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Practical articles on quotes, invoices, projects and organisation, from the CursusOffice team.
Electronic invoicing is now a part of almost every business. Those just starting out are often confronted with acronyms and terms (SdI, XML, recipient code, PEC) that seem more complicated than they actually are. This is a practical, jargon-free guide to understanding how it works and what you should check every time you issue an invoice.
Read the articleAnyone who sells their time knows it: hours that aren’t recorded are hours that don’t get paid. A twenty-minute phone call, a couple of quick, "on-the-fly" revisions, a meeting that runs over—by the end of the month, these add up to entire hours that never make it onto an invoice. Here’s how to keep track of them without turning your work into a bureaucratic chore.
Read the articleWeb agencies, creative studios, and freelancers share a common problem: work passes through many hands and many different tools. A quote in one document, tasks on a whiteboard, hours tracked on a spreadsheet, and invoices in yet another program. A well-chosen management system brings everything together in one place. But what should it actually include? Here are seven features to look for—and one
Read the articleMany small businesses start out with an Excel file: customers in one spreadsheet, a price list in another, invoices in a folder. It works as long as the numbers remain small. The need to switch comes when you look for a piece of information and cannot find it, or when two people are working on different versions of the same file. Those who put off switching tend to have the same concern: “I'll hav
Read the articleWhat a price quote should contain, how to describe the work, how to specify VAT and validity, and how to send it so that it is easy to accept—following a workflow that leads from the quote to the project and, finally, the invoice.
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