Hi freelancers!
I'm Luca and I've been freelancing for about a year as a software developer (though that's my job for way more than a year 😄), I mostly do web development.
I'm currently based in Brussels (Belgium) and honestly, the bureaucracy is well managed and not excessive, but still you need to do a lot of "documentation" for your own company, for the client, invoices, timesheets, contracts, proposals, project sheets, boom 🤯 my head is already exploding.
So I started using Google Drive and Sheets, but after a while, I felt the chaos! I also tried several commercial tools from Asana to Wrike, passing through ClickUp and ERP tools, but none of them seems to fit my need, which at the end is:
Well, you know where this is going, I'm a developer so driven by frustration (and fun and excitement yeah let's say it) I built a small tool to help myself, done 🕺!
So I'm wondering if you're facing the same problems, which are your main pain points and how do you manage your business-related activities, you know: timesheets, invoices, expenses, project management, and tons of documents...?
A dedicated tool would be helpful for the freelancers' community?
I would love to hear from you, just shoot your thoughts! I made a small Google Form if you have 5 mins https://forms.gle/SWNmo8GtJLkw3DfPA
Have a wonderful day
Luca
I have been freelancing for about two years, here is what I use:
Timetracking: EverHour, easy to do all my timetracking at the end of the day.
Invoicing: PayDay, Icelandic application (I am based there).
Notes: Notion, can customize it to what I need.
Task management: Whatever client is using.
Nice! Why do you use PayDay for invoicing instead of EverHour (it seems it creates invoices as well), just curious?
I use PayDay for invoicing because they are integrated into the banking system here in Iceland, can send invoices directly to ERP systems, so they are very convenient.
Ah OK makes sense 👌
We - I unsurprisingly use and built ZimTik exactly to avoid spending time on any of this :)
Ahahah already found the first potential competitor 🤦♂️.
Nice tool though 😉
Good question. I recently started in freelancing. So I need to learn lot of things like invoice, taxes, etc.
Yes, you need to, sadly 😁.
So keep in touch and good luck with your new adventure!
Thank you, Luca. Appreciate it.