As a small business owner and freelancer, I was impressed with the time tracking service offered by Harvest. This web based time tracking program gives small businesses and solo professionals an easy way to keep track of their time so they can bill clients properly and increase their own productivity.

Because Harvest is web based like Hotmail, there is nothing to install and you can access the time tracking software anywhere as long as you have an Internet connection. For busy small business owners on the go, this is a particularly useful feature. Harvest users can choose to enter their time daily or weekly and a graphical report is generated that provides detailed information about how time and resources are being distributed. These reports can be exported to Quickbooks or Microsoft Excel to easily transfer time to your accounting programs or spreadsheets. There are three different categories of users on the Harvest system who have various levels of access to the system – administrator, project manager and employee/contractor.

There are also three different levels of paid membership to Harvest, depending on the size of your business and your time tracking needs. Harvest offers a 30 free trial to try out the time tracking service and see if it suits your business needs. Harvest works with Internet Explorer 6 or later, Firefox 2 or later and Safari 2 or later.

The Harvest online time tracking system was created by Iridesco, a small business in downtown New York that saw the need for a more effective way to keep track of time that was suitable for small businesses and freelancers. If you are a busy small business or freelancer such as a designer, architect, writer or lawyer, Harvest provides a great way to keep track of your time so you can make the most of your efforts wherever you are working.

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