Start your own bookkeeping business with Bookcert

The Bookcert Business Kit

The Bookcert Business Kit is a complete business in a box and includes a Training & Operations manual which has been written by an experienced Chartered Certified Accountant based on real life bookkeeping experience, rather than just text book theory.

Because an experienced accountant has written the manual, it contains unique proven systems to get you up and running in a fraction of the time it normally takes. The manual will reveal industry tips and shortcuts normally only discovered by people actually working in bookkeeping and accountancy practices.

The aim of the Bookcert Business Kit is to provide you with everything you need to set up and run your own home bookkeeping business.

The Bookcert Business Kit will give you:

-The essential knowledge

-The bookkeeping skills

-The material to market your business

-The software tools

-The necessary technical support

The Bookcert Business Kit is made up of:

* The Bookcert Training & Operations Manual (for more details see below)

* The Bookcert Jargon Buster - a handy snapshot of bookkeeping terminology you carry around with you

* BookcertPro™ Bookkeeping Cashbook Software CD and the Bookcert Bookkeeping Suite CD-ROM - containing your business forms, sample contracts, CPD Journal, sales letters, marketing material and other business templates

* The Bookcert Practice Module - your chance to put your new skills into practice. We also include an example bound report, which is what you will learn to produce for your clients each period

* The Bookcert e-Learning CD-ROM, our interactive training software which teaches the fundamentals of bookkeeping principles

* The Bookcert Sage® Training CD, our new training CD which teaches you how to use Sage 50 Accounts, the UK's most popular bookkeeping software

* The Bookcert Audio CD guide to the Consumer Protection Regulations - this CD can be listened to at any time and any place – in the car, in the house etc

* A professionally designed website for your bookkeeping business. To preview an example of the website Mediacert will build and host for you, please click here.

* 12 months start-up and technical support from the Bookcert Mentoring Team

* Free inclusion in The Book-keepers Network™ at www.book-keepers.net. You will also have exclusive access to the members only section of the website, which includes constantly updated resources to help you run your bookkeeping business.

The Bookcert Training & Operations Manual

The Bookcert Training & Operations Manual has been designed for a complete beginner. It takes things very slowly, with each section building on the previous. It has been tested on several bookkeeping novices, and fine-tuned to be as user friendly as possible. By the end of the manual you will know how to open your own bookkeeping business, and have the skills and confidence necessary to ensure your business succeeds.

The Bookcert Training & Operations Manual teaches and discusses:

- What you must do to become a successful bookkeeper

- The start-up model

- The fundamentals of bookkeeping principles (taught in conjunction with the Bookcert e-Learning CD-ROM)

- Step by step instruction on how to construct a set of financial statements

- How to reconcile bank and cash accounts

- Step by step instructions on how to prepare books for small businesses

- Tips, shortcuts and industry secrets revealed

- Detailed instructions on how to use Bookcert Pro

- The Bookcert OSSAR™ method for easy bookkeeping

- Where to find clients and how to get them to hire you

- The service that will find clients for you

- The number one mistake most bookkeepers make and how to avoid it

- How to advertise with the Bookcert Marketing Plan - use our 6 easy steps

- How to ensure your cash flow is positive and your business stays profitable

- Guidance on how much to charge for bookkeeping services and how to calculate your bookkeeping hourly rate

- Sample sales letters and marketing material for you to use

- How to obtain membership to a professional institute with no studying or exams, and put designatory letters

after your name

- Material on how to avoid litigation, and manage your business profitably and efficiently

- How to ensure you comply with the Data Protection Act and your role as a data controller

- How to comply with the new Consumer Protection Regulations

- Bookcert Action plan to get you successfully started, which shows you what you need to do and when

- And much more……

The Bookcert Business Kit is ideal for people from all walks of life with little or no bookkeeping experience, looking to start their own bookkeeping business.