1. Enable the FreshBooks export within Chrometa by going to Account - Integrations, and entering your FreshBooks URL (sans the "www" - you just need the URL).

The quickest way to do this is via a bulk import of your list in CSV format.  Go to the Projects tab in Chrometa, and click the Import Clients button (upper-right) to access the bulk import feature.

3. Create an Invoice by going to the Invoices tab, selecting the New Invoice button.

4. Create a new invoice, save it, and export it to FreshBooks.  You can combine the Save and Export steps by taking advantage of the "And" menu located immediately below the Save button.

For a case study example, time and billing expert and technology thought leader Dustin Wheeler wrote an excellent blog post detailing how he has integrated Chrometa and FreshBooks into his CPA practice.

Like you, I hate keeping track of my billable time. I used to spend hours each week going through sent emails, my calendar and my notes to figure out what I did every day.

I knew there had to be a better answer than notepads and start/stop timers.

The problem with the start/stop timer, for me, is that I'm constantly getting interrupted throughout the day. So I'd start the timer once in the morning — and realize 5 hours later it'd be running against the same task ever since, because I forgot to toggle it!

Time entry methods were equally ineffective — I am far too busy and multi-task far too much during the day to be bothered with the tedious effort of creating a new time entry when I change tasks.

Finally in 2007, I'd had enough — so I designed a product that'd automatically track my time and let me easily organize that time so I could accurately and easily bill my clients.

I'm excited to announce that our groundbreaking timekeeping product, Chrometa, is now available

You can get started with Chrometa for free — and be up and running in a matter of minutes.

Please start capturing your billable time automatically with Chrometa now. (Available for PC and Mac)

FREE VIDEO: HOW I KEEP TIME WITHOUT HANDWRITTEN NOTES OR START/STOP TIMERS

Does Chrometa sound too good to be true? That's typically the reaction attorneys have when they first hear about our product.

The "magic" of Chrometa is that its data collector runs in the background of your PC and/or Mac, quietly making note of your activities. It's like having your very own personal timekeeper.

When you open or compose an email, Chrometa will capture that activity. Same for documents you draft, web research you do, and even phone and meeting time — everything is captured passively without you lifting a finger.

I'm very proud of the killer time keeping app our guys have built — it's been a tremendous hit with solo and small firm attorneys, and has already been featured in The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, and TechnoLawyer.

Please take our 2-minute video tour now.

Sincerely,

Adam Tope, Esq.
Special Advisor to Chrometa, LLC

Our users who don’t have a billing or practice management system have often asked us: 

“How can I get my Chrometa time entries directly onto a bill?”

Good news - now you can create and even email an invoice with the click of a button!  Head over to our new Invoices section to get started.  Once there:

1. Select your time period
2. Select the Client and Project you want to invoice
3. Click the "Get Time" button

Chrometa will pull your categorized time entries, with annotations, and whoila!  You've got an invoice that you can now export (to Word, PDF, Excel), and/or email directly to your client.

Sample Chrometa Invoice

PS - Not yet a Chrometa user?  You can get started capturing your time automatically - and invoicing for it - for free, today.

Our good friend and Chrometa user Kent Healy - author, entrepreneur, productivity expert, and all around Renaissance Man - has been extremely kind in granting us exclusive access to Part 1 of his new book Be Uncommonly Productive - 15 unbreakable, paradigm-bending principles for slaughtering stress, taking charge, and doing more than commonly possible.

Kent called me last week to offer this great resource up free for fellow Chrometa users - thanks Kent, you're the man!

If you're looking for a run of the mill productivity book, this is NOT for you.  

What this is, is an irreverent, practical look at gaining more time and freedom, from a guy who runs his own business and has his hands in countless ventures.  If hearing productivity tips from a bare knuckled, seasoned entrepreneur sounds interesting, then this IS the book for you.  

Without further adieu, here is Be Uncommonly Productive for your reading and downloading pleasure (in fact, please download a copy now, because we're only able to offer it up free for a limited time...)

Be Uncommonly Productive - Chrometa