Bookkeepers On Fire with Deb & Donna

🔥 Special Thursday Live: Bookkeepers On Fire x Jacqueline “The Traveling Accountant” EdwardsEver design your firm to travel 30 days on / 30 days off and still keep clients raving? Jacqueline does—while leading value-driven money talks most bookkeepers avoid. This episode was a masterclass in courage, boundaries, and outcomes. ✈️📊Top takeaways🌍 Build the life first. Structure services so you’re not selling hours—sell your brain and outcomes. Due dates calm clients; value keeps them.💬 Transform the discovery. Get personal: goals, family, retirement, cash habits. Feelings close—then price with confidence.🧭 Audit like a pro. Paid assessment ➜ show-and-tell ➜ plan. Raise prices intentionally (merchant fees included), and stop letting “industry standards” keep you just-over-broke.Catch the replay, tag a travel-curious bookkeeper, and tell us: what would your business look like if you designed it around your life? ✨🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #AccountingTwitter #QuickBooksOnline #ValuePricing #TravelingAccountant #FinancialWellness #EntrepreneurMindset #SmallBusinessFinance #PricingStrategy #RemoteWork

🚨 New Episode Drop: NAME DROP REGRETS 🚨 When small-town vibes collide with big-time bookkeeping drama… things get juicy. 🍑💼💬 We tackled:🤐 Why sharing client names (even “harmlessly”) can backfire harder than a CPA undercut💸 “Our CPA will do it for now” — translation: we’re ghosting you 👻🙃 When owning up to mistakes makes you more trustworthy, not less (yes, even $3 payroll goofs)📍Whether you're dealing with tiny-town trust issues or CPAs swooping in like budget superheroes, this one’s got tea ☕ and truth bombs.🎧 Tune in. Laugh. Learn. Keep your client list on lock 🔐.🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #ClientConfidentiality #SmallTownDrama #CPAvsBookkeeper #NameDropRegrets #LinkedInForBookkeepers #SpicyTruths #BookkeepingLife

🔥 Texas-sized inspo on today’s Bookkeepers on Fire Live with Phyllis Dietz—mom of 3, Top 100 ProAdvisor, leader of a thriving in-office team (coffee ☕ → happy hour 🍹), and champion of SOPs that actually get used. 🤘3 🔥 takeaways:SOPs = sanity ✍️➡️ Start with ONE, use Scribe, link docs in Keeper, and cross-train so every client has a backup. Future-you says thanks. 📚✅Tech that pays for itself 💻⚙️ QBO + Keeper (month-end & 1099s), Google Workspace, dedicated inboxes (accounts@ / payroll@), and Anchor to streamline billing and push tasks to Keeper. Efficiency = margin. 📈Boundaries build businesses 🚪💡 Move the office out of the bedroom, keep the team in-person for fast collab, and protect family time. (Friday happy hour helps. 😉)Big love to Phyllis for the real talk—from roofing-company roots at 17 to word-of-mouth growth (shoutout to the gymnastics-floor client origin story 🙌). Also: folk concerts, Aggie football, and a legit barnyard 🐴🐴🐕🐈🐈🐈🐔🦆🦆🦆Catch the replay + drop your favorite SOP tip in the comments! 🔥🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #QuickBooksOnline #ProAdvisor #ClientAdvisory #KeeperApp #Anchor #SOPs #WomenInAccounting #SmallBusiness #ScalingNewHeights #CAS #AccountingTech

🔥 FOLDER FREAK-OUT FEST is officially in session!Ever wonder how different bookkeepers tackle client documents during reconciliation?Let’s just say... we don’t all scan-snap the same way. 😅📂💥Here’s what came out of this chaotic convo:🔹 Scan or Scrap It — Some of us swear by ScanSnap scanners… others haven’t printed since the Bush administration. 🔹 Name Game Madness — Proper file naming saves lives (and sanity). But hey, if chaos works for you… 🙃 🔹 Receipts? Whose Problem? — Keep your receipts if you want… just don’t send them to us. That’s YOUR circus. 🧾🙅‍♀️💡 Whether you're Team Hyper-Organized or Team "Eh, It’s in Slack Somewhere" — this one’s for you.📎 Ready to choose your file-fighting style? 👇 Drop your doc-dump drama in the comments. We’re here for it.🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #FolderFreakOutFest #BookkeepingHumor #ClientChaos #SpicySystems #QuickBooksPros #PaperlessPanic

🚨 Ever had a prospect tell you, “I could do it myself for that price”? Funny thing is… they didn’t. And that’s why they called you.🔥 Here’s the truth every bookkeeper needs to remember:💸 If they could, they would. Don’t discount your expertise just because a prospect thinks it’s “easy.”🛠️ Tools + experience = speed. Just because we make it look simple doesn’t mean it is. Efficiency is earned.🥩 Not everyone deserves Ruth’s Chris. Some clients want steakhouse service at Golden Corral prices. Let them eat buffet.👉 Bookkeepers, stop undervaluing yourself. You’re not “just” inputting numbers—you’re creating order out of chaos.🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #ValuePricing #BookkeepingLife #KnowYourWorth #EntrepreneurMindset #StopUndervaluing #AccountingHumor #MoneyTalks #BusinessGrowth

