$70 an Hour from Home? How to Start a Bookkeeping Side Hustle (Greatest Hits)

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Thinking of becoming a bookkeeper? Side Hustle Show listener Kate Johnson started her bookkeeping business in 2017, and now serves several recurring clients. She targets an effective rate of $70 an hour, and is able to work from home. With her youngest starting preschool, Kate found herself with an extra 9 hours a week. “I wanted to be a good steward of that time,” she explained. Tune in to this episode to hear Kate explain: Why she decided to start working as a virtual bookkeeper How she landed her first clients How she’s grown her client base with little marketing The surprising new side hustle this work has spun off Full Show Notes: How to Become a Bookkeeper and Make $70 an Hour from Home Check Out: Free Training on Launching a Bookkeeping Business New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist here! Sponsors: Indeed – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! Mint Mobile — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! OpenPhone — Get a powerful business phone system that works on all your devices! Found — Stop getting lost in countless finance apps and try Found for free!

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0:00.0	Here is an oldie but a goodie from the archives from the Side Hustle Show Greatest Hits Collection,
0:04.8	plus stick around to the end for the where are they now time travel update on how Kate's business has changed
0:10.5	and grown over the last few years.
0:12.3	70 bucks an hour from home.
0:14.0	Here's how one Side Hustle Show listener
0:16.0	is getting it done
0:17.0	and how you can apply the same strategies
0:19.0	to a business of your own.
0:21.0	What's up, Nick Loper here?
0:25.0	Welcome to the Sign Hustle Show because everything is learnable.
0:29.0	Today I want to return to the Sign hustle idea of remote freelancing.
0:33.7	That is, what service can you provide that other businesses or individuals are happy to pay for?
0:39.0	My guest today is a long time Side Hustle show listener.
0:42.2	She's a mother of three and when her youngest was
0:44.9	starting preschool a few years ago she all of a sudden found herself with an extra nine hours a week.
0:50.3	It wasn't a ton of time but in her words she wanted to be a good steward of that time
0:55.3	and use it effectively. Kate Johnson ended up starting a virtual bookkeeping service called
0:59.9	Heritage Business Services, and today she serves several monthly retainer clients and targets a $70 an hour effective hourly rate.
1:09.0	The important thing to note here is that while Kate had taken some accounting classes in college, she'd never been paid
1:14.3	to do accounting or bookkeeping work. Her story illustrates that yes you can learn valuable new skills,
1:21.0	yes you can take action and yes, you can see results. Stick around in this episode to hear how
1:26.1	she landed her first clients, why she decided to invest in her own education, and the surprising new
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