Writers and Invoices
October 11, 2006 by Anne Wayman
Filed under Jobs
I don’t know about you, but I’m not always too sharp about tracking invoices. At the moment, I set up a tickler in my goal/calendar program (GoalPro) to remind me when an invoice is due.
When it’s time, I create the invoice in Word and file it in my invoice folder with a filename that reflects both the client and the date of submission. I’ve got one client who wants to be billed in advance on the 1st and the 15th. Since the 15th falls on a Sunday, it was time to send out the bill for the second half of the month. Looking at the dates I realized I hadn’t sent out an invoice for the first half of October, because of the trip I took.
Oh, I’d gotten the work done in advance, but missed the invoice date… because I can track at least two ways I was able to send an bill today that reflects the whole month, rather than just half. If I weren’t filing those invoices by date I never would have noticed.
My advice? Figure a way to double check yourself – it’s important to make sure you get paid.
Write well and often,
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