Bookkeepers On Fire with Deb & Donna

By Deb Kilsheimer & Donna Reade

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Where bookkeeping meets bold ideas, disruptive strategies with a whole lot of laughter. Donna with her genius in Systems, Processes, and Optimization and Debbie sharing Quick Wit, Funny Insights, Resolute Belief in people, break down what’s working - and what’s not. Unlock the brilliance behind every episode. Experience the heat, the laughs, and the hard truths of virtual bookkeeping—come see what actually works. Join us for the fire, the laughs, and the unfiltered truth about running a bookkeeping business today’s AI World. Meet Your Hosts: ✨ Donna Reade Visionary behind the award winning firms Team Reade and NextGenBookkeepers Champion of AI-Native workflows and subscription pricing models Known for mixing strategy with storytelling (and just the right dash of sarcasm) ✨ Debbie Kilsheimer Founder of Behind the Scenes - A firm that redefines client relationships. Speaker of Uncomfortable Curiosity - pushing boundaries, stirring deep thinking and meaningful change Humor that slaps: cutting, honest, light-hearted Together, Donna and Debbie light up conversations that Inspire, Educate, and Empower bookkeepers and accountants everywhere to build profitable, joyful, and future-ready businesses. 🎙️ Subscribe, tune in, and get ready to Turn Up The Heat on your bookkeeping journey!

Episode Date
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Martha Yasso
Dec 09, 2025
Balances Aren't Bookkeeping
Dec 03, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with William "Murph" Murphy
Dec 02, 2025
Hackers Love Bookkeepers
Nov 30, 2025
Fake Support Scams
Nov 28, 2025
Processing Fees Rock
Nov 26, 2025
Worldwide Worker Woes
Nov 25, 2025
Nine Years Late
Nov 23, 2025
Always Be Posting
Nov 21, 2025
Congrats Not Yet
Nov 19, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Matt Tait
Nov 18, 2025
Bookkeepers Not Police
Nov 16, 2025
Communities Beat Gurus
Nov 14, 2025
Race To The Bottom
Nov 12, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Randy Crabtree
Nov 11, 2025
Define Audit Again
Nov 09, 2025
Favorite Client Fails
Nov 07, 2025
Theory Meets Reality
Nov 04, 2025
Vendor? Nope, Expert
Nov 02, 2025
Cash Checks Chaos
Oct 31, 2025
Contractor? Or Coworker?
Oct 29, 2025
Law Firm Lunacy
Oct 26, 2025
Taxes Across Borders
Oct 24, 2025
Exclude. Breathe.
Oct 22, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Meg K. Wheeler
Oct 21, 2025
Permission To Disengage
Oct 19, 2025
Stop Guessing Budgets
Oct 17, 2025
CPA? or Accomplice?
Oct 15, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Melissa Miller Furgeson
Oct 14, 2025
Free Is Foolish
Oct 12, 2025
Penny Wise, Painful.
Oct 10, 2025
Boundaries, Baby, Boundaries
Oct 08, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Thomas Ruscitti
Oct 07, 2025
Lazy or Legal?
Oct 05, 2025
Boring Routine Wins
Oct 03, 2025
Non Profit, Not Free
Oct 01, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Ellen Oliver & Kari Neumann
Sep 30, 2025
It’s All Equity
Sep 28, 2025
Cleared? Ha, Nope
Sep 26, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Jacqueline Edwards
Sep 25, 2025
Name Drop Regrets
Sep 24, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Phyllis Deitz
Sep 23, 2025
Folder Freak-Out Fest
Sep 21, 2025
Yard-Sale Economics
Sep 19, 2025
Productive-ish On-The-Go
Sep 17, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Hector Garcia
Sep 16, 2025
Depreciate? Delegate. Done.
