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Freshbooks: painless customer service

March 24, 2009

It is no secret that I love Freshbooks, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it has excellent customer service, too.
I could not figure out how to downgrade my account using the web site (you can’t), so I gritted my teeth and called the customer support number.
Levi picked up after a couple of rings, [...]

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Track time with Windows Notepad

May 28, 2008

Boyd Johnson has an ingenious way of tracking his time throughout the day. Just open Windows Notepad and, when starting a task, hit F5, which stamps the time into your text file. Make a note to help you flesh out the task on your billing sheet later, and off you go. Whenever you switch tasks, [...]

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What I use to manage my practice

April 16, 2008

As most readers of this blog know, I am in a constant search to find the “best” way to manage my practice. As everyone knows, there is no “best” way to manage a law practice, but there is always improvement. So here are the bits of technology and old-school hardware I am using to manage [...]

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Will the billable hour ever die?

January 2, 2008

According to Slate’s Lisa Lerer, the billable hour may be already be under attack by some large clients of the largest firms. But what about solo and very small firms?
Here is how I do things now, and then I will talk about the “fair fee retainer agreement” I have been working on.

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New time and billing solution: FreshBooks

December 31, 2007

I just came across an impressive–and free!–timekeeping and billing utility, FreshBooks. I gave FreshBooks a test run, and it is pretty smooth. It includes a timer for timing tasks, which is a wonderful feature. And it generates nice invoices that your clients can access online, another nice touch.
The only downside, as with all web apps, [...]

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My timekeeping and accounting solution

September 20, 2007

My wife commented yesterday that it has been a long time since she heard me complaining about my timekeeping and accounting software. It’s true. I hadn’t realized how much less frustration I have since I ditched Time Matters and Billing Matters Plus for good. Instead, I am using a combination of spreadsheets and simple but [...]

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Tracking time

June 8, 2007

If you have read much of this blog, you know I have a major obsession with time tracking options. I have tried a variety of options, including Time Matters, Time59 (online), GnoTime, BK Task Timer, TTime, and many more.
All are lacking something. Most are too complicated. Tracking time is an inherently simple thing. All you [...]

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A full client cycle with Time59

April 15, 2007

Well, the invoices went out, came in, and Time59 dealt with the billing and A/R aspects of my test account beautifully. I was very happy with the ease and simplicity of the whole process. I didn’t have to deal with any expense tracking, which is currently not available. Expense tracking is a planned feature in [...]

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Another online time and billing solution: Time59

March 16, 2007

Chris Monaghan, the creator of Time59, asked me to review his product. He writes:
It provides time tracking, invoicing and accounts receivable functions. It even handles retainer billing. There is a free 30 day trial. One year of service is only $19.95.
The price is certainly right, especially compared to RTG Bills. From what I can tell, [...]

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RTG Timer and RTG Bills

March 6, 2007

A colleague recently pointed me to RTG Timer and RTG Bills. RTG Timer is an online timekeeping solution that integrates with RTG Bills, a Windows-only billing software. RTG Timer is online, so it is platform-independent. At $95/license, RTB Bills is a pretty hefty price for what looks like a fairly simple piece of software–at least [...]

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