Comments on: Why Time Tracking is Important to Freelancers

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:01:13 +0000

There is a neat little desktop tool called Fanurio http://www.fanuriotimetracking.com . I love it! You can try it for free too. You can just click to start, pause it, etc and you can do nifty reports. I use it to track the time I spend on client projects.

Even though I only bill hourly for consulting projects, it helps me to see how much time I’m spending to make sure my rates are in line. With Fanurio you can customize invoice templates using your own layouts and export them to HTML or PDF.

By: John

John — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:20:04 +0000

The greatest benefit of tracking your time is that the more you do it, the better you become at estimating future projects. And as a freelancer, that can be a valuable skill.

By: Dan Gebhardt

Dan Gebhardt — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:45:44 +0000

Thanks for this cogent post about the relationship between time tracking and time management.

I developed the online service LiveTimer.com to help people become better time managers through time tracking. You can use LiveTimer to track every minute of your day as you work. Time entries flow into a ledger that shows the start and end times of each task, as well as gaps in your day. I find that keeping a timer running as I work helps me stay focused, and reviewing the ledger at the end of the day helps clarify how I could better manage my time in the future.

By: Dan Taylor

Dan Taylor — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:13:58 +0000

Hi Joey! Yet again, and outstanding work. Here at TSheets, obviously, we view time tracking as a VERY important part of any freelancers life.

You mentioned that you tracked time by hand. What if you could track it electronically with separate job codes (and subcodes if you desire) for each project, and could generate reports at weeks end to better assist you in analyzing where and on what your time is spent? Taking it a step further, what if you could integrate these reports with FreshBooks to automagically generate invoices?

With TSheets – check – yes you can!