BI-582: Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business
Workshop
This is a one day trainer-led course and
includes:
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Starting
your Bookkeeping Business
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Business
Failures; Business Name; Business Location
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Marketing
your Bookkeeping Business
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Key
Services; Charges; Duration; Debt Collection
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Lead
Generation; Boosting Profitability
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Operating
your Bookkeeping Business
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Troubleshooting
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MYOB
Tricks and Traps
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Impact of
External forces on the financial services industry
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A
comprehensive BIA written study guide
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PowerPoint
slides
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Two of the most useful marketing books you will ever
read by self-made multimillionaire and business
development expert, Brad Sugars (worth $60)
Included in
the BIA study guide are the following chapters:
Are You
Ready to Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business?
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A good
plan must be in writing
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Plans must
be built on goals or objectives
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All
planning must be results-oriented not activity
driven
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Plans must
be flexible
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Planning
should involve all people who can usefully
contribute
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Plans
should be comprehensive
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A business
plan must be honest
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Business
planning must be unified, and a unifying process
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All plans
should be regularly reviewed and updated as
necessary
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Plans
should be based on the most appropriate time horizon
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Plans
should identify all problems and risks
What should
you plan?
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Determine
your Vision, Mission and your Goals and Objectives
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Indentify
your Market, your Products and What your Market
Wants
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Analyse
your Strengths, your Weaknesses and your
Opportunities (SWOT analysis)
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Source
your Tools of Trade
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Determine
your Marketing and Selling strategy
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Test your
plan with a Break-even analysis and create a budget
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Implement
your Plan
BAS Agent
Act
Under the
new regulatory regime for the registration of BAS
agents, which commenced on 1 March 2010, bookkeepers
must be registered in order to provide BAS agent
services for a fee or to "engage in other conduct
connected with providing such services."
However in
order to register, a bookkeeper must hold a Certificate
IV in Financial Services (Bookkeeping), or higher, and
have undertaken at least 1,400 hours of relevant
experience in the past 3 years.
People who
are already qualified but want some help in starting
their own Bookkeeping Business may attend the one day
BIA
Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business Workshop.
Where to take a class
You can
take this course at our South Brisbane campus which is
at 1407 Logan Road in Mt. Gravatt Central, ideally
situated for both Brisbane CBD and Gold Coast students.
There is plenty of free parking in the streets
surrounding us.
STOP PRESS:
In
addition to our training centre at Mt Gravatt in South
Brisbane, BIA Training now has a campus in Redcliffe and in Cleveland. This
course is also available as a classroom course at our
Perth campus in WA. Please contact
Cheryl Knight
of
WiseClick Training
for further details.
Alternatively this course may be taken by distance
learning. Just click on the
Book A Course menu
at the top of this page. You will be
taken to a booking page where you can enrol and
claim a discount for distance
learning.
Statement of Achievement
The
Bookkeeping Institute of
Australia will issue a
Statement of Achievement upon satisfactory
completion of this course.
This is
NOT however a nationally recognised qualification and
successful participants will NOT be entitled to any of
the benefits of BIA membership.
BIA
Membership is reserved for BIA graduates of our
FNS40207
Certificate IV in
Financial Services (Bookkeeping) qualification.
Book this Course
If you would like to take our
BI-582: Start Your Own Bookkeeping Business Workshop please
just click
on the
Book A Course menu
option at left and then select the the course name from
the drop down menu list that will appear. You will be
taken to a booking page where you can enrol.
Course Convener
In
Brisbane the
course is lead by our Principal, Dennis Turner, who has
successfully operated a contract bookkeeping business
since the introduction of GST into Australia in 2000.
including a year with a major Bookkeeping Franchise with
over 50 franchisees.
Dennis
has almost 20 years experience with GST and prior to
coming to Australia Dennis held the position of
Financial Controller for 5 years after owning his own
computer business for 10 years. He has held a variety of
accounting and IT management roles over the last 30+
years and is well qualified to run this course.
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The
Bookkeeping Institute of Australia is a
Registered Training Organisation (RTO) registered under
the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF). Our
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