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  Craig Spence And Hedges March 15, 2014 at 4:58pm

  Top not yop silly phone
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  Gary RK March 15, 2014 at 5:26pm

  A simple Calendar/Task application either truly cloud-based or an App with local cache so you use it when not connected/online if you have a good Smart Phone.
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  philip shaw March 15, 2014 at 5:40pm

  toodledo and using quickbook for invoicing and estimates etc makes it all easy
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  Lawnman March 15, 2014 at 6:59pm

  Cheap and simple solution.
  The non technology approach.
  Buy a week to a view diary.
  When you complete a job enter customers name and amount owed, at same time Issue the customer with an invoice.
  As soon as they pay you mark paid in the diary.
  End of the week carry forward any outstanding amounts to next week.
  Chase the amounts as soon as they exceed your invoice terms.
  This also helps when you bring your cash book up to date.
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  Andy Kenney March 15, 2014 at 9:18pm

  The best way is the simplest way - A quality hard copy diary is what I use as they never run out of charge and get lost less often than my phone. And as Lawnman says on how to chase up outstanding payments.
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  Craig Spence And Hedges March 15, 2014 at 9:39pm

  I think my problem is I keep forgetting about writing it in the diary after giving out a invoice so im going to try find a app for my Samsung s3 as well as a diary and filing it in before moving on .... need to slow down as its costing me money ... Thanks again for the help . If you know of apps that may help me and what the best terms on a invoice for getting paid can it say payment within 7days ? Whats the lowest terms ?
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  Matt Johnson March 16, 2014 at 8:17am

  I was going to go down the computer based route.. but at the moment i am coping completely fine with my diary.. folders of outgoing invoices and cleared invoices etc etc.
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  Lawnman March 16, 2014 at 9:59am

  You are the boss any terms you like, 7 days or payment on completion, just make sure customer knows before you start work.
  
  Craig Spence And Hedges said:

  I think my problem is I keep forgetting about writing it in the diary after giving out a invoice so im going to try find a app for my Samsung s3 as well as a diary and filing it in before moving on .... need to slow down as its costing me money ... Thanks again for the help . If you know of apps that may help me and what the best terms on a invoice for getting paid can it say payment within 7days ? Whats the lowest terms ?
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  Robbie March 16, 2014 at 10:50am

  I use a system called 'Jobber'.
  A quick overview

  Flexible Reporting , Invoicing & Payments, Job scheduling, Client tracking, Client Reminders, Timers & Timesheets, ePayments, QuickBooks Sync, Website Integration, GPS Waypoints, Route Optimization, Chemical Tracking....

  You can invoice each time before you leave the property... It may not be for everyone as there is a monthly charge on it

  It's also very simple to use.

  Find out more here
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  Colin Hunt March 16, 2014 at 10:56am

  We have a diary in the truck(day to a page) which is completed as the day goes by.

  We also keep a loose sheet ring folder for our everyday maintenance gardens. Each garden has it's own A4 excel spread sheet per half year with 'tick boxes' and every visit recorded. Any minor issues (eg broken fence panel) is photographed and sent through to me by email.

  We run a truck and a van, so on top of that I keep my own diary and at the end of each month I gather all together, marry them up and out go the invoices all in one lump.