5 Steps in Taking that First Leap of Faith

A ship in port is safe, but that’s not what ships are built for. - Admiral Grace Murray Hopper

We cannot discover new oceans until we have the courage to lose sight of the shore. - Muriel Chen

Many of us dream about starting our own businesses and may even visualize how successful we could become. But that’s where it ends. The logistics, family concerns, the financial risks, can all be paralyzing and make it difficult to move forward. But as Trammell Crow once said, “There’s as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.” The longer you wait to act, the more likely you’ll stay put- stagnate, unsuccessful, and ultimately, full of regret. Don’t you deserve better than that? Don’t you deserve to live out your dreams?

If you answered “yes” to the questions above than you need to seriously consider taking that first step to start your own accounting practice. It will require that you leave your comfort zone and experience risk, but unless you do you will never achieve your full potential. But how do you endure the discomfort and take the first leap of faith? The following 5 steps will help.

1. Consider your options.

We want to stress the importance of looking before you leap. You must take the time to consider all your options. Will you start part-time, moonlighting in order to grow your client base? Or do you have enough current and potential clients to provide the income necessary to sustain you and your family? Will you work from your home? If so, what will it take to make your office functional? Think through all the possibilities and allow yourself to gravitate towards that which feels doable. But don’t get stuck on this step. Too many do and find themselves plagued with the infamous “paralysis by analysis.” Think it through and move forward to step two.

2. Research the market.

While it’s important to think through your options, they become more defined when you research the market. How many accountants are currently in your area? Can the market sustain another independent contract accountant? Who would your target market even be? What services are currently being offered and how can you capture the market by enhancing yours to beat out the competition? Is there a niche that’s currently being neglected that you could take advantage of? You can improve on your research by actually talking with other accountants, potential customers, and professionals you respect and admire. They can provide valuable feedback that will ultimately inform your final decision. When on this step it’s important to be thorough, but, again, don’t get stuck here. Answer your most pressing questions and move on to step three.

3. Trust your instincts.

Intuition is more valuable than most think. After spending considerable time looking into your options and researching the market, you’ve gotten a good feel for your alternatives. And chances are you feel better about some of them than you do others. This is your chance to trust your instincts. You know what’s best for you and your family more than anyone else. It’s time to listen to that inner voice and act on it.

4. Act.

This can be the most exhilarating and terrifying step. But nothing happens until you act. Once you’ve made your decision it’s time to move forward, learning as you go. But take note, each event and experience is a lesson, and you should learn from them so you can improve your business and your own approach.

5. Evaluate.

The best businesses are those that continually enhance their products and/or services, grow their offerings and improve their marketing efforts. The only way to accomplish that is by evaluating your business. As your own accountant you need to look at your numbers and determine which areas are weak and which are strong. This enables you to make the best decisions for your business, fostering improvement and growth.

Imagine all that you can see and experience in leaving the comfort of the shore to launch your practice. We can guarantee you will encounter a storm or two, but oh, how grand the view and how exhilarating the ride. Not to mention you can improve your lifestyle, enjoying more quality time with your family and a larger income with which to support them.

Financing a Small Business

Many feel more secure in starting their practice with a small business loan. This can finance your start-up, enabling you to go full-time and concentrate your efforts on promoting your practice and growing your clientele. Universal Accounting Center has designed a manual to help you create a loan package that is complete and effective. Financing a Small Business is packed with clear-cut instructions and terrific resource materials that will make creating a loan application package easy. It even includes a sample loan package that you can use as a model. This manual is not only reasonably priced, but it is a must-read for people like you interested in financing options. Don’t hesitate. Your boat is anxious to set-sail; a successful accounting practice awaits. Order now!

And “Settle” Small Business Accounts

A pioneer is described as someone who opens a new area, paving the way for others to follow. We’d like to introduce you to a pioneer accountant you just might be interested in following, Alf Bostrom.

Alf Bostrom
Alf Bostrom was a financial manager who saved many small businesses from economic ruin. Born in 1926, just years before the depression, Alf learned the value of hard work from an early age. At 16 his father died, leaving him to help support his family. Two years later, he joined the Navy and was in the Pacific Theater fighting World War II when Japan signed the peace treaty. His early career was spent in different capacities with various small businesses, learning important principles of business profitability. In the 1960’s, Alf decided to start his own management company.

Of course, starting your own company is a courageous venture, somewhat of a pioneer effort. But his approach was very unconventional. For a percentage of future profits, Alf offered to take over the management of failing businesses. He wouldn’t earn a penny unless the business profited from his efforts. And what business wouldn’t take him up on it? Many were suffering huge losses; some were on the brink of bankruptcy. Alf managed 22 businesses in the course of his career, 8 together at one time. He became known as “The Turn-around King” and learned a thing or two about why small businesses fail and what they can do to succeed.

What is a Pioneer Accountant?
Alf recognized an accounting need that wasn’t being filled. 50% of small businesses fail, and that failure is often attributed to poor financial management. Alf was able to step into those failing businesses and use solid accounting practices to turn them around. He was willing to go into, for the most part, uncharted small business territory and settle some messy accounts. While most were looking for accounting opportunities with larger companies, Alf found great opportunity and satisfaction building his own community by helping small businesses thrive. In fact, many of those turn-around companies are still in business today. Alf was a pioneer accountant.

