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	<title>The Freelance Bookkeeper</title>
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	<description>Where professional bookkeepers create freedom by the numbers</description>
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		<title>Two Golden Nuggest to Attract More Clients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though you may consider yourself a freelance bookkeeper by profession, marketing must be one of your top priorities as a business owner. That&#8217;s because building your business is not something you do once and you&#8217;re done. It&#8217;s not static. Your business is constantly in the process of either growing or dying.
That&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Business Headed For The Clouds?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, I&#8217;m not talking about your future hopes and goals for your bookkeeping business. I&#8217;m talking about all the buzz surrounding what&#8217;s called &#8220;cloud computing,&#8221; and how it is affecting the way we work with our clients.
Technology is moving quickly, and since the vast majority of freelance bookkeepers perform their services using a computer (as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/is-your-business-headed-for-the-clouds/</link>
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		<title>A Powerful Way to Grow Your Referral Network</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The most effective way to market your freelance bookkeeping services is by building relationships. Word of mouth and referrals are what supply almost all bookkeeping and accounting businesses with their clients.
So how does one build the kind of relationships that grow a strong bookkeeping practice? There are many ways. Of course, face-to-face, as well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/a-powerful-way-to-grow-your-referral-network/</link>
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		<title>What You Need to Know About Advertising Your Services Online</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On December 1, 2009, recent changes to the Federal Trade Commission Act affecting online marketing, blogging and advertising will go into effect. The expanded regulations affect every US-based individual and business that sells or recommends products and services on the Internet. So if you have a website for your freelance bookkeeping business (and you should) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-advertising-your-services-online/</link>
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		<title>Social Media And Your Bookkeeping Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.
Have you heard all the hype about using social media to market your business online? How much of it is hot air and how much of it is true? Is it worth the time (because that&#8217;s what it really costs) to get out and mingle online?
These are questions I&#8217;ve been investigating myself. And this video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/social-media-and-your-bookkeeping-business/</link>
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		<title>Heads Up on an Important QuickBooks Security Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Gabrielle Fontaine with a heads-up critical update for
everyone currently (or formerly) using QuickBooks software.
You may also want to pass this information along to any of
your clients who are currently using QuickBooks software on their own.
Intuit, the company that makes QuickBooks, just announced that
there is a potential security risk that has been found that
would allow hackers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/heads-up-on-an-important-quickbooks-security-issue/</link>
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		<title>Quick Money, More Clients, Great Reputation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sounds good, doesn&#8217;t it? But how can you get those kinds of results in your freelance bookkeeping business&#8230;.especially now?
Training.
No, I don&#8217;t mean TAKING more training classes. I mean GIVING training classes.
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Why Public Speaking &#38; Training Will Help Your Business NOW!
When you step up and take on the role of trainer, by giving a talk or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/quick-money-more-clients-great-reputation/</link>
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		<title>What Freelance Bookkeepers Need Most</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gabrielle Fontaine here with some special news for you.
Last month I conducted a survey asking freelance bookkeepers this
question:  &#8220;What do you [as a freelance bookkeeper] need most in
your business, right now?&#8221;
I must have touched a chord. The response I got was amazing! There
were several different areas of concern that surfaced. But can you
guess what the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/what-freelance-bookkeepers-need-most/</link>
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		<title>When Clients Want to Do Their Own Books&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you found that the recession is causing some of your clients to take a hard look at reducing  expenses? Is that making them consider the idea of taking their bookkeeping in-house?
If so, don&#8217;t panic. There is actually a golden opportunity here, if we look a little deeper.
The first reaction most business owners have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://thefreelancebookkeeper.com/blog/when-clients-want-to-do-their-own-books/</link>
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		<title>Is Perfectionism Hurting Your Bottom Line?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to ask you an important question: In your business, are you a perfectionist or a pursuer of excellence?
Many bookkeepers tend to be perfectionists. It makes sense really, when you think about it. We are very good at organizing and processing lots of small details, and getting them booked into business financial records accurately. [...]]]></description>
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