When I started with my new venture (AM-TechSys) I was looking for a couple of tools to help me collect payments (Some of my customers wanted to pay with PayPal and some with Credit Cards) and organize my work so I can focus in my business and therefore increase my productivity. Don’t remember actually how I found FreshBooks but I was dazzled about their features and their FREE ACCOUNT plan, yes FREE ACCOUNT it was the ideal plan for my new start-up since I only had three customers when I created it.

After I found FreshBooks I found another great tool that was Zendesk which is THE WEB 2.0 HELPDESK SOFTWARE (I will talk about it in another post), they were so simple to use and also I’m able to invoice a customer in FreshBooks with the work done in a Zendesk ticket thanks of the configurable integration of both software (This is an extremely simple thing, you only have to copy an API ID and that’s it you now are able to invoice any FreshBooks from your Zendesk website). This saved a lot of my time and also gave a more professional look to my customers.

Now I will share with you some of the great features that FreshBooks offers:

Send invoices online (You can send invoices via e-mail to your customers, save them as PDF, and also send it via postal mail if you buy stamps via FreshBooks)

Track time online and from your iPhone (You can track and report your and your staff’s time online and also on the go via your iPhone)

Full customization of your system and invoices with your company’s logo

Track expenses and Re-bill clients (You can keep track of your expenses, and also re-bill your clients easily)

MiniBooks (Manage your FreshBooks in the palm of your hand)

Time tracking from your PC via Windows Vista and Mac OS X widgets

Intagration to manage projects using Basecamp, Comindwork and Tobeedo

CRM Integration with Formspring, Salesforce, Oprius, Tactile CRM and Batchbook

Also you have several plans based in the number of customers you have, starting with a free plan that supports 3 clients to a plan that supports 5000 clients.

You may ask, why are you recommending FreshBooks?

I recommend FreshBooks because it reduced my invoicing time and also helped me to organize my work, but wait! I am not the only one that recommends FreshBooks, based on the FreshBooks customer survey of 2007 99% of the customers would happily refer FreshBooks to a friend or a colleague. So, are you ready to give it a shot?