Category Archives: Step-by-Step Instructions

My Bookkeeping Books are in the Kindle’s Top 10 List in 72 Hours

  By E.T. Barton | August 21, 2011 - 8:42 pm | About, Bookkeeping, EBooks, Money Saving Tips, Spotlights, Step-by-Step Instructions, Virtual Bookkeeping
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Hey Everyone, I am so excited, I can hardly stand it. For the past couple weeks, I’ve been working to put my two Bookkeeping Books – “How to Do a Year’s Worth of Bookkeeping in One Day” and “How to Start a Lucrative Virtual Bookkeeping Business” – into Kindle format.  After a couple weeks messing around with Publisher, the files finally went live this past Thursday.  Within 72 hours, both of the books hit Kindle’s Top 10 Bookkeeping Lists, which was completely unexpected and completely invigorating.  Not only have they hit the Kindle’s Top 10 Bookkeeping list, but they are … Continue reading →

Bookkeepers – Have You Protected Your Own Backside?

  By E.T. Barton | July 18, 2011 - 7:46 pm | Bookkeeping, Case Studies, Fighting Fraud, Internal Controls, Money Saving Tips, Step-by-Step Instructions, Virtual Bookkeeping
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Hello Readers (and especially the Bookkeepers), Today, I am going to talk about something that is really close to home for me.  I’m going to talk about ME!  (Yay!… My favorite subject.)  Okay – all kidding aside.  Something interesting happened to me this weekend.  This past weekend, I was actually accused of being in collusion with an Embezzler for the first time EVER!  ME!  The Embezzler Slayer (a term I’ve lovingly dubbed myself).  The Creator of the Diary of a Bad, Bad Bookkeeper.  I kid you not.  Someone actually said to my face that they believed embezzlement happened when I … Continue reading →

The One Hour Bookkeeping Method is Here!!!

  By E.T. Barton | July 1, 2011 - 11:43 am | About, Bookkeeping, Decreasing Expenses, Increasing Profits, Internal Controls, Money Making Tips, Money Saving Tips, QuickBooks Instructions, Small Business Advice, Spotlights, Step-by-Step Instructions, Virtual Bookkeeping, Workshops
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HOW TO DO YOUR BOOKKEEPING IN ONE HOUR AN EASY BOOKKEEPING COURSE FOR QUICKBOOKS USERS I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again… I HATE BOOKKEEPING! And Yet I Blog About It. If I had to choose between doing bookkeeping and… Oh, ANYTHING ELSE… I would do the “Anything Else.”  I would focus on my family, my writing, my blogging, business in general…etc.  I would be out walking the beach or riding my Harley.  I would be playing video games with my kids or travelling the world.  I would be doing any number of things other than bookkeeping. Whether … Continue reading →

The One Hour Bookkeeping Method Launches on Friday

  By E.T. Barton | June 28, 2011 - 12:30 pm | About, Bookkeeping, EBooks, Increasing Profits, Money Making Tips, Money Saving Tips, QuickBooks Instructions, Small Business Advice, Spotlights, Step-by-Step Instructions, Virtual Bookkeeping, Workshops
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Hello Friends, I am proud to say that I am finally releasing "The One Hour Bookkeeping Method" to the world this Friday.  It is a video series that I have been working on for far, far too long – so I am thrilled to finally be getting it off my desk.  As many of you probably know by now, I HATE BOOKKEEPING!  I am a fantastic bookkeeper, but bookkeeping is not my passion.  In fact, if you explore this website, you will see that I do NOT advertise my bookkeeping services on this site anywhere.  This site was set up … Continue reading →

Diary of a Bad, Bad Bookkeeper: Deletions and Voids

  By E.T. Barton | March 1, 2011 - 1:21 am | Bookkeeping, Diary of a Bad Bookkeeper, Fighting Fraud, Internal Controls, QuickBooks Instructions, Step-by-Step Instructions, Virtual Bookkeeping
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Dear Diary, Let me just premise this entry by saying — crap crap crap crap crap. I got a phone call from the accountant today.  It’s tax time, and the accountant wants to meet with me to go over the books.  Since I’ve never worked with this accountant before, I have no idea how closely they are going to want to look at the books.  I can’t help but fear that the accountant is going to figure out what I’ve been doing if he looks too closely at the books.  So I was in full blown panic mode all day. … Continue reading →