Free. We appreciate your support. Venmo for Donations RightTool for QuickBooks Online - Promo Code - Donna20 QuickBooks Online QuickBooks Online + Payroll Bookkeep Keeper Meow Business Banking with Interest Gusto Royalwise QBO Training by Alicia Katz Pollock 5 Minute Bookkeeping Academy by Veronica Wasek Nerd Enterprises - Bulletproof Bookkeeping by Seth David Part Time YouTuber Academy Please submit your questions: Ask Debbie & Donna You can email us at: BookkeepersOnFire@gmail.com Produced by: James Reade | |||