The Bookkeepers' Podcast

Today Jo and Zoe were joined by Alison Edgar MBE also known as “The Entrepreneur’s Godmother” to a plethora of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs who brings a matchless amalgamation of outside of the box thinking, insight, and knowledge to the world of professional development. They discussed tactics to smash your goals! Their conversation covered: - How we can get anything we put our minds...

Today Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman were joined by the CEO of Dext, Adrian Blair. We discussed how bookkeepers can leverage their time using tools such as Dext to serve their clients in a more productive way. The volume of digital transactions is increasing more than ever, and today we discussed Dext Commerce, Dext's new offering to help bookkeepers standardise data from different digital platforms. Fin...

Jo Wood & Zoe Whitman will be joined by Caroline Plumb OBE, Founder and CEO of Fluidly to give her take on how bookkeepers can be more innovative. We discuss: - Managing a business around a family - Avoiding the temptation to compare ourselves, and the guilt of prioritising what's important - The opportunities for bookkeepers and accountants right now - Principles of innovation which can help us t...

Jo Wood & Zoe Whitman will be joined by Andrew & Pete, the multi award winning business duo who help small business owners scale their business so they can stop swapping time for money. They are international keynote speakers, ATOMIC founders, authors and YouTubers! Listen out as we find out more about: - Whether a bookkeepers' marketing needs to be traditional. - How to get engagement without fee...

Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman will be joined by Branding expert, Christine Kavanagh. They will discuss the importance of design and branding for bookkeepers' We discussed: - Ideal clients - How our brand and design connect - What's behind a logo - How to get started with understanding your business brand - Learning about your brand - Connecting with your ideal client - Understand the reasons behind idea...

In today's podcast Jo Wood & Zoe Whitman will be joined by Danielle Fisher, Senior Client Success Manager & Chris, Client Success Manager at GoProposal. They will be discussing how bookkeepers' can manage their time in order to implement software that will improve their efficiency. Register for Bookkeepers' Bootcamp 6figurebookkeeper.com/bootcamp 07:00 How to make best use of your time when implem...

This week on The Bookkeepers' Podcast, Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman are joined by Kathryn Frimond of Your Local Bookkeeper. We discussed why and how Kathryn has built her niche in the sustainability space. Kathryn is a virtual bookkeeper based in Surrey, focussed on supporting purpose-led, ethical, and sustainable businesses with their business finances through her business, Your Local Bookkeeper. We t...

This week on the Bookkeepers' Podcast, we discussed how you can keep yourself motivated and accountable while working alone, particularly while you're juggling during the school holidays. Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman are both mothers and know what it's like to run businesses around the demands of a family. This week we took a realistic look into how bookkeepers can remain focused in the holidays, make...

Jo Wood & Zoe Whitman will be joined by Brightpay's Marketing Manager, Rachel Hynes. They will discuss why bookkeepers' need to offer Payroll as part of their services. We discussed how to get started with payroll, the qualifications a bookkeeper might need and the software bookkeepers should be using. Rachel told us about Brightpay, and you can find out more at www.brightpay.co.uk. Connect with J...

This week on The Bookkeepers' Podcast, Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman spoke to Faye Dicker of Freelance Mum about why it's important for bookkeepers to build. a network and how to go about making those important connections for your business. We learnt so much about introducing ourselves, how to handle the pitch-fest of some well known networking groups, and making long term connections who will be inval...

Today Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman speak to Elsewine Rietveld about how bookkeepers can build confidence on camera. This is for you if you want to start making videos or want to build your confidence on camera or even video calls. We cover: - How bookkeepers can take their first steps to getting themselves out there - How bookkeepers can speak more confidently at networking events - How to prepare for...

Today Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman speak to Amy Stevens from Anorak Cat about why bookkeepers need a website. This is for you if you're thinking about setting up a website for your bookkeeping practice or if you're wondering whether indeed you need to. We cover: - How bookkeepers can feel more confident and credible when they have a website - The risk of not being visible when you don't have a website...

On this week's podcast Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman discuss the first steps a bookkeeper can consider when growing their bookkeeping practice. This is for you if you’re considering scaling your practice, taking on your first member of staff, your first sub-contractor or investing in software to automate processes. Jo and Zoe discussed the ways bookkeepers can scale their bookkeeping practice, some of t...

