Why Join? 
One word: CLIENTS
You should expect to take in at least 2 new clients each year as a direct result of your $129 membership. We market to companies that use QuickBooks, and they come to us when they need QuickBooks help. We post their projects on theQuickBooks Help Wanted. As you know, these projects are often filled by the first qualified person who contacts the company. Members have instant access to the new posts, and the full contact info. If the job is a good fit for you, jump on it! If not, the next may be. With so many options you can afford to be choosy about your clients, working your niche and raising your rates as your skills grow.
Our motto: "Specialization through collaboration". It means that there is so much work to be done in the constantly-moving and ever-expanding field of QuickBooks® consulting that there is much to be gained when QuickBooks® consultants team up together."

Another benefit: your membership includes an optional professional e-mail address: yourname@thequicksource.com.

Your QuickSource Profile will position your skills in your geographic area and attract the kind of work you like doing the most. Membership is only $129 annually and includes your full profile on the QuickSource Directory:

Additional Member benefits include:

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Branding
If you have an existing website, you can link to it from your profile. If you have neither time nor inclination to develop a website, your QuickSource profile can serve as your "brand" or business identity. You use a link to your profile in your outgoing e-mail signature line, and on your business cards to assist you in finding new customers.

Referrals
Small businesses come to this site to understand their needs and find help. They will browse the provider listing and call you directly if they believe your experience and location is a match for their needs.

When that call comes, it is then up to you to explain how your experience fits their needs, and tell them if and when you are available. Your yearly membership pays for unlimited referrals.

Alternatively, the business can post a project or job, and as a member you can respond to that post.

Connect to Peers
Bookkeeping can be isolating. Come to the QuickBooks Talk and Swap meetings to meet other QuickBooks® software professionals, share resources and technical consulting tools, increase professional skills, and refer clients to one-another.

Mentoring
The path to accreditation in this field is not clear cut. It starts with a bookkeeping certificate of some kind, and builds with time and experience. Many of us choose to take the tests and become a QuickBooks® ProAdvisor and/or Point of Sale® expert. In our meetings and on-line networking, we will discuss career paths, and what it means to be a bookkeeper vs. expert software support professional.

For example, many who found their way to bookkeeping don't know that working as a software support provider involves shorter-term contracts for higher pay, generally with clients who are located farther away. Many members in our community are parents who are commited to a work/life balance. Keeping track of multiple clients successfully in the context of a busy life is often a theme in our discussions.