🔥 Mobile-Only Mayhem? We Got You. Ever tried running your biz from an iPad while dodging notifications and chasing productivity like it’s a toddler with espresso? Same. 😅 Check out our latest chat on Bookkeepers on Fire where we tackle the tech stack that almost keeps us sane.💥 Here’s what went down:📱 iPad vs. iPhone: One's flashy, the other actually works.🗂️ Folders, Filters, Fantasy: Because “organized” is just a vibe.🚨 Apps We Love... until they crash mid-coffee order.💬 Got a go-to app that saves your sanity on-the-go? Drop it below ⬇️🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #AppOverload #ProductiveIsh #MobileLife #QuickBooksChaos #TechTantrums

🔥 Today’s Bookkeepers On Fire Live with the one-and-only Hector Garcia had us rethinking EVERYTHING—pricing, storytelling, confidence, and the future of our craft. 🧠 Inspiration fuels execution: From Little League coaching to Ron Baker mind-benders—challenge your thinking, then level up your business so you can buy back your time. 🎙️ Tell better stories, win better clients: Stop selling transactions; sell transformation. Shift the convo from “20 bank feeds” to the life your client wants—time, health, freedom. 💼 Confidence is a two-way street: Believe in your value and help clients believe in it too. Diagnose before you prescribe (doctors do it—so should we), then price the outcome, not the hours. ⚡Big shoutout to @HectorGarcia for the fire, @RonBaker for re-wiring our brains, and the ReFrame movement for pushing our profession forward. 🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #QuickBooks #RightTool #ValuePricing #Advisory #ReFrame #AccountingTwitter #BookkeepingCommunity #ProfitFirst #AIinAccounting

🔥 DEPRECIATION DRAMA? Delegate it. Too many bookkeepers still lose sleep over straight-line, MACRS, section 179... 💀 Here's a little spicy PSA from your favorite bookkeeping duo: You're not a tax preparer – act like it.💥 Takeaways from the asset abyss:💼 Fixed asset? Fixed mindset. Just record it and let the tax pro sort out the math salad.🤯 Monthly depreciation confuses clients more than AI-generated bank feeds. (And that’s saying something.)🧾 Year-end lump sum > explaining "non-cash expense" for the 47th time.✨Bottom line: Record smart. Report smarter. Depreciate later. Done.🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #DepreciationDrama #TaxSeasonSurvival #DelegateLikeAPro #AssetAttitude #BookkeepingWithSpice #QuickBooksTips

🔥 We went live with the powerhouse Alicia Katz Pollock (yes, crown 👑, scepter ⚡, cape 🦸‍♀️ energy included).From burnout ➝ back on fire, Alicia reminded us that sometimes losing your mojo is just the setup for a bigger comeback. 🚀Here are 3 takeaways that hit hard:✨ Burnout is real. Even industry legends hit that wall. The secret? Recognize it, own it, and rebuild.💡 Curriculum by need. Alicia built courses every time she got tired of repeating the same answers — efficiency meets brilliance.🎯 The Great QBO Refresh. Change isn’t chaos — it’s your chance to level up, rethink, and get sharper than ever.Here is how you can join the Great QBO Refresh: http://royl.ws/QBO-Refresh?affiliate=3476497👉 If you missed it live, trust me, you’ll want to catch the replay. The spark is back — and it’s contagious. 🔥🔥 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: http://patreon.com/BookkeepersOnFireBookkeepers 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: https://venmo.com/u/BookkeepersOnFire🔥Donate with PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MYQPR3BTGDZK4#BookkeepersOnFire #QuickBooksOnline #Leadership #BurnoutRecovery #QBORefresh

🚨 Client wants references?Get ready, because we’re not playing the “prove yourself” game for free.Here’s how we handle the “Can I get a reference?” routine — with ✨confidence and a sprinkle of sarcasm✨:🔹 Pre-screened & Fabulous — You’ll only get the people who love me. Think of it like talking to my mom… but with better QuickBooks skills. 💁‍♀️ 🔹 You First, Friend — You want three references? I want your last three bookkeepers. Spoiler alert: if you’ve burned through five, it’s probably you. 🔥 🔹 Video Wins — No time for phone tag. Got a client endorsement on video? Boom. Efficient and fabulous. 🎥✨📉 Stop letting cold leads interrogate you like it’s a trial.📈 Start treating references like what they really are—a two-way vetting tool.🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #ClientRedFlags #KnowYourWorth #BusinessBoundaries #ReferenceRequests #SpicyTruths #BookkeepingLife #QuickBooksPro

