| February 4th, 2025
A Step-by-Step Guide If you’ve been using Excel or other spreadsheet software for time tracking and are ready to graduate to a SaaS time tracking app, making the switch can significantly improve your workflow and productivity. Migrating your data is not an undertaking that should be taken lightly, especially for teams with years of time […]
| January 22nd, 2025
Spreadsheets have long been the Swiss Army knife of business tools — capable, adaptable, and just a little outdated. While there are certainly some good reasons to use them, relying on spreadsheets to track your time comes with some quirky, unconventional drawbacks. Let’s take a lighter look at why it might be time to move […]
| March 20th, 2024
Many small businesses that want to start tracking their time will find themselves considering spreadsheets. Spreadsheets provide an easy way to get started, making them an attractive option, especially if you are overwhelmed by the near infinite number of time tracking software platforms available online. Before you begin, here are a few of the benefits […]
| October 17th, 2023
It’s been close to two decades since we launched our time tracking software, Intervals. In that time, we’ve onboarded countless consultants and companies who had started out tracking their time with spreadsheets. Spreadsheets, such as Excel or Google Sheets, are a great way to get started tracking your time. However, they do have drawbacks. At […]
| May 23rd, 2022
For many small businesses, time tracking is an indispensable tool for recording a team’s efforts. Understanding where time is going is a huge boon to productivity (whether you bill hourly or not). Adopting good time tracking practices also increases profitability. That said, establishing good time tracking practices requires diligence. It’s best to track time daily […]
| April 30th, 2021
We’ve been tracking our time one way or another for the last 21 years. Since our company’s inception we’ve tried paper timesheets, spreadsheets, open source software, and web-based software. Of all the different methods we’ve tried, tracking time with spreadsheets was the most time consuming, but also the most versatile method, which may explain why […]
| October 15th, 2018
Let’s be honest, time tracking is not fun. But, that doesn’t mean it has to suck. There are several online tools available today, including our own Intervals, that can make time tracking less painful. And if you are currently using Excel to track your time, the benefits of moving on are even greater and far […]
| April 10th, 2015
There are many valid reasons why an agency might be using Excel Spreadsheets to track people’s time. The data is securely stowed away on the local network. The software isn’t going to disappear if the vendor goes out of business. And, spreadsheets are flexible enough to build any number of custom reports to analyze the […]
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