The Bookkeepers' Voice

When you're starting out in business or looking for a job, you may be wondering how to 'get your foot in the door' if you don't have hands on experience. Is gaining a qualification 'just a piece of paper' or will completing a formal qualification increase your chances of finding clients or a job?

Tune into the Bookkeepers' Voice Podcast as Amy Hooke, Bookkeeping business owner and mentor, explains the benefits of study but also how...

Today on The Bookkeepers' Voice Amy and Maia discuss a very common question bookkeepers struggle with: should I put my prices on my website?

Of course, the short answer is... It depends! But the more detailed answer that this podcast explores includes figuring out why you want to make your prices visible, whether it benefits your client niche or not, and how comfortable you are talking prices during initial consults.

Key takeaway: ...

This week on the Bookkeepers' Voice Amy and Maia are answering some FAQs around our Pricing For Profit Program. What is it? What are the benefits? And what is not?

Listen in to find out how the program works and whether it's the right fit for you. We talk about setting financial goals and knowing exactly what you need to get there, making sure your pricing is right for your business, and smoothly transitioning your clients from fix...

In this first episode back after a break Amy and Maia discuss Bookkeeping Health Checks and, more specifically, whether or not you should charge for them.

They get into the nitty gritty of how to bring it up with potential clients that they need to pay for a health check, and talk through the process they use when doing initial consults.

Key takeaway: A health check is a useful document for any business owner to have, whether they ...

Hi, I'm Amy Hooke, the founder of The Savvy Bookkeeper, and Business Mentor who helps smart bookkeepers become “business savvy bookkeepers”.

In this podcast series, I'll be telling my ‘bookkeeping business story', and sharing my bookkeeping business vision, beginning with how I originally got started, what went wrong, how I fixed it, and how I transitioned away from being ‘on the tools' to having a prof...

Hi, I'm Amy Hooke, the founder of The Savvy Bookkeeper, and Business Mentor who helps smart bookkeepers become “business savvy bookkeepers”.

In this podcast series, I'll be telling my ‘bookkeeping business story', and sharing my bookkeeping business vision, beginning with how I originally got started, what went wrong, how I fixed it, and how I transitioned away from being ‘on the tools' to having a profi...

Hi, I'm Amy Hooke, the founder of The Savvy Bookkeeper, and Business Mentor who helps smart bookkeepers become "business savvy bookkeepers".

In this podcast series I'll be telling my 'bookkeeping business story', beginning with how I originally got started, what went wrong, how I fixed it and how I transitioned from 'hands on bookkeeping' to a business that runs without me.

In the beginning, I tried to "grow" my business by tr...

In this episode, Amy and Maia talk about why traditional business plans are not relevant to bookkeepers today. We show how a client-centric business plan helps you understand your client's problems better. By following this process, you can attract better clients, better staff and have more profit in your business to reward yourself.

Listen in to learn the following tips on how to Plan for Growing or Starting your Bookkeeping Busin...

In this insightful episode of The Bookkeepers' Voice, as we take you into the world of lead generation for bookkeeping businesses.   

Listen in as we discuss how 'digital research driven’ lead generation processes have recently made it more difficult to create genuine loyalty when it comes to landing new bookkeeping clients. 

We'll also be talking all things 'Fickle Leads' which are potential clients who are ty...

Join us for this brand NEW episode of The Bookkeepers' Voice as we are excited to be interviewing a very special guest, Andrew Hunzicker, who is the founder of DOPE CFO and the CFO College.

For those of you who don’t know, Andrew is a CPA which means that he is an expert in start-ups, CFO services, turnaround and high-growth strategies, capital sourcing, merger and wealth protection.

In this episode, Andrew shares his experti...

In this episode of The Bookkeepers' Voice, we wrap up our 'EOFY Throwback Series' which was put together so you can be organised in the lead up to EOFY!

Last week was all about optimisation and how you can automate and streamline the entire workflow process to save you time and Non-Billable Admin headaches..

In this final #throwback episode of our EOFY series, we share 4 types of bookkeeping onboarding templates, why each are so im...

Join us for another episode of The Bookkeepers' Voice, as we continue with our 'EOFY Throwback Series' so you can be organised in the lead up to EOFY!

In last week's episode, we discussed the importance of Onboarding as part of a bookkeeping business as it sets the foundation for you and your clients. Getting it right EVERY time is also crucially important. 

In this #throwback episode, we discuss how you can optimise, automate...

Tune in to another episode of The Bookkeepers' Voice, as we continue with our 'EOFY Throwback Series.' We're bringing you this series so you can be organised in the lead up to EOFY!

In this episode, we'll be throwing back to an episode where Maia and Angie discuss one of their favourite topics - 'Onboarding,' and how it can be systemised to make your life easier. Did you know that by utilising a streamlined Onboarding process, you'...

Join us on The Bookkeepers' Voice as we bring you the third episode of our 'EOFY Throwback Series.' In this episode, we discuss improving your knowledge, reducing your risk and winning more bookkeeping clients. So what does this mean? We’re talking about bookkeeping and rescue jobs!

As your business evolves, so does your processes, pricing and most importantly - health checks. So we've also included a #throwback episode ...

Join us for another episode of The Bookkeepers' Voice, as we continue with our insightful 'EOFY Throwback Series,' so you can be prepared in the lead up to EOFY!

This week, we'll be discussing the ongoing headache of pricing our services - because seriously - who likes focusing on their pricing?! After all, it’s a tedious task and hard to know if you’ve got it right.

Throwing it back - Amy also discusses what to do abou...

Join us on The Bookkeepers' Voice, as we begin our exciting 'EOFY Throwback Series,' so you can be prepared in the lead up to EOFY!

As the guru and founder of The Savvy Bookkeeper, Amy Hooke is a big believer in doing things in the right order. So in this episode, and now that EOFY is upon up, we'll be chatting about the importance of having your foundations sorted and in the right order to avoid an EOFY headache!

Throwing it back ...

Join us for another episode of The Bookkeepers Voice' as we interrupt our Stress Series because EOFY is only around the corner!

In this episode, we'll be sharing the details on an insightful 'EOFY Throwback Series' we'll be bringing you that will cover everything you need to be prepared for in the lead up to EOFY.

So tune in over the next 6 weeks as we share some of our most memorable #throwback podcasts along with some additional ...

Join us for another insightful episode of The Bookkeepers Voice' as Amy Hooke, owner and founder of The Savvy Bookkeeper and Off the Hook Bookkeeping once again takes over the Podcast!

For our last episode, Amy was joined by Savvy Client Relationship Manager Angie as they discussed the importance of managing stress levels as a bookkeeper and business owner. In this episode, Amy chat's with our Practice Manager, Maia Coghlan to disc...

For this exciting episode of The Bookkeepers Voice' as we welcome back the owner and founder of this very podcast, The Savvy Bookkeeper and Off the Hook Bookkeeping - Amy Hooke! 

Tune in for the beginning of a three part Podcast Series that will focus on Managing Stress. Over the next three episodes, Amy will be interviewing a few members of the Savvy team to chat about stress and how it can affect our bookkeeping businesses, ...