| August 16th, 2019
Time tracking is a discipline that can be difficult to incorporate into your day to day workflow. With practice, however, it becomes second nature and the efforts spent tracking time pays for itself in the form of more accurate billing. That’s just one benefit. There are others. Assuming you are breaking down your projects into […]
| August 7th, 2019
Billing clients has to be the least enjoyable responsibility of any agency. When done right, however, billing can help maintain consistent cash flow, and free up creatives to focus more on their work. In our experience as a web design and development agency, we discovered the two biggest time sinks with billing were the time […]
| March 29th, 2019
Time tracking is one of the more useful tools agencies have in their toolbox for staying on top of project budgets and accurately billing clients. However, it can be useful for so much more. Agencies that track time can apply their data to improve workflows and profitability. Here are three ways you can slice your […]
| February 5th, 2019
Most agencies are aware of the benefits of time tracking (accurate billing and clearer insight into profitability are the top two that come to mind.) Even agencies that are reluctant to track time, or choose not to, are aware of these self-evident benefits. But, what other reasons are there to track time? It turns out, […]
| January 11th, 2019
I was chatting with a parent in the school parking lot after drop-off this morning and we got to talking about software and tech. He mentioned he works for the city, where he is currently assisting with the transition to online time tracking software — a long overdue transition considering they still use paper timesheets. […]
| November 16th, 2018
Adopting time tracking into your agency’s workflow can be a daunting task, especially if you aren’t sure you need to be tracking time in the first place. The team needs to be on board and the benefits need to be clearly communicated. So how do we dip our toes into time tracking without going under […]
| October 22nd, 2018
Every business that sells a physical product is constrained by inventory. They can’t sell more than they have in stock without putting sales on back order or issuing refunds. Take a bike company, for example. Once they’ve sold out of a model, they have to manufacture more, which delays sales. Professional service agencies operate under […]
| 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 […]
John is a co-founder, web designer and developer at Pelago.
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Michael is a co-founder and product architect at Pelago.
His contributions stem from experiences managing the development process behind web sites and web-based applications such as Intervals.
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