[mark_b]

I was just wondering if anyone had come across some useful online / offline applications that help them run their business?

For example - the following have helped me loads:

Base Camp - project management
blinksale/ - online invoicing
Time Edition - Working out actual time spent on projects / invoicing

Can anyone add any other URL's that help them run their business?

[T-Bag]

For tracking time spent on a project I use SlimTimer - Time Tracking without the Timesheet

[rglover]

I like to use 8apps - For Productive People

It's invite only currently but if you want an invite send me a pm with your email.

[Sanjay Kumar]

If you like Blinksale for online invoicing, you should also check out -->simplifythis.com<-- it's a much more intuitive web 2.0 application that lets you easily invoice your clients by email and get paid faster online.

[mark_b]

I found this the other day - nice for getting a good palette together - COLOURlovers :: Color Trends + Palettes

Also MindMeister - think together seems quite good for online project collaboration

[dcpweb]

Hi,

Mozilla Thunderbird - email management - Mozilla.org - Home of the Mozilla Project
Bugzilla - application development bug tracking - Home :: Bugzilla :: bugzilla.org
google apps - Google Apps
Streetmap.co.uk - street map

regards

p shah - Different Colour Productions - Web Design and Development

[Detz.Net]

plug...but on topic. invoicejournal.com

[greenworld]

myintervals.com
all in one: time tracking, project management, budgets, invoicing, clients, document upload, reports etc.

[herkalees]

Originally Posted by rglover

I like to use 8apps - For Productive People

It's invite only currently but if you want an invite send me a pm with your email.

"8apps will be closing down in January 2008. Thank you all for your support and I hope you enjoyed using this site."

[venturewise]

I have already said this in my reply to someone's post about Basecamp, but for collaborative project management and employee time tracking:
I customized the open source Streber. It's awesome, in my opinion, especially if you are doing any software applications - there is a bug tracker feature. [streber-pm.org]
I would definitely check it out - clients can get e-mail updates when their stuff is updated, etc. I use the task#'s associated with each job in my invoicing and also I name my files starting with that number.

For timing, on Windows I used to use Outlook's journal timer. On the Mac, I have my employees use Work Timer [macupdate.com/info.php/id/19431] Also free, and you can have any number of projects named, you can pause, etc.

For invoicing, I use Quickbooks (not free, of course)... the 2008 version has a really good Template Designer that let me customize all my invoices/statements to match my current stationery.

I have to check out Greenworld's "myintervals" though - sounds good?

[benr]

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