You can go to a university and be trained in accounting. Unfortunately, you’d only learn about corporate accounting which makes up a small share of the accounting opportunities out there. Where do you find the rest? In small business. Alf continued his pioneer efforts by taking his practical experience and turning it into a small business accounting course. In 1979 he formed Universal Accounting Center to teach CPA’s, accountants, and small business owners the proper method of small business accounting.

UAC’s Professional Bookkeeper Program
The Professional Bookkeeper Program is the fruit of Alf’s pioneering accounting efforts. And this business has been kept in the family. In 1992 , Alf’s sons joined his practice and had helped build it to what it is today, a nationally recognized accounting institution. Universal’s hope is that graduates can take what they learn from the program and effect positive change in small businesses and in their own lives.

Expand Your Business and Effect Change in Your Community
As a tax preparer you possess a natural ability to work numbers; that’s the only prerequisite for the Professional Bookkeeper course. And with just 60 hours of your time, years less than what it would take at any college, you can use the Professional Bookkeeper (PB) Designation to expand your services and become a full-service financial provider.

Become a pioneer accountant and use your talents and abilities to help small businesses succeed. Order the 3-module Professional Bookkeeper Program today and save money! You’ll learn small business accounting by “doing” small business accounting; this offer comes with 2 free practice sets! Join a pioneer effort and change your own life in the process!

A Personal Mission Statement: Charting Career Success

Fortune 500 companies, and even little mom and pop shops, compose mission statements to express what their organization does. Once completed, it can enable the organization to make decisions that will help them accomplish their vision and be a good measure of company success. For example, Universal Accounting Center’s mission statement is “to equip students with the education, skills and confidence needed to enjoy a successful career in full-charge accounting, bookkeeping and tax.” UAC uses this mission statement to measure their success; when their students succeed (“equip[ing] students…to enjoy a successful career…), so do they.

Like any organization, you would like to enjoy success. A clear mission statement can help you express what you hope to become, enabling you to make choices that will get you there, and measure your success once you do.

What is a personal mission statement?

A personal mission statement is a concise and specific declaration of your career goals. It should be no longer than 2 sentences and no more than 30 words. Begin with “My career mission is…” Here are some examples:

My career mission is to become competent in small business accounting in order to help local businesses succeed.

My career mission is to become an accountant specializing in not-for-profit business accounting so I can ensure the success of volunteer organizations.

My career mission is to start my own business as a full-service financial provider to help small businesses thrive and spend more quality time with my family.

Writing a mission statement

It’s one thing to look at a few examples, but how do you compose your own personal career mission statement? First, ask yourself a few questions (and take notes):

• What natural talents and abilities do I possess?
• What am I passionate about?
• What do I want to do?
• What do I value (integrity, passion, relationships, family, etc.)
• What do I want to contribute?
• Who do I want to influence?

Once you’ve answered these questions, look over your answers and see what connections you can make between your values, your passions, your talents, and who you would like to impact. Then write a few mission statements and see which appeals to you most. When you’ve decided upon your mission statement, put it somewhere you can read often, and consider how you’re measuring up.

Mission statements should continually evolve

Just because you’ve written it down on paper (even if you’ve embossed it with gold ink), doesn’t mean you can’t continually change your mission statement to reflect your growth and maturity as a person. Perhaps as you begin advancing in your career, you’ll realize that your initial mission statement needed to be influenced by job experience; you may choose to alter your career path because of what you experience on the job.

Regardless of how much it changes, a personal mission statement can help you chart your career path and be more successful.

How Universal Accounting Center can help you realize your mission

If any of the sample mission statements above appeal to you, UAC offers an amazing opportunity to help you realize your career goals. Since 1979, Universal Accounting Center has been teaching students the proper method of small business accounting. While a university education may take years and will not give you the practical experience necessary to manager small business finances, UAC has programs that only take weeks of your time and provide you with years of success. If you’re interested in doing small business accounting and would like to receive the designation of Professional Bookkeeper, take a tour of Universal Accounting Center today.

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The Best Career Decision You Can Make

In The Video You Are About To See Is Right In Front Of You, And Within Your Grasp

It’s all about the experience you have and the specializations you have mastered. Accounting and Bookkeeping is no different. It is the quality of the training you receive that makes the difference of what you earn!

Go ahead and try to find a more comprehensive training program than what you can find in Universal’s Professional Bookkeeper’s Program. You can’t. We know because we have scoured the industry. This is no accident! We want to be your answer for your next promotion, pay increase, or financial opportunity that comes your way in your place of employment. That is why we have gone the extra mile, heck the extra 5 miles with what our course covers, so that you can come back to your training and find the answers that face us in the accounting and bookkeeping industry.

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Watch the Video Below and see how you benefit from the The Professional Bookkeeper’s Training:

— Increase Your Marketability in the Profession. Only the Professional Bookkeeper program gives you the hands-on knowledge to best service the greater percentage of business types out there; small businesses. You want training to support companies creating new jobs. The small business sector is where you will find that growth today. You’ll be able to go anywhere there is business happening and have the skills to provide for you and your loved ones handsomely. No more worrying about lay-offs, downsizing, or corporate restructuring. the skills you learn and develop with the Professional Bookkeeper’s Training are yours to keep.

