For clients, you can configure categories, such as Confirmed client or Friend, and set up a searchable color code, such as bright red for that important new client. Once you add client names, you can add details for each one or import this data directly from your Mail contacts. Ultimately, I entered my client data manually, so it was not a major problem. My file had formatting problems, even though the columns in the tab-delimited file looked like they lined up correctly during the import. One initial-but minor-problem I encountered was that Studiometry had trouble importing a raw text file that contained a list of clients. Once you create a company, you then have options to add clients, vendors, projects, to-do items, and payments-all visible under the File menu. An extensive Preferences screen lets you easily edit this information. The program starts off with a wizard that helps you set up your company: you fill in details for its name, address, phone number, and Web site. While Daylite is more of a sales lead generation program, and QuickBooks excels at invoicing and reports, Studiometry fills a void for tracking clients with project tasks: it keeps you organized. You can configure currency for invoices (choosing US dollars or British pounds, for example), create time sheets that use a billable hours format or just deduct your fee as a retainer, and generate reports and export data for just about any purpose-such as creating an Excel spreadsheet. In fact, one of the great strengths of this product is its rich customization. There are templates for a studio (hence the name) that does Web, print, and photo work, or you can create your own templates. For example, if you run a photo studio, you might create a new client for a grocery store, and then a project for shooting in-store photographs for a brochure. You create new clients and new projects, and then link them together-similar to how Marketcircle’sĭaylite ( ) manages projects and links them to customers. Studiometry has a straightforward approach to running a business-either a one-person operation or one with multiple employees. It’s a bit like culling the best features from QuickBooks and a good project manager into one seamless, easy-to-use app. QuickBooks Accounting 2009 ( ), but it has some exceptional features for tracking projects and creating to-do lists. It can’t compete with an accounting program like Studiometry 6.1.8 is an all-purpose business application that helps you track projects, invoice clients, create expense reports, and generate employee time sheets. You’re essentially herding cats while spinning plates and juggling bowling pins. Operating a business efficiently requires stamina and a keen organizational sense.

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