Posted by beancounter | Posted in Bookkeepers, Bookkeeping | Posted on 28-08-2009
“How much will I SAVE by outsourcing my bookkeeping?”
Small business owners around Robina, Burleigh Heads and Palm Beach sourcing bookkeeping services are always concerned about their outgoings, and the first question that they ask a prospective bookkeeper is about their hourly rate.
Would it be fair to assume that the question that you really want answered is “How much will it save me to outsource my bookkeeping?” Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by beancounter | Posted in Bookkeepers, Bookkeeping, MYOB | Posted on 17-08-2009
When a client ordered some MYOB accounting software last week, it should have been a straightforward process.
As MYOB professional partners we also act as retailers for MYOB, so that any clients needing some bookkeeping software can ask us to have the product delivered straight to their door. Hence the shipping address on the delivery docket.
When the courier company received the package and delivery instructions, they dutifully arrived at the suite of offices in Broadbeach, but could not find the business that was named on the shipping address
This is hardly surprising, since the address on the docket was that of our client, not the premises of our bookkeeping services. The courier company got back to base, then proceeded to make the necessary telephone calls to try and track down the correct delivery address. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by beancounter | Posted in Bookkeepers, Bookkeeping | Posted on 14-08-2009
When potential clients contact our Robina and Varsity Lakes bookkeeping service, they often ask us: “what is your hourly rate for bookkeeping?”
“What’s your hourly rate for book-keeping?”
They then try to make a comparison by phoning up other bookkeeping services around Burleigh and Robina in the believe that they can hunt around and find a bookkeeper charging a better rate and therefore make the assumption that by paying a lower rate for bookkeeping services they will save money. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by beancounter | Posted in Bookkeepers, Bookkeeping, MYOB | Posted on 11-08-2009
As MYOB professional partners, we’re authorised to supply MYOB accounting software. We can supply, install, and train our clients to do their bookkeeping using MYOB software.
A client contacted us yesterday asking us to supply them with MYOB Premier Enterprise for their franchise. It’s a “high-end” version of accounting plus – and comes with five single usr licences
This means that you can have five different users – in different locations, all access the one data file. It’s great for retail outlets – maybe a chain of shops linking back to head office.
The clients have a bookkeeper that’s going to come in and do their bookwork. What is surprising is the fact that the bookkeeper did not advise the client that they would need their own server – and possible an IT guy to come and help them get the system set-up.
Clients are looking for more than just a bookkeeper these days. Clients are looking for a bookkeeping service that will actually supply “customer service” – you know, the old fashioned type of service that was not just knowledge. It’s “service with a smile” service with “heart”.
If you want the “wham, bham, thank-you ma’am”, then there’s plenty of cowboy bookkeepers out there who’ll do the work for next to nothing, and more often give you no service, and heaps of headaches, a set of incorrect figures but at least you’ll have not paid much for your bookkeeping fees.