— The Professional Bookkeeper Program teaches real-world skills that you can use right away. Forget spending year after year in class learning accounting and tax “theory”. We cut right to the core and teach you the techniques used in the real world. No fluff, no fat. In 60 hours or less, you learn to do practical accounting and bookkeeping tasks that you will use right on the job the very next day. Where could you find training that you can use the next day to improve your position, your company, or your department? Universal’s training is timely and up-to-date, and applicable right away to real-life accounting situations.

— Imagine the confidence you will be able to have, the trust you will create with those you work with, the source of information you’ll be, the person with the answers for the financial health of the company. Can you imagine how indispensable that will make you to the company, or your department? If by chance you have something arise that you haven’t dealt with before, the course workbooks will become an invaluable addition to your library. These reference books include tables and charts not available from any other source. You can refer to them often, saving you hours of research looking for the right information. The workbooks alone are a wise investment.

— By going through the program, increasing your knowledge and skills in accounting and bookkeeping, having the talents many companies seek diligently for, and being an indispensable member of the company with the answers this program focuses on (the practical and efficient methods of doing a business’ accounting) you’ll be able to literally write your own pay check. Wherever you decide to ply your accounting and bookkeeping wares when you have the experience and the Universal certification as a “Professional Bookkeeper”, asking and getting that money you deserve will be not a question of “if” but a decision of “which one?”

What is The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program

Now you’re thinking! Let’s tackle the first part of it: What is The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program from Universal Accounting . . .

The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program is an exhaustive course containing the proven accounting strategies discovered, developed and practiced by Universal Accounting and its graduates.

In fact, please take a few moments and watch this five minute video clip on what is involved, click on the play button to start the Introduction.

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The Accounting Tools For Success Are At-The-Ready For You

In the video you just saw Brenda details for us the essential need of continuing your professional education to increase your opportunities. With each workbook of each Module you will be able to gain for your professional career the accounting “tools” of the trade that can take you to the level of employment you seek. Universal Accounting’s training goes into such detail to allow its graduates the ability to tackle what is faced day in and day out in a full service position.

Additionally, we practice on various types of business model examples to broaden your expertise in each kind of business you may be in and address your need to have several opportunities to gain the hands-on knowledge and confidence of having mastered what that type of business faces in accounting needs.

The skills, prior experience and expertise that employers are seeking is what Universal has tirelessly targeted and designed the comprehensive instruction around. As our graduates stated in the clip you just saw, you will also be able to gain, as they did, for yourself. That desired position, added responsibility, increase in career opportunities and the subsequent increases in pay you have set to achieve in your profession is within your grasp. Don’t hesitate in making them a reality for you!

Take advantage of this golden opportunity now. Don’t delay in making that investment in yourself! Time is precious, and you can ill afford to put off the accounting industry leading training that has proven time and time again to work with not just hundreds of graduates, but thousands over and over the last 25+ years.

Don’t let the “I should have’s” creep into your accounting career! Look into . . .

Getting Yourself That Much Needed Raise!

Watch The Video Below And See How You Can Earn At Least 20-30% More Without Going Back To College

No need to spend 4 to 5 long, agonizing years and thousands upon thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money to increase what you can earn in your Accounting career. Universal Accounting can help you do this, like 30,000+ others just like you!

Before You Watch This Video Ask Yourself These Important Questions

Have you ever looked at those in the accounting business who are making more than you and ask yourself, “Why not me?” You’ve even gone as far as to look into what it would take to reach that level and found it could take years of training and tons of practical experience and asked yourself, “How in the world am I going to get that?”

Is it possible to draw from 25+ years of experience and the highest quality practical training in less than 90 days?

In the video that you are about to watch below you will understand how Universal Accounting’s Professional Bookkeeper Program is designed. Since 1979 Universal Accounting has specialized in training those like you in small and large business the art of accounting and what you need to know to advance your career within the profession. We have put that experience to work for you so that you could get to the level you want to be, in your accounting and bookkeeping career, in the shortest amount of time possible.

The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program contains proven accounting strategies developed and practiced by Universal Accounting and its graduates.

In fact, please take a few moments and watch this five minute clip and see what is involved in changing your life for the better with these new skills by clicking on the play button to start the Introduction.

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In The Video You Just Watched You Saw How . . .

. . . there is a huge demand for accountants who understand the specific needs of small businesses, because the most common problem plaguing small business owners is their inability to understand their finances.

In the Video Introduction you just viewed, Brenda and Allen spoke how today’s universities train individuals in the complexities of audit, tax, and accounting standards for large corporations. Little is mentioned regarding the day-to-day accounting practices for the small business. In choosing a bookkeeper/accountant, a small to mid-size business owner should seek a professional qualified to support the needs of his/her small business. When you earn for yourself the Professional Bookkeeper designation you will be recognized as such an individual with the vital small-business bookkeeping and accounting expertise in a variety of industries.

