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I have finally decided on a new ToDo List Software for myself - EasyTaskManager Software
In my line of business .. these are the two most important things that I have to worry about (besides actually doing the work, that is) …
* Keeping track of my time for billing purposes
* Keeping track of the work and tasks that I have to complete
I’m pretty good with keeping track of my time … (see how I do it here) .. but I’ve been struggling with keeping track of the work coming in. You see .. last March 2006 my ToDo95 Software crashed .. I had been using that software since for almost a decade and it locked up on me. The company has a newer updated version of ToDo95, but it wasn’t a perfect fit and although I was used to working around the features .. I just couldn’t place my finger on it - but I wanted more.
I need a New TO-DO LIST program
After 7+ months using SWIFT .. I have decided that this software has basically made my life miserable, by not being user friendly enough to suit my needs and use it efficiently!
Basically .. I need a TO-DO List with the following characteristics:
Follow Up: Coat Check Please!
This is a followup to yesterday’s Coat Check Please! At Least That’s What My Wife Said To Me This Morning ….
Okay .. So, I showed you the tools … now I will show you the results of what I did last night after dinner while I was watching T.V.
Coat Check Please! At least .. that’s what my wife said to me this morning
Loose Receipts
It’s that time of year again .. to be sure that I can organize all my receipts .. as I do every year!
For 2006 … I finally sorted out the cash receipts into specific envelopes up to the end of September 2006 .. and, as you can tell - I’m not that current.
Top 10 Mistakes of Home Based Businesses
From My Bloglines
If you hadn’t noticed, I use and prefer to use Bloglines as my online RSS feed reader. I haven’t been at the site since at least before July 28th, so I’m slowly catching up what’s out there since I got back. There’s a lot! Here’s something else that caught my eye.
The AllBusiness.com - Home-Based Business Articles site writes about the Top 10 Mistakes Home-Based Business Owners Make. Seems like sound advice, even if you don’t think it’s a mistake! I thought I would jot down a few thoughts how each relates to my own business, as I also work out of my house. The bold is from their list, the rest is how I relate to this ‘mistake’ for my own situation.
Organizing Your Computer To Backup Your Computer
I have lots of data on my computer.
I keep all my phone numbers, my time records, my accounts receivable and billings information, my client’s data files for each year for each software that I use, my email records, my wedding pictures, my .mp3 and video collection, and other crap that is just too much to mention.
I am quite organized on my computer .. in fact, this is how I organize my C: Drive …. I am placing a | instead of the backslash so it will show up in here.
Petty Cash Fund 101 - Top Five Tips
Top Five Reasons Why A Business Might Want To Use A Petty Cash Fund
1) The owner does not have to be available 24 hours to write a cheque for every little expense all of the time
2) To have the ability to make change for your customer wanting to pay an invoice on account
3) To reimburse an employee replenishing office supplies they had purchased for the business
4) To systematically keep track of all cash purchases in one logical place
5) To give an employee greater responsibility in helping running the affairs of the business
Top Five Reasons Why A Business Might NOT Want To Use A Petty Cash Fund
How do you keep track of time?
I charge my time out by the hour. That translates to every 6 minutes counting as 0.1 hr that I can bill out. If you also bill out your time on an hourly basis, instead of a fee-basis, you probably have some system in place to keep track of your time.
It’s so easy to get caught up in other matters these days … especially with the Internet, blogging, family life, pets, good weather, and so on and so on. We expect payment for our services and it’s only fair that our clients pay us what we bill them on a timely basis. To be fair to our clients, we should only charge them for time spent working on the job.
HART’s - Chart of Accounts
As discussed in a previous blog entry, I really do have a completely insane and overly organized chart of accounts for myself and my wife. I keep track of everything. I obtain receipts for everything. It is a hellish nightmare getting current and I usually file our income tax returns on the evening that they are due! Every year I make it a point to include everything, and once I have everything documented .. I have a complete set of financial statements. These statements include:
• Accountant •
Bookkeeper •
Income Tax Preparer •
Systems Consultant •
Blogger •
HART-Empire Network •
Canadian •
Earthling •
Husband and Pet Owner •
Brilliant & Amusing •
