I’m Meredith. I’m the creator of Bookkeeping By Meredith and merelynne.com.  I’m glad you found me. Since you made it here, I’m guessing you want to know a little bit more about me.

For starters I like to talk about business and money. Specifically ways to help small business owners better understand their finances so they can grow a business they love.

My passion is sharing ideas, stories and products with you that work. That help you get out of debt, stay out of debt and use your money to build for your future. I’m not just any other bookkeeper you see out there. I have credentials to back me up.

– I am an Accountant
– I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
– I have Masters of Business Administration.
– I work every day in a tax, accounting and financial planning firm.
– I help creative entrepreneurs, just like you, develop a better bookkeeping system to help them scale their dream.

Does that sound legit? I have the education to back up my experience, which is a pretty big deal when we’re talking about your business.

I am the creator of the Youtube channel, Bookkeeping By Meredith, a powerful video tool to help you develop tricks and tools you need for your business.

The behind-the-scenes bio:

I’m a lover of God, a wife, a boy mom and dog mom. I wear many hats in my life and I treat each one with gratitude. I wrote a whole post about what you may not know about me so you can get a feel for who I am.

I Wanted To Understand More

Years ago my husband and I were just starting out.  We were living in a townhouse that had seen better days.  We longed for a day where we wouldn’t hear our neighbors through paper thin walls.  More importantly, we wanted a place where our dogs could finally roam in the backyard without a chain and we had room to grow.  But we had no clue how we were going to get there.

My husband was making decent money for the time, but I wasn’t.  I had a 30 minute commute to a mediocre job that paid less than mediocre.  We were getting by, but barely.  Sure we had enough to put food in the fridge, but heaven forbid one of cars broke down because we would have been out of luck.  I remember we would sit on our couch with our laptop open to our online banking.  We would be subtracting the bills that hadn’t come out yet to see just how much we could afford at the grocery store that week.  Sometimes we were right, but other weeks we would forget a bill and end up overdrafting our account.

It was stressful.  We just never felt like we were going to rise above it.

I knew I couldn’t and wouldn’t live my life like that for the next 15 to 20 years.  Heck! I wasn’t going to live like that for the next 5!

We came up with a plan.  We started budgeting our money before we paid any bills.  We built an emergency fund to take some of the pressure off our bank account.  We stopped relying so heavily on bonuses we weren’t promised to make ends meet and cut things out that we knew we didn’t have to have.

After a few months we noticed a difference.  We no longer had to check our bank account before going to the store.  Our bills didn’t hurt like they used to and we were happier.

We finally realized we were making progress and we liked it!

I started blogging to share what I had found with others.  I knew if we were struggling then someone else had to be too.

Now it’s been several years and a lot has changed.  We moved to a new (my hometown) city so I can pursue a career helping small business owners build their dreams.  As of today we have paid off over $40,000 worth of debt in under 3 years.  

As I grew and developed, I realized many of my clients were small business owners trying to make it.  They understood how to budget their personal money, but they were treading water when it came to their business finances.  That’s when Bookkeeping By Meredith was created.  It was a place to help new business owners learn how to keep their records in order, budget for their business, and start making progress towards their goals.

Why You Are Here?

I believe you found me for a reason. I’m not your typical bookkeeper.  I want to teach you how to handle your money the right way – the way the will increase your profits and decrease your stress.

I want to help you. I want to show you there is another way to budget your money, save for your children’s college and have some fun.

I’ve put together an amazing checklist for you.  This guide will tell you what you should be doing on a daily, weekly and monthly basis in your business.  This will help you make sure your pricing strategy is working, your overhead isn’t too high, and to give you confidence in your bookkeeping.

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