About

The One Hour Bookkeeper's Mission: Our mission at the One Hour Bookkeeper is simple.  We are here to educate Small Business Owners (SBOs) and Bookkeepers about the Common Bookkeeping Mistakes that lead to the ruination of a business.  We do this by teaching time-saving (and thus money-saving) bookkeeping techniques that can save a company thousands of dollars a year, must-know information for any bookkeeper or SBO, tips to identify and prevent embezzlement early on, and ways to deal with the IRS without "losing your shirt".  We further believe that The Bookkeeping Industry is Changing, and so we do our best to help our readers prepare for those changes through knowledge.

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E.T. Barton has been in bookkeeping since 1998. In 2002, she began her own business specializing in bookkeeping, office administration, and market financial feasibility research. She has worked on a large variety of books - from construction, retail, restaurants, and resorts - and completed research for businesses both large and small.  To learn more about her, read her article: I HATE BOOKKEEPING! And Yet I Blog About It.

You can contact E.T. at etbarton@onehourbookkeeper.com.

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Robin E. Davis has worked in the field of accounting since 1982. Her experience includes work in the private sector, for certified public accountants, in school finance, and in governmental agencies. She has more than 11 years experience with QuickBooks and has completed training to be a QuickBooks Trainer from The Sleeter Group and Real World Training, receiving certificates of completion.  To learn more about her, read her article: I LOVE BOOKKEEPING! And Now I Blog About It.

You can contact Robin at robindavis@onehourbookkeeper.com.

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"Betty Bookkeeper" is a fictional character whose main job is to lie, cheat and steal until a Small Business Owner either loses his shirt, or nails her hide to the wall.  She is not an evil person - in fact she's very easy to trust - but she works with a lot of money and that money is tempting.  She knows she's paid less than any other employee in the company, so she figures there's nothing wrong with skimming a little off the top.  It's only when she's caught that she'll finally realize just how much she embezzled.  She's been stealing for years, but has never served jail time, and the company she's working for is not the first company that she steals from.  Read about her exploits under "Diary of a Bad Bookkeeper."

As far as contacting Betty... don't bother.  She doesn't care for emails, nor does she respond to them.  But you can read more of her diary entries here.

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The Relationship: E.T. Barton and Robin Davis met back in 1976, shortly after Robin's "water broke."  That's right, E.T. and Robin are mother and daughter and Robin was all of 5 years old at the time (or at least that's the story Robin's sticking to!).  Both mother and daughter got into bookkeeping shortly after high school, and through the years, they have encouraged each other to begin their own bookkeeping companies.  Since E.T's passion lies in writing, and Robin's lies in bookkeeping, they've decided to team up so that they could share their collective knowledge in a way that is simple and/or entertaining for SBOs and Bookkeepers.

How We Make A Living: Both E.T. Barton and Robin E. Davis run their own businesses from which they draw an annual income.  Any money made from this blog will be derived from PPC advertisements, eBooks, and video sales.

We have finally launched our first video: "The One Hour Bookkeeping Method:  How to do your books in one hour or less with QuickBooks". We have also created many eBooks related to various bookkeeping and business topics.  If you are interested in being notified of the release of these products, please join our newsletter subscription list.  (Just keep in mind - we only send one newsletter every couple months, and an extra themed one every now and then.)

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Completed eBooks:

• "10 Ways to Save Money on Bookkeeping" (This book is free to newsletter subscribers)
• "How to Start a Lucrative Virtual Bookkeeping Business"
• "How to Do a Year's Worth of Bookkeeping in One Day"
• "The One Hour Bookkeeper's Top 10 Strategies for Finding Bookkeeping Clients"
• "The One Hour Bookkeeping Method: How to Do Your Bookkeeping in One Hour with QuickBooks"

Projects in the Works Include:

• "The Diary of a Bad, Bad Bookkeeper" - the Story of Betty Bookkeeper that you won't see here on our site.
• An Online QuickBooks Training Workshop to help bookkeepers become certifiable.

If you would like to contact us with any questions or comments, you can do so here:
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