I love Harvest — the time-tracking bombshell of a service. They do more than track time, though. You can generate client invoices, manage projects, run real-time reports and with their mobile or desktop app you can easily switch between projects and tasks at the touch of button (okay, two). As far as I’m concerned this is the best $12 I spend every month. I can’t function without Harvest.
Time tracking, the nightmare
For years, working as an employee for many different companies, time tracking was always a nightmare. One particular Seattle agency (which I won’t name, because it hasn’t any relevance to the point I’m making) had such an archaic and inefficient system that my boss hounded me regularly to logged my time. It’s not that I didn’t value tracking time, it’s that I HATE inefficiencies, so I just wouldn’t do it. My time tracking or lack thereof got so bad that the company actually offered to buy me my own license to the software and have it installed on my work computer (because back then they had only a few seats). Needless to say the system sucked. Anyways, I digress.
Those days are gone with companies like Harvest. And just a couple of days ago they launched a mobile friendly version of client invoices. This not only enable my clients to quickly and easily make payments on the go, but it shows you have a very professional way of doing business. You can read more about it here.
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