The Professional Bookkeeper certification uniquely announces to employers and clients that you have proven your ability through training, testing, and experience to confidently provide full bookkeeping and accounting services. The best decision you can make is to invest in yourself with the right training that will get you to your next level, your next promotion, or increase in pay. Can you afford to hesitate to take the easiest step in the whole process of getting to your professional goals and dreams?

Click Here Now to Find Out More about Universal’s Iron-Clad Guarantee and continue on to the best decision of your career, see how gaining the expertise that Universal Accounting teaches will effect what you do, how you do it and what you are paid to do it.

If You’ve Heard Enough, And Want to Enroll In The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program Click Here

An Introduction to What the Intermediate Will Glean from the Professional Bookkeeper Program

In our last newsletter we discussed the types of occupations you could pursue with the Professional Bookkeeper training. We also explained the phenomenal opportunities that continue to grow due to talent shortages in the accounting industry. Companies are looking to attract and retain qualified accountants and bookkeepers with better salaries and benefits. Now is the perfect time to take advantage of this shortage by receiving professional certification that will demonstrate your expertise to those looking for applicants that can fill these gaps in their organizations.

The Backbone of Accounting: Practical Small Business Applications

Whether you’re new to the accounting field or have been performing accounting functions for years, our hands-on training is crucial in being able to retain what you will learn in this program. You will not only see key tasks being performed, but will also perform them yourself; this is one of the best ways to effect learning as an accounting professional.

With this article we have included a sample of Module II from the Professional Bookkeeper course in order to illustrate what those with intermediate accounting experience can expect to glean from this training. Entitled “Advancing Your Account-Ability” this module is designed to teach advanced accounting skills which will help you accomplish the day-to-day tasks you can expect in a typical accounting job.

You will be introduced to different business models, each with their own concerns and things to look out for. In order to provide you with the experience you need, the course includes valuable practice sets that expose you to the particulars of each business type.

Learn from the Best

In this video sample, we provide you with a brief rundown of what you will find in Module II, featuring Allen Bostrom, President of the Universal Accounting Center, as your instructor. Don’t worry if you don’t understand everything the first time you watch this clip. The beauty of learning via DVD instruction is being able to rewind and view the material as much as you feel necessary.

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How Will This Benefit Me?

Module II will enable you to analyze your company’s or client’s finances, giving them valuable feedback as their profit and growth expert. Through this program you will build your accounting and bookkeeping knowledge from the ground up, and will gain sure footing as you perform those accounting tasks your employer expects from you as a true professional.

Don’t Just Take Our Word for It

Here are what UAC graduates have to say about their experience with the PB Program:

“This course far exceeded my expectation and helped fill in gaps in my accounting education. This course has helped me clarify the accounting process and gave me the complete picture whereas the college courses each take a normal area and expand on it.” -Clark Ceauford

“This class has helped me complete the accounting puzzle so that interpreting what I have been doing for years makes sense.” -Janet Harris

“I now understand what it is I have been doing for 6 years. I am so excited about being an accountant now and not just a [clerical] bookkeeper. I feel confident and well prepared to have my own accounting business.” -Nadine Malpas

“I took this course after having earned a bachelor’s degree and then working for a CPA firm for nearly ten years. This was a tremendous course!” -Bruce Bushman

What’s Next For Me?

We have designed and developed the Professional Bookkeeper’s Program from over 25 years of practical experience as accounting professionals. Unlike universities that train you in accounting theory, we have developed this course in order to prepare you to perform the daily tasks and responsibilities we know you will encounter. Our interaction with over 30,000 individuals in the accounting field has consistently demonstrated the issues faced daily in this industry. We have met countless accountants “trained” in a university setting who have professed that they weren’t adequately prepared to perform those daily tasks. Our instructional model will give you practical experience performing those tasks, giving you the confidence and skills you need to succeed.

Benefit from our experience, our detailed training, and our hands-on instruction that will give you an advantage in your accounting pursuits. Get the training you deserve so you can earn what you are worth! Order the Professional Bookkeeper Program today.

The Backbone of Accounting

The Money Is In The Details - Practical Small Business Applications

Get a taste of the personal one-on-one instruction from Allen Bostrom himself as he explains in “layman’s” terms the basics of Accounting and Bookkeeping

Enjoy the clip of the training and instruction you’ll receive in the Professional Bookkeeper’s program. Hands-on training is key to being able to retain what is being taught. When you can not only see it being done, but do it yourself as well is one of the best ways to effect learning on the accounting professional. In Module II of the Professional Bookkeeper’s course you will get that crucial training you can depend on to do the day-to-day responsibilities that are a part of your accounting related position.

We have a way for you to be able to get comfortable with the different types of business models that are out there. Each with their separate concerns and items to track and look out for, Universal Accounting has developed Module II around the intricacies of each business type in practice sets. Will all business be exactly alike as they are in our examples? Probably not, but in our differing types, we cover the major areas that are included in companies such as yours or the ones you hope to be doing business with. Get the training you deserve so you can earn what you are worth!

