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The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast

By: Michael Palmer
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  • The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast is a weekly show to help increase your confidence, work smarter and build a business you love. Each week you'll listen to inspiring guests who will share their success secrets, so you can take your bookkeeping enterprise and life to another level. Some of them include New York Times Best-Selling Author of E-Myth, Michael E. Gerber, the host of The Productive Woman podcast, Laura McClellan, Pure Bookkeeping Co-Founder, Debbie Roberts and the author of "I Know How She Does It", Laura Vanderkam. If you're a bookkeeping business owner who is looking for an uplifting, entertaining and informative podcast exclusively for YOU then you have arrived at the right place! Get ready because your journey towards success begins — now. Your Host Michael Palmer is an acclaimed business coach who has helped hundreds of bookkeepers across the world push through their fears and exponentially grow their businesses and achieve the quality of life they've always wanted.
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Episodes
  • EP416: Peter Cook - Management 101: Taking Score Of Your Business

    EP416: Peter Cook - Management 101: Taking Score Of Your Business
    May 7 2024

    “You don’t have to be the best salesperson in the world. To be good at marketing a bookkeeping business, you just need to be good enough that you stand out in that crowd. You have to get good enough, you don’t have to become the world’s best marketer. “
    - Peter Cook

    We might be excellent bookkeepers, but that doesn’t mean we are automatically great business managers. It’s important to take the time to figure out where our skills are strong and where they could use improvement. If your passion and skill lie in the numbers, there is nothing wrong with focusing your attention there.

    Things start to slip or feel unmanageable in our businesses when we find ourselves spending a lot of time doing things we don’t love. Even if we are not in a position to outsource the work, by connecting with others, we open up a world of experience, where we can find people who have already solved our problems. And whose problems we may have already solved.

    Peter Cook, co-author of the E-Myth Bookkeeper and co-founder of Pure Bookkeeping, is this episode’s featured guest. This third episode on The Emyth Bookkeeper explores management, the challenges of growing a business, and why community matters.

    If you are drowning in your business, or want to learn more about what it takes to be a better manager, then this is the episode to help you take stock of your skills and explore connections with people who can help.

    During this interview, you'll learn...

    • The value of challenges as steps to growth
    • How to manage your business with your passion in mind
    • The importance of community in solving problems

    Click here to find out more about Peter.

    Connect with Peter on LinkedIn.

    Get your copy of The E-Myth Bookkeeper.

    Click here to listen to the first episode.

    Click here to listen to the second episode.

    Time Stamps
    03:00 - The challenge of growing a business
    06:23 - Getting good enough
    08:45 - Taking score of your business
    12:46 - Finding your people
    17:24 - Building a business you love

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    22 mins
  • EP415: Curtis Lewsey - Unlocking the Power of Genuine Referrals

    EP415: Curtis Lewsey - Unlocking the Power of Genuine Referrals
    Apr 30 2024
    “Don’t just ask for the referral, deserve it. You deserve a referral, and you earn a referral by who you are and how you show up in people’s lives.” - Curtis Lewsey Referrals are a huge part of our businesses but despite this, we often don’t spend as much time and genuine effort as we should investing in the relationships around us. How well we are referred by others is a direct testament to our character. If we are being disingenuous, following the money only rather than the relationships, we are unlikely to build a sustainable network of connections. We have to stop expecting referrals when we haven’t made any authenticity deposits of kindness, gratitude, or appreciation into the relationship. Curtis Lewsey, owner of AM Cards and co-author of Appreciation Marketing, is this episode’s featured guest. Curtis has spent his career helping people get appreciative about their businesses and relationships. In this episode, he speaks to the power of saying thank you, putting authenticity first, and how to set healthy expectations. If your attempts to build client relationships are failing, or you just want to get more authentic about showing your appreciation to clients, then this is the episode to put you in the receiver’s shoes, to truly take stock of how you are showing up in the world. During this interview, you'll learn...
    • The value of saying thank you
    • How to set healthy expectations in business relationships
    • The importance of connecting authentically
    Click here to find out more about Curtis. Connect with Curtis on LinkedIn. Time Stamps 01:34 - Curtis talks about his career journey 04:34 - The power of authenticity and gratitude 08:27 - The chain of appreciation 14:07 - Appreciation marketing 20:05 - Leading by example 27:20 - Looking for opportunities to be grateful 32:20 - Learning more about Curtis

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    35 mins
  • EP414: Erin Daiber - ‘It Is What It Is’, Or Is It What You Make It?

    EP414: Erin Daiber - ‘It Is What It Is’, Or Is It What You Make It?
    Apr 23 2024

    “I think we just get sucked into this pattern of being busy, and telling ourselves that there aren’t any other options and that we have to accept this. That ‘it is what it is’. Instead of taking that step back, taking a deep breath and thinking what would I want this to look like, what could this be?”
    - Erin Daiber

    We are creatures of habit, but all too often those habits become a prison, preventing us from growing and stepping into our greater potential. Just because things have always been done a certain way, doesn’t mean we cannot choose at any moment to try something different.

    It is scary to step out of our comfort zones, but much worse to be trapped in a repeating cycle that will never lead us to the success we desire. As long as we remember we are the ones setting the rules for our lives and business, we can change them.

    Erin Daiber, returning guest and owner of Well Balanced Accountants is this episode’s featured guest. Erin speaks to the power of connecting with your passion, how to navigate high-stress environments and what your life could look like with the right coach and a willingness to set rules that work for and not against you.

    If you are feeling stuck, sure that success is within your reach, but are unsure how to grasp it, then this is the episode to help you take that step back, that deep breath that will bring clarity on the best way to move forward into a more successful business.

    During this interview, you'll learn...

    • The value of setting rules that work for and not against you
    • How to navigate high-stress environments
    • The importance of connection to your passion

    Click here to find out more about Erin.

    Connect with Erin on LinkedIn.

    Time Stamps

    01:54 - Erin talks about her career journey
    04:42 - Navigating high-stress environments
    07:47 - Things don’t have to be as they’ve always been
    14:57 - Creating your future perfect scenario
    17:56 - Taking control of your business
    23:30 - Transforming your business with small changes
    27:00 - Holding yourself to account
    32:50 - Learning more about Erin
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    36 mins
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