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Old 05-06-2009
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Just gotta say, have you seen rescuetime.com? Reports on where you're actually spending your time. Amazing tool for getting better organized. Check it out here.
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I think it's going to depend on each individual VA. I use TraxTime and love it. It isn't free but it's very inexpensive. I used to use MyHours but it freezes up quite often and it drove me nuts. You mentioned having professional reports and I just wanted to comment on that.

I have been a VA for 4 years and have only provided time reports to a client one time. I don't believe in doing that. When you start providing time reports, it makes you seem more like an employee and that you are working hours for dollars. Instead, as a VA, you should be seen as a business owner who is providing assistance to another business owner and doing what you can to help their business grow. I provide assistance in forms of bookkeeping, marketing, and liaison to my clients' clients, in addition to the normal administrative assistance. There is no way I could provide time reports for many of those activities.

Just food for thought as you begin your business. Remember, you are a business owner, not an employee. If you can prove yourself in that way, you will draw those ideal clients to you.

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Vturley, execellent comment on providing time to clients make it seems more like you are an employee. But I do have a question--what if a client wants a report of our time, how do you address that?

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Wow, the information I am getting from VAF is wonderful. I had no idea there was so much available to us for use in our practice. I can't thank everyone enough, those who ask the questions, as well as those who have the answers.

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The amount of resources I find on this site is FANTASTIC! No matter what I have a question about, the answer is here

Thanks so much, all of you!
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Old 07-31-2009
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I use a stop watch in my windows toolbar. It is simple for me as I have one for each client that I work for and can very simply start and stop it as I begin and end a tasks.

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So far I like using Paymo Time Tracker. For me it is fairly straight forward and easy to use.
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Old 08-03-2009
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Thank you for all of the suggestions here. I can't wait to actually need to use one of these!
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I just tried Time Stamp and myhours.com and have found that myhours works the best for me. It allows multiple projects and tasks, allows you to add clients and exports to Excel.

My client was very impressed with the Excel sheet detailing my work on his projects and he has a clear picture of how his money is being used.
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Sooo many great suggestions........I just might try a few more, always open to new things

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I have downloaded a couple of these programs to see which one works best. Thank you all for these suggestions, especially the free ones, seeing as how I have had to purchase a lot of other products for my business. I love this community for all of the help it gives.
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