For Those Who Have Been In The Accounting Field Previously

Below you will be able to view a sample of what you can expect in your training course and the quality of the instruction you will receive from the leaders in the industry. This brief rundown of what is in Module II, featuring Allen Bostrom, President of the Universal Accounting Center, details for you the real-time accounting knowledge that fills Module II coursework. Don’t worry understanding everything the first time. The beauty of learning this way, is being able to rewind and view the material as much as you need to.

Create for yourself a learning atmosphere and let all of the Professional Bookkeeper’s valuable instruction to seep in. You can do it!

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How Does This Benefit You?

When you gain the knowledge that Allen gives in the Debit’s and Credits of the Bookkeeping process you can better understand the benchmarks of your company’s or your future customers’ books will contain. When you build from the ground up your Accounting and Bookkeeping knowledge, you gain the surest footing in performing for your employer what he expects from you as his/her accounting professional. Knowing and doing at the same time has been proven to be the best way for individuals to learn intricate details of a process. And in no way is this way of learning is better suited than for Accounting.

“This course far exceeded my expectation and helped fill in gaps in my accounting education. This course has helped me clarify the accounting process and gave me the complete picture whereas the college courses each take a normal area and expand on it.”
—Clark Ceauford

“This class has helped me complete the accounting puzzle so that interpreting what I have been doing for years makes sense.”
—Janet Harris

“I now understand what it is I have been doing for 6 years. I am so excited about being an accountant now and not just a [clerical] bookkeeper. I feel confident and well prepared to have my own accounting business.”
—Nadine Malpas

“I took this course after having earned a bachelor’s degree and then working for a CPA firm for nearly ten years. This was a tremendous course!”
—Bruce Bushman

What’s Next For Me?

We have designed and developed the Professional Bookkeeper’s program around what we in the accounting field are experiencing and coming up against in our daily tasks. We know, from 25+ years of accounting practice experience and interaction with 30,000 + in the accounting field, what issues are faced by you day-in and day-out and what items accountants who have gone before you have had success with. You can benefit from our experience, our detailed training, and hands-on instruction to give you the step up and advantage in your own career pursuits. Get the training you deserve so you can earn what you are worth!

Click Here and find out more about how to get the training that makes the difference through Universal’s Professional Bookkeeper Program.

Tools of the Accounting Trade

Learn what is all involved in the coursework and materials of the Professional Bookkeeper Program

You’ll find 3 Modules designed specifically for you:

• Accounting Made Easy — Getting to you the foundational steps you need to have to be able to properly and effectively service the company you work for. Ledgers and Journals as well as Subsidary Ledgers that each professional will need to be familiar with.
• Practical Small Business Applications - Hands-on practice on the various types of accounting you will run into within your career. Getting to you the experience accountants like you need to be exposed to for well-rounded training.
• Advancing Your Account-”Ability” — Gets into the nitty-gritty of setting up books from scratch and properly establishing books for existing businesses. Plus much, much more.

Below you will be able to view a sample of what you can expect in your training course and the quality of the instruction you will receive from the leaders in the industry. This brief rundown of what is in Module I, featuring Allen Bostrom, President of the Universal Accounting Center, details for you the first stages of instruction which Module I contains. The beauty of learning this way, is being able to rewind and view the material as much as you need to.

Create for yourself a learning atmosphere and let all of the Professional Bookkeeper’s valuable instruction to seep in. You can do it!

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How Does This Benefit You?

You can work on gaining the knowledge and practical application at your own pace! You control how quickly you go through all of what the instructor is teaching. You tailor the course instruction to what is best for you and the style of learning you learn best with! By getting the right foundation for your Accounting career, even if it turns out to be a refresher course, you know that you are getting started out on the right foot. The confidence of knowing you have the knowledge and the wisdom the right training can provide is crucial to how you perform your duties. And rest assured, with the Universal’s course you will have that confidence to take you to that next promotion!

“This course offers a comprehensive review of the accounting process, as well as providing a system to help you help yourself. The instructors not only teach, but offer an unheard of level of support. I woul highly recommend the course to anyone.”
—Laura Ogden

“After graduating from this course I now feel competent to run my own bookkeeping/accounting business. I want to thank the staff at Universal Accounting for the outstanding course of instruction.”
—Gary Hamblin

“I wish I had taken this class five years ago. I’ve been working in the accounting field for over 10 years and didn’t know half of what I learned in one month in this class. I feel completely qualified now to accept a position of great responsibility with a large organization or to be self employed. I’m excited about the potential for money making that this course has given me.”
—Kris K. Trout

What’s Next For Me?

As a professional pursuing the best accounting training possible, you don’t want to leave anything to chance when it comes to your financial future and your career path. We work on the philosophy that you only get one chance to make a good first impression, and when you are going into your employer (potential or current) and start the negotiations for your next step up in your career, you want to have the surety that whatever the situation as a “Certified Professional Bookkeeper” you’ll be able to confidently handle it for the company.

Click Here and find out more about how to get that self-assurance through Universal’s Professional Bookkeeper Program.

Don’t let the “I should have’s” creep into your accounting career! Look into…

Getting Yourself That Much Needed Raise!

Watch The Video Below And See How You Can Earn At Least 20-30% More Without Going Back To College

No need to spend 4 to 5 long, agonizing years and thousands upon thousands of dollars of your hard-earned money to increase what you can earn in your Accounting career. Universal Accounting can help you do this, like 30,000+ others just like you!

