Time tracking blog

So, I have been told that I am very forward, upfront & sometimes take too much ownership in projects that I dive into.  I think it actually worked out to my benefit this time.

When Matt & I started our “off-Twitter” conversation, our very first phone call we agreed that we would be totally honest with each other…brutally honest that is.  It worked.  Matt saw and understood the vision for a Social Media Sales & Marketing position and I saw the vision of TSheets & where we could take it by engaging in current online conversations.  Beautiful!

Matt is a forward thinking CEO with a background in traditional sales yet sees and completely understands that social media is sales and is part of the overarching marketing and sales goals…it is not just “the girl that blogs & talks online” (old job title I overheard someone give me at the last gig).  He gets “it”.

My first week consisted of:

• Getting my feet wet on how TSheets works as the customer
• Listening to what the customers & potential customers are saying “out there”
• Putting together a PR plan for the release of the TSheets integration with FreshBooks
• Move to new office – (sweet digs by the way!)
• Map out my social media metrics for December (& start planning on how/where to hit those)
• Learn how to get up at 5:30am (and not 7am) in order to make it to an 8:03 daily meeting

My second week is taking care of the tasks that I give myself every day.  I literally have 5-10 pages of notes/to do’s that I need to get done/look up/research/participate in etc.  (Must-get-organized)

I am absolutely thrilled to be here at TSheets.  I can’t wait to make a difference and have a proven social media model that can be repeated every month.

This is just downright awesome, you heard it, right? TSheets now offers invoicing! We have a fully integrated solution with our newest partner – FreshBooks . Now that’s what we call getting things done!

FreshBooks is an exceptional invoicing software solution aimed primarily at freelance professionals. They’re built on the premise that billing is a pain, and shouldn’t be. They realize you’ve tried other archaic methods and they developed something simple, affordable, and easy to use. Does this philosophy sound familiar? If so, you’ve been reading the “TSheets Story”…

A quick view of our CEO, Matt Rissell’s inbox reveals that TSheets customers have been overwhelmingly requesting invoicing capabilities. TSheets customers have the ability to clock in and out real time through any computer, text message, iPhone, Android and even a phone call! Now, when you add invoicing, it’s like business productivity meets euphoria. Remember, TSheets allows you to track specific job codes, projects, and sub-projects with an actual time stamp and not just simply ‘hours worked’ or elapsed time like a stop watch. A seemingly simple act, but when you’re an employer, you need to know if the employee was at the job at 8:03am vs. just working for 6 hours on a particular day

Brandon Zehm, our CTO, is passionate about the technology involved on the backend of the process because while it’s complicated on the backend the front end is “5th Grade Simple”.

“With over 100 hours of development time, the TSheets / FreshBooks integration wasn’t a small feat. We leveraged the API that FreshBooks provides to both pull information from and send invoice data to FreshBooks. The most challenging aspect of this integration was adding the ability to “lock” timesheets to ensure data integrity is maintained.”

To our valued TSheets customers – you asked, we listened, and together with FreshBooks, we’re delivering. Starting today our Freelancer, Business, and Platinum accounts will now feature the full power of FreshBooks invoicing features for pain free invoicing of any number of clients.

View our screencast below to see our FreshBooks invoicing integration in action:

We see the FreshBooks integration as a way to further our commitment to our customers:
TSheets Philosophy: Make the life of the small business owner simpler, easier, and more productive.
The TSheets Audacious Goal: Empower the world’s business owners.