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March, 2008

Now available: Time tracking widget for OS X

by Taavi Burns  |  March 19/2008  | 
Now available: Time tracking widget for OS X

After much eager anticipation and endless waiting, the FreshBooks time tracking widget for Mac OS X is complete! FreshBooks Time Tracking widget for Mac OS X This widget means you can track time worked for your clients with a click of a button, without logging in, and even when you’re on the …



Fresh Faces: Tammy Lenski

by Aaron Adams  |  March 18/2008  |  , ,
Fresh Faces: Tammy Lenski

Fresh Faces: Real customers share the real benefits of using FreshBooks Photo of Tammy LenskiI have enough conflict in my life. “I’ll be converting all my current client invoicing to FreshBooks and starting new clients there. FreshBooks, you rock.” As a professional workplace mediator, executive …



FreshBooks is hiring: Product Director

by Aaron Adams  |  March 17/2008  | 
FreshBooks is hiring: Product Director

FreshBooks is currently seeking a Product Director to lead and manage our development team. This new position is located at our offices here in Toronto, Ontario. You will work together with other business groups to drive product enhancements and new products to help grow the FreshBooks service and online community. You will be unafraid to …



‘How’ are you in business?

by Adrian Miller  |  March 17/2008  |  , , ,
‘How’ are you in business?

Pro Tips: Expert guest contributors share their knowledge and insights FreshBooks welcomes Adrian Miller as our newest guest contributor to Fresh Thinking. Adrian will share the wisdom garnered from her many years of experience in sales training. In her first post, originally written for CustomerThink, Adrian gets us thinking about our sales …



Cinco de Moustache: a feast for the senses

by Justin Giancola  |  March 14/2008  | 
Cinco de Moustache: a feast for the senses

Another year, another day of celebration: last Wednesday we celebrated another glorious Cinco de Moustache here at FreshBooks. Yes, this post is even later than last year’s, but we had to wait for the statutes of limitation to run out. We were fortunate enough to have thrice as much moustache as ’07. Take a look …



Sell your services with public speaking

by Aaron Adams  |  March 13/2008  |  , , ,
Sell your services with public speaking

Photo of Adrian MillerWant to learn how you can use effective public speaking to sell your services? Then sign up for “Speak Powerfully/Sell More,” a one-hour online class on Friday, March 28, 2008. The session is co-hosted by FreshBooks customer Adrian Miller. To grow your business or promote …



Customer service: it begins with keeping your promises

by Zane Safrit  |  March 13/2008  |  , , ,
Customer service: it begins with keeping your promises

Pro Tips: Expert guest contributors share their knowledge and insights Photo of Zane SafritServing your customers comes down to keeping your promises. You honour your word. You honour your commitment. This isn’t about contracts and terms. It’s not about performance reviews. It’s not about call …



Under the Hood: our new support system

by Myleen Bacarra  |  March 12/2008  |  ,
Under the Hood: our new support system

Our service philosophy involves opening the floodgates via phone, forum and email. We listen to what our users are saying, see their point of view, feel the pain they’re feeling. It’s an essential way of giving us the perspective we need in building two great things: the product itself, and our relationship with the people …



Fresh Faces: Joe Scarpa

by Aaron Adams  |  March 11/2008  |  , , , ,
Fresh Faces: Joe Scarpa

Fresh Faces: Real customers share the real benefits of using FreshBooks Photo of Joe ScarpaMy name is Joe Scarpa and I’m the founder and “chief healer” at Mac House Calls, an Apple-certified computer services company. “We are able to accept credit cards on-site via FreshBooks’ …



Interweb Idol: FJ de Kermadec

Interweb Idol: FJ de Kermadec

Interweb Idols: FreshBooks connects with some of the Web's brightest stars Back in December we asked our customers, “who inspires you?” Armed with that information, we set out to ask those people a few questions. Second in our series: brand identity afficionado FJ de Kermadac. ”Photo



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