We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Jennifer Williams. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Jennifer below.
Jennifer , appreciate you joining us today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?
My mission is to create generational wealth for my family. I want to leave behind a strong legacy for my future grandchildren, great-grandchildren and so on. I want them to be proud of the work that I did in spite of the many highs and lows in my life. I have started the blueprint of success that will lead to wealth. I want them to know that you can do anything in this world that you put your mind to. And always remember “It’s not where you start, it’s how you finish”! I want them to see that the finishing product is impeccable with hard work and dedication. If you follow the blueprint that I have started, you can build upon it and create an even bigger empire for our family. I want to expose my family to wealth in a way they have never seen or dreamed of before. My mission is to simply make sure my family continue to build upon what I have started and take it to another level.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
My name is Jennifer Williams owner and operator of All In One Tax Services. I have been doing taxes for many of years now. I first incorporated my business back in 2019 to start the process of becoming a business owner. I got into the business of doing taxes because I got tired of paying a lot of big box companies to do my taxes. I thought doing taxes was very intriguing. I wanted to learn the skill and the concept of the industry. I did extensive research and took an online course to enhance my skills more about what I did not know. I put on my vision board back in August 2016 that I wanted to have my own tax office one day. I was praying that it came to pass, and it did eventually February 5, 2021. I purchased my first commercial property for my business. I am so proud of myself and how far I’ve come in my business. This wasn’t an easy journey for me. As a new business owner, it was like walking around in the dark searching for the light. I was embarking on a new territory, and it was uncomfortable at first. I finally got the hang of things. I now currently have added several other services to my tax business to ensure my doors stay open all year round. Most tax offices will close down shortly after-tax season is over with. I did not want to be one of those companies who worked only seasonal. I thought long and hard on how I can avoid that. It hit me one day that everything you have learned you can help others in their journey to become a successful business owner. I decided to add a plethora of more services to ensure my doors will stay open pass tax season. This is why my business is called “All In One Tax Services”. There have been times when I did not know how to do something I would never turn a client away. I would simply do some research about what they needed and teach myself how to do it. I felt like God was telling me that I needed to learn something new so I could add it as a service for when the next client needs it done. Everything that I set out to accomplish regarding my tax business has come to pass. As of now we offer a wide range of services such as: tax preparation services, payroll services, credit repair, credit repair classes, notary services, business startup, business credit classes, business plans, insurance quotes, and speaking engagements.
Any advice for growing your clientele? What’s been most effective for you?
The most effective strategy for growing my clientele is simple for me. Being honest, knowledgeable, and the biggest key of them all providing excellent customer service to my clients. The one thing you will always here about me is I am knowledgeable and give great customer service to my clients. I strongly believe in treating people how you want to be treated. I come from banking world where we had to go to several trainings for these purposes. I considered myself to be truly blessed because I do not do heavy marketing. My clients always refer people to me, and the other bulk of my clients have found me on google, and social media. My clients that find me on google always say I pop right up in my area. They always say they first look at my reviews, and I hear constantly from them that my face looks friendly to them that is why they decided to come to me instead of other businesses. (LOL). If you take care of your clients believe me, they will take care of you in more ways than one.
We’d love to hear the story of how you turned a side-hustle into a something much bigger.
My side business has now turned into my full-time business. I worked at a bank for 3 years and learned a lot. I felt like my worth was going unnoticed typically like hundreds of people who are working for someone else. My colleagues, and boss at the bank knew about my businesses that I had. It wasn’t no secret at all. In my mind I was destined to be my own boss. On my downtime at work, I would be doing research and teaching myself things that I needed to know to be one of the best in my fields of work. I remember getting yelled at times because I didn’t want to participate in the nonsense conversations that was taking place in the workspace. I was busy working on my future. I would tell them one day you all will be standing in line to come and see me. I would also tell them I would be on tv one day very soon. I was laughed at constantly. My then boss was away from the branch a particular day in March of 2020. I had done a customer of the bank taxes at home over the weekend. When my boss got back to work an employee lied on me and said I was doing a customer taxes at work. But I really didn’t do it. I was reported to human resources by the woman that I considered a dear friend to me. My boss!!! I prayed about the situation and left it in God hands. I worked for that bank for 3 years no writes ups, one call off in 3 years, and just like that I was fired!! Oh, I forgot to mention 24hours before I was fired, I got approved for my commercial loan to purchase a building for my business. You see when you think things are working against you, they are really working for you!!! I told myself that day I got fired March 13, 2020, I said I will never work for someone else ever again. In my mind those days are over with for me. So, I had to go hard with my business and so I did. To celebrate things, I made sure I had my grand opening of my business on the anniversary of the day I got fired a year previously March 13, 2021!!! That is my story, I had no other options in my head. It was now or never for me. No more being scared time to jump and that has been my method for everything that I do now!! I do everything scared, unsure, and sometimes I be confused. I had to learn to put my Faith in one person and one person only and that is GOD!! He has not led me wrong, and he never will.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.alln1taxjw.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennifernicole_1979/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Alln1taxjw
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-n-williams-b2724020/
- Other: All In One Tax Services Ultimate Credit Manual book can be purchased on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/All-One-Tax-Services-Ultimate/dp/B09FNX4V2M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=26KU3I9CCGRS1&keywords=all+in+one+tax+services+ultimate+credit+manual&qid=1659117840&sprefix=all+in+one+tax+services+ultimate+credit+manual%2Caps%2C72&sr=8-1
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Kevin V. Cuttino