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Freshbooks Time Tracking: How it Works & Better Alternatives

Freshbooks is a popular cloud accounting software used primarily by medium and small business owners. The platform has several useful features to help simplify the accounting process and save time. However, the Freshbooks time tracking function is extremely limited. If you’re looking for an efficient way to track time on Freshbook, using dedicated time tracking software would be a much better solution.

Understanding project cost estimation: A complete breakdown

It doesn’t matter how much time you spend planning a project, creating proposals, or talking to your client—if you don’t get your project cost estimation right, all of your hard work will be for nothing. Project cost estimations help you predict how much you should charge a client for an upcoming project. But if you get it wrong, you’re suddenly tied to a project that doesn’t make your agency a profit and wastes valuable team resources.

IT project management: best practices to keep you on schedule (and under budget)

IT project management is no joke. Among PM roles, it’s easily one of the most demanding and involves seriously high stakes. Why? Because IT projects are complex and expensive. Switching between software. Migrating servers. Onboarding new users to a platform. These are the sort of projects likely to experience overrun because they involve so many people. Specifically, stakeholders that don’t understand the steps involved.

Product/Market Fit 101: The What, Why, And How

Entrepreneur and investor Marc Andreesen defines product/market fit (PMF) as ”being in a good market with a product that can satisfy that market” in his article The Only Thing That Matters1. You reach product/market fit by getting the right product to the right people, fulfilling a specific need that hasn’t been served properly before.

How to create the best sales deck ever: Meaning and examples

If your sales pitch is expertly defined but you’re struggling to close the deal, you might need a sales deck makeover. A strong pitch with confusing or irrelevant support materials only leads to client confusion and plunging sales. Let’s fix that. In this piece, we’ll cover what is meant by a sales deck, its purpose, and how to make yours stand out.

The Best End-to-End Encrypted Messaging Apps for Businesses & Governments

We never know how many more COVID variants are going to hit the people of this world and how long working from home or a remote location will continue to persist. Come what may, employers should be more inclined towards providing a productive work environment to their workforce to improve their company’s ROI. Additionally, they should look for encrypted messaging apps that offer E2EE and other secure access methods like multi-factor authentication to avoid security breaches on data.

Let's Volt In: How to Transition from an Individual to a Collaborative Mindset

Collaboration. It’s a buzzword in business that’s been given even more weight by the pandemic. Working together drives success, and it’s up to employers and team leaders to ensure that a culture of collaboration is fostered. The problem is that businesses often think they’ve created an environment that promotes teamwork. But in truth, they’ve only just scratched the surface.

5 Best Tools for GitHub Time Tracking [2022 Reviews]

If you’re an individual or business involved in software development, you probably use GitHub — a leading code hosting and version control platform. But when dealing with various GitHub repositories, issues, and requests, developers could easily lose track of time spent on a particular project. So, it’s a great practice to track the time you or your team spends on GitHub. It helps monitor productivity, log time for individual projects, and create accurate invoices.

How to Work Smart with a Task Tracker (Benefits, Best Tools)

Maintaining a lengthy task list with multiple deadlines, client requirements, and resources can be quite a tedious task. Fortunately, you can replace your to-do lists and unreliable sticky notes with a more efficient, fool-proof alternative — a task tracker. A task tracker will ensure that no important task escapes you by tracking everything that requires your attention. In this article, we’ll explore what a task tracker is and how you can use it.