Earn What You Deserve! Ask Yourself These Important Questions…

Have you ever looked at those in the accounting business who are making more than you and ask yourself, “Why not me?” You’ve even gone as far as to look into what it would take to reach that level and found it could take years of training and tons of practical experience and asked yourself, “How in the world am I going to get that?”

Is it possible to draw from 25+ years of experience and the highest quality practical training in less than 90 days?

In the video that you are about to watch below you will understand how Universal Accounting’s Professional Bookkeeper Program is designed. Since 1979 Universal Accounting has specialized in training those like you in small and large business the art of accounting and what you need to know to advance your career within the profession. We have put that experience to work for you so that you could get to the level you want to be, in your accounting and bookkeeping career, in the shortest amount of time possible.

The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program contains proven accounting strategies developed and practiced by Universal Accounting and its graduates. Couple this with the huge demand for accountants who understand the specific needs of small businesses, because the most common problem plaguing small business owners is their inability to understand their finances. You can start to see where your opportunity is!

What Is the Professional Bookkeeper’s Program?

Today’s universities train individuals in the complexities of audit, tax, and accounting standards for large corporations. Little is mentioned regarding the day-to-day accounting practices for the small business. In choosing a bookkeeper/accountant, a small to mid-size business owner should seek a professional qualified to support the needs of his/her small business. When you earn for yourself the Professional Bookkeeper designation you will be recognized as such an individual with the vital small-business bookkeeping and accounting expertise in a variety of industries.

The Professional Bookkeeper certification uniquely announces to employers and clients that you have proven your ability through training, testing, and experience to confidently provide full bookkeeping and accounting services. The best decision you can make is to invest in yourself with the right training that will get you to your next level, your next promotion, or increase in pay. Can you afford to hesitate to take the easiest step in the whole process of getting to your professional goals and dreams?

Get Ready For That Next Promotion

Are you tired of working for what seems like an eternity, without ever getting ahead? Do you dream of making more money and being able to enjoy it? Do you wish you had more free time to spend with your family or pursuing your favorite hobby?

Want more of a taste of what the program is all about? We’re glad to give you all the information you want to be able to make the right decision for your career’s advancement and financial opportunities in the near future. Below you will find the details of what each module includes and what you can expect from the program.

Here’s also a sample of the Accounting Manual for your information. (in PDF format)

Here’s what’s in the course that will take you to your next step in your career:

1- Accounting Made Easy Purpose: To help you learn or review the fundamentals of the accounting and bookkeeping process. Universal’s home study course, Accounting Made Easy, reviews some of the basic concepts in accounting while introducing some aspects of small business accounting that even the most experienced accountant may not know. It establishes the sure foundation of accounting knowledge that you will continuously draw from years after you complete the Professional Bookkeeper’s Course. Also includes: The one accounting rule you should never break. The single best indicator of a company’s financial strength. The tried and proven accounting system that ensures efficiency, accuracy, and integrity. Just to name a few of the many things contained in Module I. 2 - Practical Small Business Applications Purpose: to help you succeed in business by using professionally designed accounting systems for a variety of industries. In this home study course you will complete books for four different businesses in varying industries. You will master the eight-step process that must be completed for each business in arriving at meaningful financial information. you will learn different methods of accounting for different industries that will provide you with an enhanced understanding of the needs of each individual business. Also includes: Setting up a set of books from scratch. know precisely where all those hard earned dollars were spent. Efficient and accurate reporting of inventory adjustments, and owner costs. How to highlight cash shortages and overages — when they are a problem. Of course it’s not limited to these few examples, Module II is where the practical experience starts. 3 - Advancing Your “Account-Ability” Purpose: To help you set up a complete bookkeeping system, and manage clients from a variety of more sophisticated industries with your new accounting and bookkeeping skills. Advanced accounting goes beyond the mere development of reports, and explores the value of the information. This is where the rubber meets the financial road. It aids the business in evaluating past performance, and establishing meaningful plans for the future. Without it, the business owner is running blindfolded. Every accountant should be committed to identify financial strengths and weaknesses of the business that will make the company stronger and more profitable. Indeed, the professional accountant is “The Profit Expert: of the small business and when performing his or her role well, will be one of the most influential people within the company. Surprisingly to most people, these skills are not taught at the college or university levels. In most cases a person either needs vocational (available at Universal Accounting Center) or on the job training to become a full-charge bookkeeper.

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The Best Career Decision You Can Make:
It’s Right In Front of You, It’s Within Your Grasp

It’s all about the experience you have and the specializations you have mastered. Accounting and Bookkeeping is no different. It is the quality of the training you receive that makes the difference of what you earn!

Go ahead and try to find a more comprehensive training program than what you can find in Universal’s Professional Bookkeeper’s Program. You can’t. We know because we have scoured the industry. This is no accident! We want to be your answer for your next promotion, pay increase, or financial opportunity that comes your way in your place of employment. That is why we have gone the extra mile, heck the extra 5 miles with what our course covers, so that you can come back to your training and find the answers that face us in the accounting and bookkeeping industry.

