44 Businesses Looking for Bookkeepers in One Month?

Gabrielle Fontaine, author of various bookkeeping and QuickBooks publications, just wrote a very interesting blog post called “Is There Really a Shortage of Bookkeepers?”  She talks about how it seems that every bookkeeper she knows has a full client plate and there doesn’t seem to be enough bookkeepers to go around.

I found this surprising because from what I hear from most of my readers, they’re struggling to find clients.

In her post, Gabrielle concludes that most of these bookkeepers just seem to have trouble “connecting” with the business owners who need them.

I absolutely agree.  Marketing a bookkeeping business can be challenging because there are so many ways to do it and some of it can be costly to the bookkeeper who is starting on a shoestring budget.

There is good news, though.  It turns out, Gabrielle was actually contacted by a website called MiNeeds.com.  The way their website works is that MiNeeds connects service professionals with clients.  They were desperate to find bookkeepers to fill the numerous requests from small businesses they were receiving and wanted to know if she could refer any.

So she decided to test out their service by signing up and ended up receiving 44 service request emails from various businesses in a month’s time.  Very impressive!

So, if you’re looking for more clients, I suggest you first check out Gabrielle’s blog post and then hop over to MiNeeds.com and register for their service.  Apparently there is a free and a paid version.

From what I could see when I checked through the service providers on this site, there seems to be quite a few accountants and financial advisors but hardly any bookkeepers.  So this could be a good opportunity to connect with some potential clients.

There is one catch, though.  MiNeeds only services major cities in theUnited Statesso if you’re located outside of these areas, you may be out of luck. There are always possibilities of virtual bookkeeping though, so it won’t hurt to check into it.

You may also want to contact Gabrielle Fontaine directly to see if she’ll set you up as a referral partner.  She is apparently looking for top quality bookkeepers who are able to work virtually and who know specifically what types of clients they prefer to work with.

Read Gabrielle’s blog post here.

Check out MiNeeds here.

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