🔥 Ever feel like your cleanup jobs are marching in a never-ending loop? You're not alone. In this episode of Bookkeepers on Fire, Debbie and Donna break down the chaos with a side of sass and strategy. Here’s what you’ll walk away with: ✅ Batch or Bounce: Whether you're multitasking cleanups or tackling one beast at a time—there’s no wrong way… except the one that burns you out. 🧠 Pick Projects Like a Pro: Strategy calls aren’t just for pricing—they’re for sanity. Know what you’re getting into before you say yes to that “just one bank account” cleanup (spoiler: it never is). 📅 Time-Block or Bust: Subscription clients come first. Cleanups fill the gaps. And naps? Totally part of the workflow if Edison did it. ✨ Listen in if you’ve got more projects than patience—because we’ve been there, and we’ve got systems (and flames) to prove 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.
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Four Dollar Drama
🔥 FOUR DOLLAR DRAMA just dropped on Bookkeepers on Fire — and oh, it’s spicy. When $4 turns into a full-blown management meltdown, we’ve got thoughts. And a mic. 🎙️ Here’s what went down: 🔸 Stop Penalizing the Tech – Taking $4 out of your tech's pay because you didn’t notice the underpayment? Bold move. Wrong one, though.🔸 Fix the Payment Right – Accept the $440. Leave the $4 open. Call the customer. Or don’t. But don’t punish your team for a $4 blip. 🔸 Management Matters More – People don’t quit jobs. They quit jerks. This episode is a masterclass in what not to do as a leader. 💥 Tune in, laugh a little, cringe a lot, and rethink how you treat your team:👉 Got your own $4 fiasco? Drop it in the comments – we dare you.🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.
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🎧 #BookkeepersOnFire | #LeadershipFails | #PayrollPetty | #QuickBooksConfessions
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Equity Fix Madness
🔥 Equity Fix Madness hit the podcast booth this week, and things got real. If you've ever stared at a balance sheet like it's gaslighting you—this one's for you. Here’s what we unpacked on Bookkeepers On Fire: 🔻 Balance Sheet Baloney – When past-year mistakes haunt your cleanup like bookkeeping ghosts 👻 🧯 Equity Adjustments Gone Wild – Because sometimes “fixing it” just breaks something else 📎 Tax Prep Tangles – How to work with (or around) your tax preparer without losing your mind (or your $300K) 🎧 Tune in for some hard truths, hysterical examples, and why perfect books are a myth—unless you’re bookkeeping for unicorns. 🦄🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.
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Passwords? Paper? Please.
Donna & Debbie of Bookkeepers On Fire aren’t here to play—unless it's with 🔐secure, 🔥spicy, and 😅slightly sarcastic password strategies.
If you're still scribbling logins on sticky notes... we need to talk.
💥 What’s Inside: 🧠 Why “1234” isn't a strategy (and neither is your kid’s birthday).📲 RoboForm vs. 1Password – real talk on what actually works.📝 The naming convention that saves your sanity (and your client’s trust).
🚫 Say no to Google auto-fill. Say yes to not getting hacked. 👉 Drop your own password strategies in the comments. We dare you.🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.
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Tweak Your Life
💥 Tweak Your Life: A Peek into Our Not-So-Typical Workweek 💥
Ever wonder what a typical week looks like for two bookkeepers who run on caffeine, creativity, and a calendar obsession? Spoiler: It’s anything but boring. 😎In this episode of Bookkeepers on Fire, Donna and Debbie unpack what “a typical week” looks like for two bookkeepers who refuse to be boxed into 9-to-5 life. ✨ Here's the behind-the-scenes chaos:🗓️ How color-coded calendars, Tweek.so, and “make the bed” checklists keep us sane
🧠 Fridays are for brain dumps, bad ideas, and brilliant breakthroughs (and maybe binge-watching Bravo)🚗 How inspiration strikes in the car, on a walk, or even at the deli We're not chasing balance... we're rewriting the rules. 💃🔥 👉 Drop your own weekly weirdness in the comments. We dare you.🔥 Join our Bookkeepers On Fire Community to connect 🤝, collaborate 💬, and thrive 🚀 with like-minded professionals who are passionate about bookkeeping, accounting and business growth.
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Join Debbie Kilsheimer and Donna Reade, two fiery expert Solo Bookkeeping Business Owners, on their podcast adventure where they fearlessly tackle your burning questions about creating the Bookkeeping Business of your Dreams.
With a blend of expertise, humor, and a dash of audacity, Debbie and Donna ignite insightful discussions, offering practical solutions and unraveling your burning questions with every episode.
Whether you're a seasoned bookkeeping business owner or just dipping your toes into creating your own bookkeeping business, tune in to "Bookkeepers On Fire" for a blazing good time and valuable insights to fuel your journey.
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