Keeping track of invoices – the low tech way

Last Updated on 16 September 2007

There are any number of software providers who will sell you some clever widget that will alert you to outstanding payments. Personally, I prefer something simpler and much more low tech – a whiteboard.

I’m not talking about anything huge – just a small version. Mine leans up against the wall just to the right of my computer screen.

It’s so handy that every time I send an invoice I simply pick up the whiteboard and add the number, the client, the amount and the date. When I get paid I just cross out that line. When I get to the bottom of the board I rub everything out and start again at the top.

See if you can spot it:

It’s disarmingly simple and means I never lose sight of payments I should have received.
As for getting paid on time…that’ll be the subject of another posting.

Posted on 16 September 2007