On this week's podcast Zoe Whitman talks to bestselling author Catherine Gladwyn about how bookkeepers can add a power hour. 02:50 Catherine’s background as a virtual assistant 04:27 How Catherine added bookkeeping services to her business as a VA 05:21 How bookkeepers can add VA services to their bookkeeping practices 07:40 What a Power Hour is 11:30 How payment in exchange for a power hour helps...

On this week's podcast Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman are joined by award winning personal stylist, Lisa Talbot. Jo and Zoe chatted to Lisa about how bookkeepers’ personal brand complements their professional brand, dressing for work when you’re self employed, and how to feel great about your wardrobe. They discussed: 01:39 Rethinking your wardrobe when moving from employment to self employment 03:10 How...

On this week's podcast Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman discuss what it’s really like to run a business. Jo and Zoe chatted about everything from working from home, working around children, to meal planning and fitting the work in! They covered: 06:00 Reality check on running your own business 07:30 Anxiety of meeting in person 07:50 Having your home life and work life in the same space 08:15 Being honest...

On this week's podcast Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman are joined by award nominated bookkeeper and former nurse Louise Ball of Eleven Accounts Services. Jo and Zoe chatted to Louise about her move from nursing into bookkeeping, they covered: 01:45 How Louise got shortlisted for PQ’s Accountancy Personality of the Year Award 03:22 Why Louise moved from nursing to bookkeeping and how she got started 06:05...

Today Jo and Zoe were joined by the founder of 'Tell My Story', Laura McDouall. They discussed how bookkeepers' can use copywriting in their day-to-day business and the best way to go about it. They covered: * How to inject personality into sales copy, emails and social media * How to write copy for websites which isn't boring * Why it is important to ensure your personality comes through when wri...

Zoe Whitman interviews Louise Ball owner of Eleven Accounts Services who has been shortlisted for the PQ Awards Accountancy Personality Of The Year. Resources: Are you 6 Figure Ready? Take our Quiz 6figurebookkeeper.scoreapp.com ---------------------------------- Find out more about Jo and Zoe by following The 6 Figure Bookkeeper on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/c/6FigureBookkeeper ------------...

Zoe Whitman speaks to Dave Shannon about how he’s built his practice and the book he’s writing. They also discuss his niche of working with driving instructors. Resources: Are you 6 Figure Ready? Take our Quiz 6figurebookkeeper.scoreapp.com ---------------------------------- Find out more about Jo and Zoe by following The 6 Figure Bookkeeper on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/c/6FigureBookkeeper...

21/4/21 On today's podcast Jo and Zoe are joined by Catherine Morgan to discuss how bookkeepers' can become financially independent. Catherine Morgan is a multi-award winning qualified financial planner and award-winning financial coach, on a mission to reduce financial anxiety and increase financial empowerment & resilience for 1 million women around the world. Featured as One of the top 32 femal...

20/4/21 On today's podcast Jo and Zoe are joined by MayKing Tsang to discuss how bookkeepers' can create FOMO for their services. They covered: 1. How to create a buzz around bookkeeping so no one wants to miss out 2. Where to start 3. How we can use social media platforms to create FOMO 4. How we avoid making a very time consuming social media “job” for ourselves 5. How a service like bookkeeping...

On this week's podcast Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman were joined by Rachel Allen, business coach, qualified accountant and business owner. Rachel is on a mission to help female entrepreneurs to understand and speak the language of money fluently. Her unique combination of coaching, teaching and mentoring will help you to get on top of your accounts, to address those mind monkeys that can really hold you...

On today's podcast Jo Wood & Zoe Whitman were joined by Rachel Martin, TEDx speaker, author, business owner and most importantly.. an accountant! She is the founder of accountant_she, a female led accountancy firm which specialises in working with entrepreneurs, influencers and business owners. The company was built with the goal of helping clients get past the top three barriers to entry for wome...

Saturday Night of bootcamp and Aleatha Nash joined Jo Wood and Zoe Whitman to share her inspirational story. Find out how Aleatha became a bookkeeper and how she got to where she is now. They also discuss how The Bookkeepers' 6 Month Success Programme has helped her and her business. Resources: Are you 6 Figure Ready? Take our Quiz 6figurebookkeeper.scoreapp.com ----------------------------------...