🔥 Tuesday Live Replay: Bookkeepers on Fire x Anna Dina, CPA From firewalks to Butterfly Effect Financial, Anna lit us up with mindset, systems, and owning your freedom as a modern bookkeeper. 🦋🤯 Silence the “roommate” in your head. Catch the doubt, ask “Is this true?”, and move anyway—confidence compounds when you do the hard + uncomfortable things. 🧠⚡ 🧰 Build brains outside your brain. Notion + solid SOPs = fewer bottlenecks, cleaner handoffs, and more time for advisory (and, yes, travel ✈️). 📚🗂️ 🌍 Community beats competition. Referrals grow when you show up—conferences, buds, and brave rebrands (hello, Butterfly Effect Financial) create real momentum. 🤝✨👉 Want more behind-the-scenes, downloads, and spicy takes? 🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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🔥

🚨 Manual Madness Marathon Alert 🚨 Are you still living in spreadsheet purgatory charging $20/hour while juggling 30 clients manually? 😵‍💫 Honey… it's time to level up.Here’s what we unpacked in this episode:🔧 Manual ≠ Magical — Excel isn’t your personality. It’s time to embrace software and stop bleeding hours.💰 Twenty Ain’t Plenty — If Buc-ee’s is paying $18/hr for bagging beef jerky, why are YOU charging $20 for tax returns and reconciliations? 🙄📈 Tech = Time Freedom — Automate, elevate, and dominate. The right tools = faster work = higher rates = holiday weekends off. 🎉💥 You’re doing superstar work — now get superstar pay. Catch the full convo and give your rates the glow-up they deserve.🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 🔥 #LevelUpYourRates 💸 #DitchTheSpreadsheets #ManualMadnessMarathon #ValueYourWorth

✨ Bookkeepers On Fire goes GLOBAL! 🌍🔥Today we welcome Geetika Bajaj— Chartered Accountant (India’s CPA), YouTuber 🎥, and Top-Rated Upwork Freelancer 💻. She runs a 100% women-owned & women-employed bookkeeping firm in India 🇮🇳 — serving mostly US-based clients.We dive into: 👉 CA vs CPA explained 📊 👉 Outsourcing models that WORK 🔑 👉 Growing from Upwork → LinkedIn → Referrals 🚀 👉 QuickBooks Online tips & the dreaded new UI 😅 👉 AI + reporting that tells a STORY 🤖📈 👉 Wedding talk 💍👰‍♀️ — lehenga, henna & 500 guests! 🎉💡 Don’t miss this fun, international convo full of insights + laughs.👍 Like, 💬 comment, and 🔔 subscribe for more Bookkeepers On Fire with Debbie & Donna!🔥 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: http://patreon.com/BookkeepersOnFireBookkeepers 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: https://venmo.com/u/BookkeepersOnFire🔥Donate with PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/MYQPR3BTGDZK4#BookkeepersOnFire #QuickBooks #WomenInAccounting #OutsourcedAccounting #GlobalBookkeeping

Surprise Thursday Stream 🔥We went LIVE with Tonya Schulte—construction accounting pro + connector-of-dots. From a yard-sale textbook to WIP wizardry and go-give leadership…this one delivered.🏗️ From Yard Sale to Job Costing Pro: Tonya’s origin story started with a 1970s accounting book and led to a career devoted to construction accounting (yes, WIP > wishful thinking).🔧 Right App, Right Fit: For commercial trade contractors she likes Knowify; for homebuilders, Adaptive; and keep an eye on JobTread—the fit matters more than the hype. 💡 Results > Reports: Discovery starts with the owner’s life goal (hello, ranch dream 🐄). Price for outcomes, not keystrokes; use WIP to steer projects before profit “vanishes.”🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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 #ConstructionAccounting #JobCosting #WIP #QuickBooksOnline #Knowify #JobTread #Adaptive #ValuePricing #AbundanceMindset

💥 Thinking of downgrading from QBO Plus to Simple Start?Before you hit that button and call it "cost-saving," let’s have a real chat. Because what you save in dollars, you will pay for in chaos. 😬Here’s what you really need to know:🔻 Features don’t disappear… they vanishClasses, locations, multiple users, robust reporting—poof! Gone. If you use them even once, Simple Start isn’t so simple.👤 Primary admin matters One user. One login. If the wrong person is set as admin, you're in for a support nightmare. Ask me how I know. 😅💸 Cheap tools = expensive messYou wouldn’t build a house with a spoon. Don’t run your business with the bare minimum. 💁‍♀️📉👉 Bottom line: Talk to your clients. Show them the real cost of being penny wise and feature foolish. And if they still insist… well, tell them paper and pencil is free. 📝😉🔥 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 CommunityBookkeepers 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🔥#QuickBooksOnline #BookkeeperLife #SpicyTruths #QBO #ClientAdvisory #BusinessTools #AccountingHumor #DowngradeRegretRepeat