I didn't realize there were so many different programs out there for keeping track of your time. I am a paper and pen type of gal. Because I am constantly switching between tasks I have found this to be the easiest for me. I also go through a lot of notebooks, but I have each page dated and can easily find something if I need to. I am going to try out some of the suggestions here and see if I can find something that will be more "virtual" for me and still give me the results I need.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Stacy

I use an Excel spreadsheet for each client. I open it up and note the time I start and when I'm done I note that and then can tally my time. It also allows my clients to see how much time I spend on certain tasks so they can see they are getting real value for their money. If they want, I include my 'time log' with their invoice.

Sue Canfield
Awesome Assistant

Wow, that is cool. I will try it out and see how it works. Thanks!

Stacy

Just finished downloading Task Coach. Thanks for the tip. It looks pretty cool. :-)

-Alice

Thanks, Jeanne! This is indeed a great tool! I'll download it and try it when I get started.

Sincerely,
Kathya

Originally Posted by VirtualExecAsst

Just finished downloading Task Coach. Thanks for the tip. It looks pretty cool. :-) -Alice

Where is the link for Task Coach, I just went from Page 4 back to 2 and didn't see a link - although I found a link for many other free sites I am going to test, bookmarked them.

Apparently my weekend will be spent researching to track my VA business and what I NEED to do to move forward with it. Oh yeah and remodeling our home! busy me.

Task Coach can be found at http://www.taskcoach.org . I'm going to download it and try it out this weekend - along with some others!

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Gladys Strickland
GS Business Resources

Originally Posted by GladysS

Task Coach can be found at http://www.taskcoach.org . I'm going to download it and try it out this weekend - along with some others!

Thank you Soooo much :-) I am going to download this now :-)

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Brandy Ellen's Business Solutions

Task Coach looks to be a great product and "virtually" easy to use! Thanks for the tip!

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Jessica

I currently use Paymo and I love it....I used myhours.com but it goes down soooo much then I have to do double the entry. And I dont really like Time Stamp. One thing about Paymo that I like is it is online and can be downloaded to your machine.

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Rebecca Thompson
CLR Virtual Connection * fanTABulous fan pages

Originally Posted by jeannedb

I'm using Task Coach right now, which is Open Source (aka free). http://www.taskcoach.org

Of course, the best price is free. Thank you for sharing this and I am also going to check into the one from Lisa as well. Thank you for listing these.

I love the punch in and punch out feature. That's if you remember to go back and punch out when you complete the task. Especially is you have more than one client. I love this feature though, it is a very helpful resource. Thank you

This is great! I was thinking of just using a Spreadsheet in Excel but I like both of these sites much more.

Laura

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Laura Kelly-Pifer

Thanks for the resources and costs.
Vicky

Currently I use Paymo - paymo.biz. It's free for one person but if you have a team, you can get them to use it for a small monthly fee. It also gives you a dashboard for time used and can calculate how much time you have left based to work with.

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Suze
http://www.globalvirtualsupport.com