Sep 14, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Alicia Katz Pollock
Sep 12, 2025
Endorsements On Demand
Sep 10, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Anna Dynia
Sep 09, 2025
Manual Madness Marathon
Sep 07, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Goes Global with Geetika Bajaj
Sep 05, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Tonya Schulte
Sep 04, 2025
Downgrade Regret Repeat
Sep 03, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Live with Hal In A Towel
Sep 02, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Welcomes Wayne Higdon
Sep 01, 2025
Watch Your Dates
Aug 31, 2025
Chaos By Client
Aug 27, 2025
Vendor Fee Tantrum
Aug 24, 2025
Support, Not Psychic
Aug 23, 2025
Prior Period Panic
Aug 20, 2025
Translate Don’t Preach
Aug 17, 2025
Zero It Out
Aug 13, 2025
Pitch It Anyway
Aug 10, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Welcomes Ron Baker
Aug 08, 2025
Couples, Cash, Chaos
Aug 06, 2025
Training? What's That?
Aug 03, 2025
Subscription Sticker Shock
Aug 02, 2025
🔴 Mark Corum Ignites Bookkeepers on Fire
Aug 01, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Welcomes Carlos Garcia
Jul 31, 2025
Solo, Sane, Successful
Jul 30, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Welcomes Jeff Seibert | CEO of Digits
Jul 29, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Welcomes Corry Jankowski
Jul 28, 2025
Smart, Not Local
Jul 27, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Welcomes Marnie Roberts
Jul 26, 2025
🔴 Bookkeepers On Fire | Welcomes Olga Hurtado
Jul 25, 2025
CPA? Who Cares
Jul 23, 2025
Nonprofit, Not Free
Jul 20, 2025
Mutual Mistrust Magic
Jul 16, 2025
Payroll Ain’t Easy
Jul 13, 2025
Train, Don’t Complain.
Jul 09, 2025
Deposit Drama Daily
Jul 06, 2025
Projects On Parade
Jul 02, 2025
Four Dollar Drama
Jun 29, 2025
Equity Fix Madness
Jun 25, 2025
Passwords? Paper? Please.
Jun 22, 2025
Tweak Your Life
Jun 18, 2025
Skills Aren't Strategy
Jun 15, 2025
Accounting Firm Fails
Jun 11, 2025
On-Call? Oh Joy.
Jun 08, 2025
Entry-Level Entanglements
Jun 04, 2025
Clients Crave Confidence
Jun 01, 2025
🔴Megan Genest Tarnow
May 31, 2025
Meals, Receipts, Madness
May 28, 2025
Hundred Episodes Later
May 25, 2025
No One Died
May 21, 2025
Systems Beat Spreadsheets
May 18, 2025
Clients Be Ghostin’
May 14, 2025
Class Me Crazy
May 11, 2025
Priced To Flee
May 07, 2025
Knowledge Ain't Cheap
May 04, 2025
Signed, Sealed, Discreet
Apr 30, 2025
Ask or Assume?
Apr 27, 2025
Mixed-Up Madness Begins
Apr 23, 2025
Marketing is Mute
Apr 20, 2025
Wait, There's More?
Apr 16, 2025
Client Storage Conundrum
Apr 13, 2025
Mentor Magic Wanted
Apr 09, 2025
Consultation Time Vampires
Apr 06, 2025
CFOs For Rent
Apr 02, 2025
Use At Risk
Mar 19, 2025
Clocking Client Chaos
Mar 16, 2025
Owner’s Draw Drama
Mar 13, 2025
Ledger Life Rocks
Mar 02, 2025
Just Stealing
Feb 26, 2025
Hiring Gone Wild
Feb 19, 2025
Mind-Reading Not Included
Feb 16, 2025
Charge for Chatter
Feb 12, 2025
Client or Scam?
Feb 09, 2025
QBO Ledger Lovers Unite
Feb 02, 2025
Checks & Chaos
Jan 29, 2025
My Time Costs
Jan 27, 2025
Procrastinator’s CPE Plan
Jan 22, 2025
Overhead Costs Made Fun-ish
Jan 19, 2025
Talk Is Cheap, Strategy Isn’t
Jan 15, 2025
Training Daughters Isn’t Free
Jan 12, 2025
Startup Survival Guide
Jan 08, 2025
Bank Feed Fiascos
Jan 05, 2025
Audit Me Maybe
Jan 01, 2025
Bank Feed Check Magic
Dec 29, 2024
QuickBooks Moving Party
Dec 25, 2024
Non Client Questions Pricing Strategy
Dec 22, 2024
Transitioning to Flat Fee
Dec 18, 2024
Job Listing Red Flags
Dec 15, 2024
Charging For Those Cleanups!
