Project Time Tracking & Client Billable Hours: Maximizing Agency Margins
How digital agencies, consultancies, and software shops track project hours, separate billable time, and generate accurate client invoices.
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1. The Foundation of Profitable Client Work
For agencies, consultancies, and legal firms, time is the primary inventory. Without granular project time tracking, companies frequently suffer from 'billable leakage'—spending unrecorded hours on client requests that never make it onto monthly invoices.
By categorizing work into billable vs non-billable tasks at the point of timesheet entry, leadership gains real-time visibility into project profit margins.
- Task & Space Tagging: Associating clock-in entries with specific project boards and client tickets.
- Billable vs Non-Billable Distinction: Tracking internal administrative overhead separately from revenue-generating client deliverables.
- Client Audit Reports: Exporting detailed hourly breakdowns to accompany professional client invoices.
Track Project Hours & Client Retainers Effortlessly
Wokaim combines intuitive project task tracking with master timesheets, ensuring every billable minute is accounted for.
Frequently Asked Questions
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