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The Side Hustle Show

386: $70 an Hour from Home as a Remote Bookkeeper

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

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: $70 an Hour from Home as a Remote Bookkeeper

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0:00.0

70 bucks an hour from home. Here's how one side hustle show listener is getting it done

0:06.0

and how you can apply the same strategies to a business of your own.

0:12.4

What's up, what's up Nick Loper here? Welcome to the

0:14.9

sign hustle show because everything is learnable. Today I want to return to

0:19.8

the sign hustle idea of remote freelancing.

0:23.4

That is, what service can you provide

0:25.6

that other businesses or individuals

0:27.8

are happy to pay for?

0:29.5

My guest today is a long time side hustle show listener she's a mother of three and when her youngest

0:35.6

was starting preschool a few years ago she all of a sudden found herself with an

0:39.9

extra nine hours a week it wasn't a ton of time, but in her words she wanted to be a

0:45.4

good steward of that time and use it effectively. Kate Johnson ended up

0:49.9

starting a virtual bookkeeping service called Heritage Business Services, and today she serves

0:55.5

several monthly retainer clients and targets a $70 an hour effective hourly rate.

1:01.7

The important thing to note here is that while Kate had taken some

1:04.3

accounting classes in college, she'd never been paid to do accounting or bookkeeping

1:09.1

work. Her story illustrates that yes you can learn valuable new skills yes you can

1:14.7

take action and yes you can see results. Stick around in this episode to hear

1:18.9

how she landed her first clients why she decided to invest in her own

1:22.4

education and the surprising new side hustle,

1:25.8

all this work has spun off.

1:28.0

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