EP471: Morgan Law - The Unexpected Way Bookkeepers Are Winning On YouTube

Ad Read: And I'm at a point now where I choose not to have time to grow my business any bigger than it is. So I definitely have seen firsthand that it is a way that you can get clients from YouTube. And I think having a niche would be really helpful for that. Because, you know, if someone's like a veterinarian or something, they'll probably be searching for specific questions about veterinarian bookkeeping, and then they can find your YouTube channel. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to the Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I'm your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a great one. Our guest is a professional bookkeeper and popular YouTube creator behind Fine Points Bookkeeping, where she helps aspiring and experienced bookkeepers build successful businesses with practical insights and expert guidance. Morgan Law, welcome to the show. Thank you so much. I'm excited to be here. It's great to have you. And I'd love to hear your journey from working through— sounds like the corporate world into copy editing, into becoming a professional bookkeeper and starting Fine Points Bookkeeping. Let's, let's, uh, hear that backstory.

Yeah, for sure. So yeah, my background really had nothing to do with bookkeeping, which a lot of people are surprised by sometimes. Um, but yeah, so I was an English major in college, and then yeah, my first job out of college was copy editing. Well, I was working at the Target headquarters in Minnesota, and I did a variety of jobs for them. So I was kind of happy there, but then when I had my first kid, I stayed home with her, so I quit my full-time job to stay home with my daughter. And then at that point, after about a year, I was like, oh, I'd like to, you know, maybe do a little something or contribute to my family's income. And I actually had a friend that was a bookkeeper, and so she was the one who kind of like got me started. She encouraged me. She was like, it's kind of a good match for your skill set. Beautiful. Well, it sounds, uh, getting there, it's a big change, but you know, when we were starting the business or getting into the business, were there hurdles that you came