Comments on: Invoicing Clients – Freelance Writing Guide

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:33:06 +0000

A newcomer to check out is Jexxe Freelancer, designed specifically for freelancers and small business, it covers invoicing, project management and simple CRM from both an admin and client perspective. It allows tracking and payment of invoices by Cheque, Bank Transfer or any other manual payment methods but Its also fully integrated with PayPal for fully automated online payments and supports easy setup of PayPal subscriptions.
Its a downloadable product that you can host on your own website so its also completely re-brandable. Its not free but is pretty cheap and you only have to pay once, no monthly subscriptions may well be worth a look.
http://www.jexxe.com

By: Angela Stringfellow

Angela Stringfellow — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:06:13 +0000

@Monika – I believe they will work with anyone who gets paid in U.S. Dollars, so it might apply to some who are overseas, but not all.

By: Monika

Monika — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:36:48 +0000

@ Angela: Thanks for telling us about MBO Partners. Unfortunately this won’t be any good for me since I pay taxes in Australia. I doubt they do foreign tax book keeping.

By: Angela Stringfellow

Angela Stringfellow — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:22:51 +0000

There is another possible solution for freelancers who aren't good at record keeping and developing an organized invoicing system. That was one of my least favorite things to do when starting out, so I started working with an employer of record organization called MBO Partners that handles all of my invoicing for me, and when necessary, collections. I keep track of my time using their simple web-based system, and can input notes for my clients about what work I completed. I can submit my business expenses with an expense report and take advantage of my deductions right away, and at the end of the year I get a W-2. It's so easy, I can't imagine my freelance lifestyle without it.

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:37:02 +0000

Thanks for running through these basics Monica.

The question of how to invoice and the best way to be paid (PayPal, direct transfer, cheque) must be common knowledge amongst those who have been freelancing for a while, but I have found very little online in the way of guidance for new freelancers.

Looking forward to the next in the series.

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:39:55 +0000

Hello Monika,
I tried to contact you regarding your writing some articles for me but it would never let me choose a reason as to why I was contacting you. Went ahead anyway and wrote you but when I hit the send button it said there was missing information and deleted by message to you. Anyway contact me if you are interested. Thanks

By: Monika

Monika — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:37:41 +0000

@ Virtual Impax: LOL, I reckon you might be right there. The funny thing is that I’m really good with numbers, it’s just the dry stuff of the whole scenario that gets me to sleep before I have even started.

By: Virtual Impax

Virtual Impax — Tue, 13 May 2008 12:39:56 +0000

Monika,

I’m getting the feeling you may actually hate book keeping more than I do… which is saying something!

By: Brett Legree

Brett Legree — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:27:41 +0000

Thanks for the piece on PayPal, Monika – I will need to be doing this soon and this will help.

(Thanks also to James for pointing out some very Canadian nuances.)

I’m sure that I will figure out some combination of the two (PayPal and physical invoicing).

-Brett