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WebWorkerDaily » Archive Task2Gather Wants to Manage Your Life « — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:01:19 +0000

[...] manager Marla to test out the tool and give her assessment. Right now we are using Basecamp. I’ve sung the praises of Basecamp before, but these days the number of projects we are managing and the complexity of those projects – each [...]

By: Sal

Sal — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:46:51 +0000

Try DeskAway.com – it atleast provides you with advanced reporting, pie charts, export to spreadsheets and a lot more. Best, it comes with unlimited users and the trial plan is for unlimited time instead of the 30 day most apps have.

What I have realized is that one of the most important feature in a pm tool is Reporting & analytics – what the app gives you back after you and your team have put data into it.

By: Mark Phillips

Mark Phillips — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:10:07 +0000

If you need to send project summaries or project wrap-ups to clients from Basecamp, check out http://www.exportreports.com.

Its a new service, currently in beta which allows you to export reports from Basecamp to PDF(with beta pricing starting at $0.99 per report).

If you have any suggestions, let us know! Hope you find it useful.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:41:09 +0000

back@J.J.
It looks pretty nice. If they allowed for an export into QB, then that would be pretty solid. It seems like there is quite a bit of overlap between the two, but as you said, it is much more *fresh*

By: J.J. Merrick

J.J. Merrick — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:40:44 +0000

@Timmy

They do not right now but are working on it. It would be nice to not have to do double entry but the customer facing system that Freshbooks has makes it worth it. The time that it took for people to pay invoices went down dramatically once I started using FB. It is worth it’s weight in gold!

By: aliza sherman

aliza sherman — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:57:41 +0000

For both apps, I’m paying $26 per month so that is…$312 for the year?

That is peanuts compared to what I spend on other work-related things that don’t help me in my business.

It is weird how we perceive that something is soooo expensive because it is more than free and yet it is a 3rd of what I spend on lattes a year!

By: Ron Sheldon

Ron Sheldon — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:45:30 +0000

Come on! Aren't you tired from Basecamp discriptions yet? There're better and more innovative tools out there. Seriously. Aren't you eager for something fresh and probably more helpful? For example, two months ago I made my discovery of this tool. It has some really great features that you won't ever find in Basecamp.

By: Timmy

Timmy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:46:40 +0000

Does freshbooks import into Quickbooks easily?

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:34:32 +0000

Our group decided to work with Joint Contact. In addition to task management, calendaring, document management and discussion groups Joint Contact also includes additional modules for Contact Management and Email.

By: Nik Peachey

Nik Peachey — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:46:40 +0000

I was using Dotproject for project management. It’s open source and I have it uploaded on my server, but I’ve just started trying out Liquid planner at: http://www.liquidplanner.com/ which could help to free up some space on my server.

So far it looks pretty good. The real thing that puts me off is actually taking the time to enter all the information and get the projects organised and set up properly.

Oh well.
Best
Nik