Dec 08, 2024
My Price is One Million Dollars
Dec 04, 2024
What Makes A Great Bookkeeper?
Dec 01, 2024
I Made A Mistake
Nov 27, 2024
You Will Be Audited & It Will Be Painful
Nov 24, 2024
We Are In The Sales Business
Nov 20, 2024
Two CPAs Different Opinions!
Nov 17, 2024
For This I Charge You That!
Oct 23, 2024
Tricky Referral
Oct 20, 2024
Another Diagnostic Dilemma
Oct 16, 2024
The Good, The Bad, and The Buggy: Real Stories of QBO and POS Integration
Oct 13, 2024
Putting Your Price Out There
Oct 09, 2024
The Four-Business Dilemma
Oct 06, 2024
Accounting Software Shenanigans
Oct 02, 2024
Charging for Chaos: Diagnostic Dilemmas
Sep 29, 2024
Clients Wanted: Put Yourself Out There
Sep 25, 2024
Bookkeeping & Taxes are very different!
Sep 22, 2024
Don't Oversell Yourself!
Sep 15, 2024
Stop Using Checks!
Sep 11, 2024
You Define Your Parameters!
Sep 08, 2024
It's Not That Hard!
Sep 04, 2024
Value Who You Are!
Sep 01, 2024
Over Thinking Client Engagements
Aug 28, 2024
Stepping Over Dollars To Pick Up Pennies!
Aug 25, 2024
Drawing The Line In The Sand
Aug 21, 2024
Debbie & Donna talk QB Live and more
Aug 18, 2024
Go Do Your Thing!
Aug 14, 2024
You are Worth it!
Aug 11, 2024
Point a finger at someone and three point back at you!
Aug 07, 2024
Try Chasing Two Rabbits!
Aug 04, 2024
Sometimes You Can Not Fix It!
Jul 31, 2024
Bonus : Raw & Unedited Behind the Scenes
Jul 28, 2024
Golden Survivor
Jul 28, 2024
Just Be You (Forget the Referral Fees)
Jul 25, 2024
From Employee to Entrepreneur
Jul 21, 2024
Market To Your Specific Specialty!
Jul 17, 2024
To Bill Pay or Not To Bill Pay
Jul 15, 2024
Build Your Knowledge Base with SOP's (Standard Operating Procedures)
Jul 10, 2024
QuickBooks Fee Strategies
Jul 07, 2024
Travel Workflow & Laptop Monitors
Jul 04, 2024
Hourly to Flat Fee Pricing:Just Do It!
Jun 30, 2024
Convenience Costs Money!
Jun 26, 2024
Earn Your Clients!
Jun 23, 2024
What You Put Out Is What You Get Back!
Jun 19, 2024
Sit Down With Yourself
Jun 16, 2024
You Are In Charge!
Jun 12, 2024
I Hate Comingling!
Jun 09, 2024
Find A Buddy
Jun 05, 2024
Separate Accounts for Payroll: Essential or Overkill?
Jun 02, 2024
Starting A Strong Bookkeeping Business
May 29, 2024
Bonus: Debbie & Donna sharing thoughts behind the scenes
May 27, 2024
Payroll Price Wars
May 26, 2024
Pursue It or Let It Go!
May 22, 2024
Sales = Business
May 19, 2024
Beyond Numbers: Connecting With Your Clients
May 12, 2024
Trust Your Gut!
May 05, 2024
Bonus Episode: Opportunity Comes With Change
Apr 28, 2024
Understand Your Prospects’ Accounting Software Before They Become Clients!
Apr 28, 2024
Difficult Clients: Is It Them or Is It You?
Apr 26, 2024
Here We Go!
Mar 24, 2024