EP404: Rachel Fisch - Your Niche Unleashed: Networking For Success

Ad Read: there are so many elements and so many variables that you can have, you know, some smoother transitions than others, but they are never ever going to be easy peasy ever. They all require work. 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 am your host, Michael Palmer, and today Today's show is gonna be absolutely awesome. Our returning guest is the owner of RealtyTax.ca and FishBooks Inc., Rachel Fish. Welcome back to the podcast. Thank you so much, Michael, for having me back. I really appreciate it. Well, it's great to have you. And I know most of our listeners would probably know who you are, but for the very few that might not, maybe let's start off with just a little bit of a bio in terms of, you know, how you ended up doing what you're doing today. And then we'll get into talking about what's been new in your world. Yeah, I get that that's supposed to be a really short, simple question, but then you're like, oh God, how far back? Let's go back to like early grade school.

And so in grade 2, I— no, no, no. Let's see. I think most of the bookkeeping folks out there would know me from Oh gosh, I mean, I used to teach QuickBooks webinars. So basically anybody who like got certified between 2011 and 2016, I was probably, you know, running those, those webinars and really involved there. I went to Deloitte for a little while, met some awesome people there, went to Sage Software for 3 and a half years. So again, very involved in the bookkeeper community. I am a CPB, of course, on the board at CPB. So love seeing folks at CPB Ignite, which will be in Winnipeg this year. Let's see. And then, yeah, since then I've had Achieve Adventures as well. So, but those are, that's probably where most everybody knows me from. Yeah, absolutely. Well, you've been involved in supporting people in the community for a very long time, which is fantastic. And you're well respected in the community, both in Canada, the United States, and also abroad. Thanks so much. Which is pretty cool. Now, You've developed a business called RealtyTax.ca. Let's maybe start with that. What's that all about and why did