{"id":387,"date":"2015-03-28T08:26:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T08:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2018-03-03T15:32:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T15:32:20","slug":"freelance-web-developer-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/freelance-web-developer-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Freelance Web Developer Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Email<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s great to use yourname@yourdomain.com, but managing\u00a0and moving your own POP\/IMAP can be a hassle. \u00a0Also you&#8217;ll end up using a basic webmail app, or OS mail apps become bad at managing lots of emails. \u00a0I also use and recommend GMail for my emails and clients. \u00a0You can still use yourname@yourdomain.com, but use GMail to collect that email for you. \u00a0You can then read email on any device, keep your entire email history, and nothing finds emails as well as GMail.<\/p>\n<h2>Hosting<\/h2>\n<p>You don&#8217;t want to spend time managing hosting, so use the most reliable you can find. \u00a0I use the following for own websites, and also for those of my clients.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/my.tsohost.com\/aff.php?aff=2861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TSO host<\/a> &#8211; Incredible value, super fast, and very reliable. \u00a0I use this for all my hosting now, and my clients. \u00a0I use the Cloud packages. I have an Ultimate account, and run dozens of sites from it, making it incredible value for money.\u00a0The Standard\u00a0package is a great place to start for a client.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.servint.net\/index.php?refid=DEB941810244\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ServInt<\/a> &#8211; VPS and dedicated\u00a0hosting. \u00a0Not the cheapest, but the best support and reliability I&#8217;ve experienced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Invoicing<\/h2>\n<p>If you are a developer, or designer you need to minimise your time spent on accounts.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aim for a paperless office.\u00a0 I am now totally paperless.\u00a0 I use Google Docs for everything, and I can get to these on any device (work computer, home computer, tablet, phone, someone else&#8217;s computer if necessary).\u00a0 If I do have an important paper document, I take a photo of it and throw it away.<\/li>\n<li>Use a paperless accounting system.\u00a0 I use Xero, but FreeAgent is popular.\u00a0 If your accountant doesn&#8217;t use one of these get a different accountant.\u00a0 Seriously.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t use an old friend, or your mates dad for your accountant if they are holding you back.<\/li>\n<li>I spend 30 minutes on my accounts every month, at the end.\u00a0 My accountant can log in at anytime and see everything.\u00a0 Come tax return time I have nothing to do, it&#8217;s all already done. I have seen my office mates spend 2 days trying to find receipts, fill out spreadsheets, etc.\u00a0 Going paperless avoids all of this.<\/li>\n<li>I also use ReceiptBank to store my receipts.\u00a0 I help my wide with her accounts, and take photos of receipts, and then throw them away.<\/li>\n<li>Set overdue invoices to automatically email the client, and do this every 7 days.\u00a0 This works and will mean you get paid more quickly, without you having to do anything.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email It&#8217;s great to use yourname@yourdomain.com, but managing\u00a0and moving your own POP\/IMAP can be a hassle. \u00a0Also you&#8217;ll end up using a basic webmail app, or OS mail apps become bad at managing lots of emails. \u00a0I also use and recommend GMail for my emails and clients. \u00a0You can still use yourname@yourdomain.com, but use GMail &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Freelance Web Developer Tips - Darren Lambert<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/freelance-web-developer-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Freelance Web Developer Tips - Darren Lambert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Email It&#8217;s great to use yourname@yourdomain.com, but managing\u00a0and moving your own POP\/IMAP can be a hassle. \u00a0Also you&#8217;ll end up using a basic webmail app, or OS mail apps become bad at managing lots of emails. \u00a0I also use and recommend GMail for my emails and clients. \u00a0You can still use yourname@yourdomain.com, but use GMail &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/freelance-web-developer-tips\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Darren Lambert\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-03T15:32:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/freelance-web-developer-tips\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/freelance-web-developer-tips\/\",\"name\":\"Freelance Web Developer Tips - Darren Lambert\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-03-28T08:26:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-03T15:32:20+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/freelance-web-developer-tips\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/freelance-web-developer-tips\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/freelance-web-developer-tips\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Freelance Web Developer Tips\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.darrenlambert.com\/\",\"name\":\"Darren Lambert\",\"description\":\"WordPress &amp; 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