Are You Undercharging Clients? Fix Your Hourly Billing in 3 Minutes
Quick calls, revisions and follow-ups slip through spreadsheets and never make it onto the invoice. This three-minute walkthrough shows how tracked hours turn into invoices you can stand behind.
What You'll Learn in This Video
The four steps covered in the video, in the order they appear.
Why You Are Missing Billable Hours
Spreadsheets, notes and calculator math drop the small tasks: quick calls, revisions and follow-ups. That is work you did and money you never invoiced.
Track Client Project Time Automatically
How time spent on each client project is recorded as you work, so every task is on the record before you sit down to invoice.
From Tracked Hours to an Invoice
A worked example of calculating an invoice from tracked hours, separating billable from non-billable time, and what a clear, professional invoice should include.
Billing Multiple Clients
Keeping hours for several clients separate and reviewing them before each invoice, so nothing is miscounted or billed to the wrong account.
About This Video
Billing by the hour gets messy when the hours live in spreadsheets, notes and calculator math. Short tasks such as quick calls, revisions and follow-ups slip through, and that is work you never get paid for. This video shows how tracking your work hours as you go leads to accurate client invoices: how to track time spent on each client project, how to calculate an invoice from tracked hours with a worked example, how to separate billable from non-billable hours, what to include in a clear invoice, and how to manage billing for several clients at once.
Who this is for:
- Freelancers and consultants who bill clients by the hour
- Agency owners and account managers invoicing across several client projects
- Small business owners who suspect they are undercharging for their time
- Finance and operations staff who prepare invoices from reported hours
Work out your rate and hours with the free Billable Hours Calculator, or see how Time Champ time tracking records client project hours automatically.