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Applied what I learned from Day 1 and built a business I eventually sold for over a million dollars.

Sold business for $1M+

330%

REVENUE GROWTH

FREEDOM GATEWAY

330% revenue increase. Computer off by 5pm. I went from technician to strategist — and now I get to show other bookkeepers it's possible too.

330% revenue growth over 3 years

16x

EFFECTIVE RATE

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I went from $25/hr to a $150-$400/hr equivalent. My business now runs without me — and I was a mom of three building it from a Miami condo mailroom.

$25 → $400/hr

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COVID destroyed my travel-agent niche. I let the entire team go and switched to value pricing. Revenue 10x'd.

10x revenue after pivot

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Grade 10 education. I bought my employer's Pure Bookkeeping practice and grew it 440% in four years. The $30K coaching investment paid back in two months. I am enough.

440% growth in 4 years

35%

REVENUE GROWTH

FREEDOM GATEWAY

My husband died in a car accident while I was seven months pregnant with our third child. I rebuilt the business from a one-day-a-week filing job. Mindset was the biggest unlock — 35% revenue growth in one year.

35% revenue growth

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I'm not a numbers person — I was a franchise manager. Using Pure Bookkeeping I grew my sister-in-law's practice from 2 bookkeepers to 12. Burn the first 20 meetings and just get started.

2 → 12 bookkeepers

STAFF FROM SOLO

SCALE

Went from solo to 8 staff in three years after Pure Bookkeeping. My business has literally changed 180%. I took my first-ever maternity leave because the systems were in place.

Solo → 8 staff in 3 years

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FREEDOM GATEWAY

I work max 30 hours a week, take cruises during tax deadlines, and have a 2-3 month waiting list. I did not start my business to build a bookkeeping empire — and it's okay to say no.

30 hrs/wk, 3-month waitlist

CLIENTS FIRED

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I fired nine clients at once. My income went up. Pruning allows better growth — and I finally stopped being just a bookkeeper.

Fired 9 clients, income grew

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FREEDOM GATEWAY

I stepped back from my business completely for ten weeks. It ran fine. I fell in love with the work again.

10-week hands-off test

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FREEDOM GATEWAY

Five years ago I said '$2,000 a month would change my life.' Now I run a $250K+ firm on referrals alone, and I'm aiming for a million by 40.

$2K/mo → $250K firm

10x

CLIENT BOOK

SCALE

Three to thirty recurring clients in eighteen months. I built a full-service advisory firm — CFP, bookkeeping, Profit First — with one client on $600K revenue paying themselves $19K a year until we fixed it.

3 → 30 clients in 18 mo

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CLIENTS

About 100 clients across Canada. 100% referral growth, zero advertising, 90% retention after we raised from $65 to $80/hr. Do what you do best and outsource the rest.

100 clients, 0 ads

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The Seven Secrets Seminar and Michael Palmer are a 10 out of 10 in value. I've since become a licensee of the Pure Bookkeeping System and we're implementing it throughout the business.

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7 SECRETS

I was in a rut. The 7 Secrets taught me to charge more because I was undervaluing myself, to create different revenue streams, and to open my market. Perfect timing.

Raised rates, opened market

7 SECRETS

The most valuable things I learned were how to present and value myself. It changed my thinking about restructuring the business to serve clients at a higher price and let go of the low-price ones.

Restructured client base

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