Is Invoicing YOUR Achilles Heal? (it was mine!)

I love my business of helping businesses and organizations create an effective web presence with websites and expanding their digital footprint. I offer FREE initial consultations, flat-rate projects as well as hourly billing. Tracking all this AND sending out detailed invoices in a timely manner was a challenge/nightmare! It was the weakest link of my business... AND vital!

I found one software company that was pretty comprehensive in what it could do to help me manage clients but what it was AWFUL at generating invoices for hourly billing. After investing hours of training and hundreds of dollars in fees I googled "Alternatives to ____".I

I found Freshbooks. I have determined it to be:

1. EASY to track my time: with a timer I can turn on and off as I go from task to task. I assign it to a client and it logs the time and my notes.
2. QUICK to generate an invoice as all I have to do is click GENERATE and it puts detailed information about the tasks I logged, the time I spent and the billing rate (if applicable) for me. Calculations are done and client details included. It's usually a one-minute process!
3. TIME-SAVING to use. I can create an ESTIMATE or PROPOSAL that can be converted to an invoice once the doc is signed (all included)
4. FLEXIBLE in billing: I can set up a payment schedules for my clients and they can pay by credit card or I log a check when it arrives.
5. MINDFUL of to-dos. It takes care of recurring billing for me AND sends reminders to clients when payment is not received within a specified period of time.

I still have to REMEMBER to check my unbilled hours report but I have now set up a task in my task management system to remind me of that so I am well on my way of working smarter and staying on top of my cash flow.

If this is something you need, please use this link to check it out. NOTE: you can try it FREE for 30 days...



Affiliate disclosure: This product has served me so well these past few years, I decided to become an affiliate (which means if you decide to sign up through my link, they we pay me a stipend as a referral "thank you") I am an affilate for several software solutions that you can find at https://www.getyournetingear.com/resources. But know that I ONLY recommend tools that I use myself.