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Honestly I just make an invoice template in Pages/Word and track expenses in Excel. Quick books seems overkill for what i need
Same. Just Excel.
Chief
Same here. I use the Rocket Money app that tracks expenses and if something is tax deductible you mark it as such. Come tax time, you can easily classify expenses by doing a search, then it exports a spreadsheet that you can edit in excel.
Wave is free for invoicing
Second for Wave, I find it pretty easy to manage
My clients want an invoice as a pdf in an email. And I don’t have a ton of expenses. (I maybe write one check a year and pay a sub contractor 8-10 times a year.) So I am able to get reporting from my bank and through an Amex card. And my invoices come from Mac Pages. Aside from the annual fees for my bank and Amex, it’s all free.
I use a free app (HoursKeeper). It allows me to track time (per individual client) and create invoices based on specific times.
Pretty basic but helps save a bit of time. Shit at tracking/reviewing yearly things though.
When a client asked me to confirm payments last year matched their records (and they didn’t seem to), I had to go back and add it all up and try to find the needle in the haystack. The issue ended up being on their end. But definitely reminded me why free isn’t always good.
Excel/Word
Thanks everyone! Excel and Word it is!