Bookkeeping for Bloggers with Ansley Beutler
SHOW NOTES: Episode 133
We had Ansley Beutler on the podcast. Ansley has a unique perspective because she is a CPA and a food blogger. She is sharing her journey from accounting to running her blog, The Fit Peach, and founding Peach Perfect Financials, an accounting firm for bloggers.
She emphasizes the importance of setting up a business correctly including keeping your personal and business accounts separate, maintaining clear financial records, and using accounting software such as QuickBooks. Ansley offers advice on deductible expenses such as job supplies that you need for your blog, shares the significance of bookkeeping, and making quarterly tax payments. We also touch on preparing for retirement and managing health insurance as a self-employed blogger. If you are wanting to dive into the financial side of blogging, which is not always fun but so necessary, then this episode is for you!
If you are wanting to dive into the financial side of blogging, which is not always fun but so necessary, then this episode is for you!
We would love to hear what you thought about this episode! Send us a DM over on Instagram: @sparkmediaconcepts and let us know!
IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVERED:
- Transition from corporate accounting job to food blogging
- Importance of understanding the financial side of blogging
- Setting up business correctly from the start
- Using accounting software for bookkeeping
- Specific expenses that bloggers can deduct
- Tracking business expenses and maintaining clear financial records
- Analyzing financial reports and making business decisions
- Quarterly tax payments and preparing for taxes
- Retirement planning and setting up for self-employed individuals
- Diversifying revenue streams and viewing blog as a business
LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Connect with Ansley on her website: peachperfectfinancials.com and thefitpeach.com; and on Instagram @peachperfectfinancials and @the.fit.peach
- Join the Ultimate Blog Bootcamp!
- Check out the Blog Depot!
- Check out last week’s episode here!
- Connect with us on Instagram at: @sparkmediaconcepts
MORE ABOUT THE ULTIMATE BLOG PODCAST:
Welcome to The Ultimate Blog Podcast! This podcast is for you if you’ve ever wanted to learn blogging basics so that you can start your own blog or if you have been a blogger for years but are struggling to grow or need inspiration and community.
Every Tuesday we will be sharing a new episode where we will cover topics from the basics of starting a blog, monetizing and growing your site, to finding the inspiration you need to keep going. You will also find guest interviews with experts on different blogging topics as well as interviews with bloggers who’ve been in your shoes.
Amy Reinecke and Jennifer Draper are bloggers themselves who want to encourage you to believe in your potential, step outside the norm and step into a life where you create your own schedule, your own success and your own story.
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