How you benefit from the The Professional Bookkeeper’s Training:

— Increase Your Marketability in the Profession. Only the Professional Bookkeeper program gives you the hands-on knowledge to best service the greater percentage of business types out there; small businesses. You want training to support companies creating new jobs. The small business sector is where you will find that growth today. You’ll be able to go anywhere there is business happening and have the skills to provide for you and your loved ones handsomely. No more worrying about lay-offs, downsizing, or corporate restructuring. the skills you learn and develop with the Professional Bookkeeper’s Training are yours to keep.

— The Professional Bookkeeper Program teaches real-world skills that you can use right away. Forget spending year after year in class learning accounting and tax “theory”. We cut right to the core and teach you the techniques used in the real world. No fluff, no fat. In 60 hours or less, you learn to do practical accounting and bookkeeping tasks that you will use right on the job the very next day. Where could you find training that you can use the next day to improve your position, your company, or your department? Universal’s training is timely and up-to-date, and applicable right away to real-life accounting situations.

— Imagine the confidence you will be able to have, the trust you will create with those you work with, the source of information you’ll be, the person with the answers for the financial health of the company. Can you imagine how indispensable that will make you to the company, or your department? If by chance you have something arise that you haven’t dealt with before, the course workbooks will become an invaluable addition to your library. These reference books include tables and charts not available from any other source. You can refer to them often, saving you hours of research looking for the right information. The workbooks alone are a wise investment.

— By going through the program, increasing your knowledge and skills in accounting and bookkeeping, having the talents many companies seek diligently for, and being an indispensable member of the company with the answers this program focuses on (the practical and efficient methods of doing a business’ accounting) you’ll be able to literally write your own pay check. Wherever you decide to ply your accounting and bookkeeping wares when you have the experience and the Universal certification as a “Professional Bookkeeper”, asking and getting that money you deserve will be not a question of “if” but a decision of “which one?”

How The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program Effects Your Bottom-Line 20%-30%

Now you’re thinking! Every bit of training and career improvement affects what you can require for your salary. Imagine with Universal Accounting comprehensive training, that could take normally years to acquire, can do for your take home pay. Others have experienced 20%, 30% increases in what they get to bring home to their loved ones, and when you act proactively by enrolling today, you can start planning on those pay increases on a more regular basis.

The Professional Bookkeeper’s Program is an exhaustive course containing the proven accounting strategies discovered, developed and practiced by Universal Accounting and its graduates. And so can you!

The Accounting Tools For Success Are At-The-Ready For You

There remains an essential need of continuing your professional education to increase your opportunities. With each workbook of each Module you will be able to gain for your professional career the accounting “tools” of the trade that can take you to the level of employment you seek. Universal Accounting’s training goes into such detail to allow its graduates the ability to tackle what is faced day in and day out in a full service position.

Additionally, we practice on various types of business model examples to broaden your expertise in each kind of business you may be in and address your need to have several opportunities to gain the hands-on knowledge and confidence of having mastered what that type of business faces in accounting needs.

The skills, prior experience and expertise that employers are seeking is what Universal has tirelessly targeted and designed the comprehensive instruction around. As our graduates stated in the clip you just saw, you will also be able to gain, as they did, for yourself. That desired position, added responsibility, increase in career opportunities and the subsequent increases in pay you have set to achieve in your profession is within your grasp. Don’t hesitate in making them a reality for you!

Take advantage of this golden opportunity now. Don’t delay in making that investment in yourself! Time is precious, and you can ill afford to put off the accounting industry leading training that has proven time and time again to work with not just hundreds of graduates, but thousands over and over the last 25+ years.

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Universal is committed to getting to you the right information so that you can benefit from it in your professional career. We are dedicated to assisting those like-minded individuals to becoming successful in Accounting, Bookkeeping and Tax Preparation. Let’s get to answering that ever-important question of how can the Professional Bookkeeper’s training help you to get to that level of income that you are searching for in your accounting/bookkeeping career.

The Nuts and Bolts of the Universal Professional Bookkeeper Offer

While developing the most comprehensive training course found in the market - chock full of 25-years worth of experience and up-to-date proven strategies, methodologies, and tactics - Crafted to the student, and taught in such a way to have everything for the beginners to the most advanced in the profession - we have given to those who have come before you this Iron-Clad Guarantee.

Getting the program is as Risk-Free and as “Benefit-Full” as we could make it.

We extend this Universal Iron-Clad Guarantee to you! Enroll in the program today and you will have not only the Knowledge-packed course, the Iron-Clad Money-Back Guarantee but we’ll give you an additional two practice sets ($198 value). Business types that you can practice doing books on, so you can completely familiar with all the methods of the accounting process.

