Week #1 of Becoming a Bookkeeper | Realistic Bookkeeping

What did I do in my first week as a bookkeeper?! This video is all about what tasks I completed in my first week journeying into becoming a bookkeeper. I share tips for how to mentally prepare for this journey, as well as logistics of what you should do to make sure your bookkeeping business starts off on the right foot!

So many of you have asked if I have a bookkeeping course or if I endorse any courses currently available, and the simple answer is no. HOWEVER, there is a new bookkeeping course coming soon that you can join the waitlist for for free! Everything Bookkeeping University is the perfect place for new and seasoned bookkeepers to learn not only the foundations of starting your bookkeeping business but also teaches accounting principles and provides a bookkeeping community. Click the link above to be notified when the course opens!

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0:00 Introduction
1:02 COMMIT to Bookkeeping
1:45 RESEARCH Bookkeeping
3:09 READ Business Boutique
4:06 RESEARCH Local Bookkeeping
5:58 Create a Business Name
6:36 Create a Business Logo
7:25 Create Business Cards
7:54 Create a Business Email Address
8:58 Create a Business Facebook Page

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[diamondsmith]

Hey Rachel! Great video.. i am excited to follow your journey.. I just found out about this career opportunity yesterday.. I’m going to look into starting as well once I get the green light from my hubby..

Great tips!

[westonmarsh]

This is gold. Thanks. Excited to see more

[AndreaDiRenzo-gt]

Your gift for teaching comes through in your videos! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

[tomc]

Dude I’ve been watching Dave Ramseys podcast for a year now and as soon as you brought up the book from one of their personalities I knew this was fate for me to watch your channel but also that bookkeeping might be a good idea for me!

[xultimax]

Thanks for the video!

We are in month 1/3 in preparing for our Bookkeeping launch. The suggestion I would like to share is to look into a free project management tool. Why? Because it provides a way to organize your goals, set deadlines, and hold you accountable to all of your work. It also gives you a framework of organization if you decide to expand your business. We use ClickUp and love it, but there are a lot of options out there.

[JamesEnTennessee]

Thanks so much for posting. I plan to watch the series as I will start my own small business in April of 2023.

[falloutpictures]

Great video's. I am actually going back to school to get my Bachelors in Accounting, and I have been thinking of going into bookkeeping while I am in school as suggested by a friend of mine that is an accountant. Doing this will allow me the freedom to do and being a Data Analyst for a fortune 5 company (pay isn't that great and the stress) I think it should be an easy transition into bookkeeping since you are categorizing things.

[JustJoshinYouBro]

Wish you'd make more videos. Your such a great teacher.

[sandycrawford]

You will Probably hear from me a lot. This is really helpful

[arifulsohag]

Hey, I have just certified Quickbook Pro-advisor. your blog inspired me to board on my new client.

[amandaquackenbush]

Hi Rachel, I am so excited to follow your journey. All the content you have been putting out has really guided me in the right direction to start my own bookkeeping business. When I seen that you were reading the Business Boutique book, I immediately clicked subscribe😇. I hope we can network work in the future. I think you are going to be an amazing bookkeeper. 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️😁

[nicoleh]

You're so cool. I like that you're showing your real time action steps into becoming a bookkeeper. I'm extremely a Type A i guess, as i have a 60 hour playlist of all bookkeeping videos of I think I have to learn before starting but it justs creates the thought that there's still a lot that idk about insteaf of trusting in my self and my skills. This video inspires me to just take action giving practical steps on what i should have to start with. Thanks!

[agnesgabayeron]

This channel is awesome! Keep it up Rachel, worth the sub.

[That_CGI_Guy]

I agree w the researching parts of this video. I've bn researching about Accounting, to a lesser extent Bookkeeping & much lesser extent Finance. The more I go, the more it seems that from the txbks, basic Accounting is I guess ol school Bookkeeping. It seems that the general field, Financial MGMT, goes from Bookkeeping to Accounting to Finance (entry lvl, mid lvl, & then possibly the more traditional math. lvl). The few videos of yours I've watched are awesome😎

[Kylaknowws]

I just can't come up with a name! This video is great tho. Really motivating me. Thank you

[boleesh]

I appreciate you!!! Thank you for your videos. It’s so necessary. I’m just starting and I’m in class and I enjoy your journey and openness

[eclark]

I really appreciate your video and look forward to watching your other videos. I just ordered "Business Boutique"!

[SOSOHHV]

Hi Rechal what qualifications of accounting should we complete in order to do this

[ChefPastaQueen]

Hey Rachel! I’m interested in learning more about being a bookkeeper but I don’t have experience. But I’m ready to do something I feel I will enjoy to do

[ivanasavany]

Started to follow you last weekend, I love how you actually put starting a business in a REALISTIC way, I am stuck with feeling confident about my bookkeeping skills and I am looking for FREE resources and recommendations. Anything will be appreciated, I also downloaded the sample of the book right now, will purchase soon! :)