Finance & accounting
How to find clients for bookkeeping & accounting
Owner-run trades and new businesses rarely have a bookkeeper and feel it most around tax deadlines.
For bookkeepers, accountants and tax firms serving small businesses. Six steps, from the first search to the last follow-up.
- 1
Search Google Maps for these businesses
Run each search in the city you sell to. These are the trades that buy this most.
ContractorsRestaurantsRetail storesCleaning servicesTrucking companiesHair salonsDental clinics - 2
Keep the ones that are ready to buy
- Few Reviews
- Fewer than ten Google reviews.
Leave out: Chains and franchises with a head-office finance team.
- 3
Open on the right channel
Email or WhatsApp; time it around tax deadlines and month-end.
- 4
Lead with one thing you noticed
- Owners lose evenings to receipts and spreadsheets.
- Missed deductions cost more than the bookkeeper.
- Clean books make loans and growth easier.
- 5
Send an opener like this one
Opening messageHighlighted parts are filled in for each businessHi contact name, Running business name probably leaves little time for receipts and bookkeeping. We take that off the plate for small businesses in city — usually for less than the deductions it finds. Open to a quick chat before the next tax deadline? Best, sender name
- 6
Follow up twice, then stop
- Day 3: a simple monthly price and what it includes.
- Day 7: a reminder of the next filing deadline.
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