Hour View

January 29th, 2009

We recently updated hour view. New design include:

• cell height is proportional to time, so it’s more intuitive to read,
• showing all breaks (idle time cell height is also proportional),
• background colors shows actually how productive application or site is (green colors means productive, red colors unproductive).

Affiliate Program

January 19th, 2009

We are exited to announce dedicated affiliate program. Now everybody can make money selling TimeCamp – you’ll receive 50% commission on all subscription you refer to us, and 5% recurring (per month) as long as your referral remains a subscription. 

We already have our first great affiliate: www.eioba.com Eioba is a service, where you can easily publish articles, which will become popular. 

Click here to join our affiliate program, today! 

Some important questions: 

What about payment? 

Payments are made via PayPal, every month. 

How clicks are tracked? 

We are using cookies to track clicks (cookie period is 1 year). You can also use “affiliate code” field. It’s very simple because the only thing you should do, is tell your friend your affiliate ID. It’s something like this: “Hi Mike. I think you should try TimeCamp in your company! The address is www.timecamp.com. If you sing-up, please enter my referrer code: xxx.”.

Tips for solo enterpreneurs

January 12th, 2009

Here is a great article containing 4 tips for solo enterpreneurs (but I think this is misunderstood title for article because this points could have also great impact on multi enterpreneurs businesees). Here is a fragment:

Put a priority on revenue generation.  Founding entrepreneurs have to spend the majority of their time looking for customers.  This doesn’t mean creating brochures and newsletters; it means getting on the phone and pursuing referrals.  

When entrepreneurs, especially service providers, come to me when their young companies are in jeopardy, I often find that they are working long, long hours.  Unfortunately, they are working on the wrong tasks.  

To bring discipline to a work week, I encourage entrepreneurs to set aside at leasttwo or three full days (ideally, the same days each week) for active customer solicitation.

How to supervise difficult employees

January 10th, 2009

Pretty good article on how to supervise difficult employees.

[Tutorial] Comparing timeframes

January 2nd, 2009

Did you know that with TimeCamp you can compare how productive you are and how you spent your time for one time frame to another?

We notice that very low number of people uses this function. But it is very helpful for example to get know how much time you spent in one week compared to another.

You just simply click “Compare” link in the dashboard menu and select timeframes.