Tracking time for Business or Work – the one thing that you need
As the saying goes, time is money, right? We all spend an inordinate of time working, thinking, doing, creating – but do we really track that time accurately, consistently and reliably?
Suppose you’re an entrepreneur, knowledge worker, creator, designer, engineer, freelancer etc. and you’re struggling to track your time?
Suppose you’re struggling to bill a client as you can’t remember how many hours you worked or on what days?
Suppose you’ve several clients or projects running concurrently, and you’re having such a difficult time accurately allocating and recording your time spent on each?
Well my friend, this is why you need a time tracking app. It will make your life easier, more efficient, and most of all, pay you back in spades in saving you stress and bringing you income.
Why you should use a time tracking app
Billing
Many workers such as legal professionals, designers, developers, freelancers or consultants today rely on billable hours for revenue.
However, it’s a challenge to accurately record time spent on each project or client, especially if you’re juggling several at once.
For example, you’re at your desk doing one project’s work, and the telephone goes. It’s another client who keeps you chatting for 20 minutes with the dreaded ‘scope change’ that will add hours to his project.
Here’s the challenge – you need to record the interruption to client’s one work but also record that 20 minutes to bill the second client – but how do you do this…..
- hope you remember when it’s time for invoicing?
- scribble a rough note on a random piece of paper?
- think “oh, he won’t notice another twenty minutes” and keep working and ignore the interruption?
Well, all of the above carries risk or stress, right? Why not choose a much easier way, and use a time tracking app such as Alpaka Punch.
With Alpaca Punch, the above situation is easily resolved – just one click to stop recording time for Client 1 and start recording time for Client 2, and then switch back after the call.
Benefits – less stress, faster return to work, increased productivity and accuracy.
Profitability
Suppose you’re a freelancer working on content creation – e.g. graphic design, article writing or otherwise – and you’re working on a fixed price project.
What’s your biggest challenge do you think? Would it be knowing how profitable you really are? How do you know you’re not taking 5 or 10 hours to complete a project that you estimated at only two hours?
By using a time tracking app such as Alpaka Punch you can accurately track time for any project, and then compare with the fixed cost.
Benefits – increased profitability as you can accurately measure how long that 500 word article is really taking you, and adjust your prices accordingly.
Improved workflow
Whatever time tracking system you used to use, it’s a safe bet using an app such as Alpaka Punchwill improve it.
With a wide ranging feature set, Alpaka Punch will improve your workflow no end, such as :-
- simplicity – less time to note all the salient details (client, project, time etc.) means more time for you to do the work that produces the money
- flexibility – all clients and projects can be included and centralised in one place
- oversight – all timers can be overseen by one admin (ideal for teams and managers)
- recording/documenting – all data is synced to an online account for convenience, e.g. timesheet, calendars or reports