“Although I came into the class with quite a bit of accounting experience, I was able to get valuable experience in areas I was never able to work with and also received a greater understanding of the processes I have already worked with.” – Robert Ivain

“I am currently employed with a small business in town as their office manager. I am responsible for all accounts payable, accounts receiveable, and monthly financial reporting to the bank. I have worked in the accounting field for the past 6 years. I have also continued to keep a few of my favorite clients and help with their accounting on a part time basis in the evenings. My home business is still going well and I find great satisfaction working with small businesses.” – Gayle Morton

“I have started my business. As of July 1st, I am leaving my job of 15 years and working my business full time. My number one priority now is to complete the course, as I already have enough clients, on contract, to give me a larger annual income than I had working for my employer, and my position was a senior management one (making the second highest income in the company). I plan on completing the course before I actively pursue more clients.” – Robert Ursu

Practice makes perfect. The three modules already contain practice sets for nine different types of businesses. Purchase the Professional Bookkeeper today and you’ll receive two more practice sets, giving you eleven in all. This will give you even more confidence and experience in various industries and the opportunity to work with additional types of clients.

In addition to the practice sets we recognize that you will need the support from Universal to help you through your coursework and answer questions that arise from all that is involved in the program. We won’t just leave you high and dry! We’ll add into this offer 6 months of Universal Coaching Support, a $585 value for FREE. You’ll have access to our Academic Coaches to be able to get your questions about the course work, but you’ll also have 6 months access to your Accountant/CPA Coach to be able to answer the questions that arise when you are applying what you learn to your position. By phone or email both of these coaches are here to answer what questions may come along. This also includes the cost of $485 for the final exam for the Professional Bookkeeper’s designation. Certification to your employers that you have gone through the best possible training and have mastered everything there is to know in the program.

Advancing Your Account-Ability

Setting Up The Books From Scratch — An inside look from beginning to end

In Module III you can learn what to expect when you get down to doing business as a Professional Bookkeeper. Continuing your education is key to keeping your skills vital in the workplace.

For those who have been in the accounting field for some time, there are items in the process that we may have forgotten or were not made aware of before. In this Module you will come to learn and know some more of the essential areas of accounting and bookkeeping. Percentages of Completion, Progress Billings and Cash and Accrual Systems. Profit making ideas that will be worth their weight in gold (or compensation) to those you work for and these are found in this series of sessions.

Learn from the extensive experience of Allen how you can best start out and maintain the processes of accounting and bookkeeping and the objectives you are looking to accomplish for your place of business.Taking the steps you need to in these sessions you’ll discover the little things that make a world of difference in your career. Avoid the standard pitfalls that face all of us when we start keeping and when we maintain a company’s books.

Universal Accounting has the training you need to reach the levels of success you seek. Only in the Professional Bookkeeper program can you find the highly concentrated training, the mentors for instruction and feedback, giving you the “lighted path” you can use to be successful in your accounting efforts.

For Those Who Have Been In The Accounting Field Previously

Below you will be able to view a sample of what you can expect in your training course and the quality of the instruction you will receive from the leaders in the industry. This brief rundown of what is in Module III, featuring Allen Bostrom, President of the Universal Accounting Center, details for you the real-time accounting knowledge that fills Module III coursework. Don’t worry understanding everything the first time. The beauty of learning this way, is being able to rewind and view the material as much as you need to.

Create for yourself a learning atmosphere and let all of the Professional Bookkeeper’s valuable instruction to seep in. You can do it!

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How Does This Benefit You?

Universal Accounting has centered all their training materials to focus on one point, success in the accounting for small businesses. With nearly 92% of all businesses classified that way it is a good chance your company falls into that category. Better yet, we focus more deeply into the needs, and requirements that arise in the small business accounting and bookkeeping field. The Professional Bookkeeper course is completely geared to give you a simliar experience to one of thousands of UAC’s graduates. like Diane Murray, who wrote back to us. “I was very pleased with the training I received at Universal Accounting Center. I had done bookkeeping for six years and was amazed how little I really knew. After graduating from Universal, I have a lot more confidence in my capabilities.”

You can too receive the confidence it takes to reach those higher levels of success when you have the most complete training possible. By learning from the experts’ lifetime accounting experience you can get a foothold on the ladder of accounting wisdom that you otherwise would not have access to. You would also cut out the extreme pain and cost of the obstacles that may arise through your own trial and error. Avoiding obstacles by the right application of knowledge is wisdom, and that is what everyone wants to have. You get that when you take the Professional Bookkeeper’s course from Universal Accounting.

“Without your training program I would never have considered this position, I now have the confidence and the skills to be an effective member of the corporate level management group.”
—Ralph Coleman

“After taking this course I have gone from “I can do your books” to “This is why your company can’t do without me!” It was exactly what I was looking for. It is money well spent! I now have the marketing confidence to go out and get clients!”
—Darlene Bennett

“I was hired in the Director of Finance division at my current job. I was up for VP of finance. With the usefulness and immediate application of this course, I was a “shoe-in” for the position. As the 4 weeks unfolded — I was able to immediately apply the information almost daily. My goal is to build my retirement fund by building my business. I would recommend this class to anyone who wants to enhance their competency in accounting and bookkeeping.”
—Jackie M

What’s Next For Me?

Nowhere but at Universal will you be able to find such a focus on the correct principles of small business accounting, such a well-spring of valuable information for the accounting and bookkeeping professional and such high mentorship in distance learning. You will not be able to find this real-world training in any university, college or applied technology setting. Only at the Universal Accounting Center will you be able to find the right information you need to utilize and draw from as you achieve your professional pursuits and career goals.

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