The final piece in the Backpack for Freelancers Series is on collaboration. After talking about managing your projects and managing your clients, it’s not too far fetched to think you might want to share your notes, screens, to do lists, with a client you’re working with. As it turns out, collaborating is very easy with Backpack.
Last week, I talk about the project management aspect of Backpack, which I feel is the most obvious use for Backpack. However, a big portion of what I use Backpack for is management my clients- their projects, follow-ups lists, notes, and reminders to call or meet with them. Today, I will be talking in-depth about managing my clients with Backpack.
What seems like ages ago, I posted the first in a series of posts I’m doing called Backpack for Freelancers. The series will cover the merits of using Backpack for managing your freelance (and possibly personal) life, and will be broken down into three parts. Today is the first part: Project Management.
The tool I use most to keep organized is Backpack, an online organizational tool by 37signals. I posted it earlier this year as a resource, but since I’ve been busier, have found myself relying on it more and more. In this mini-series, I will take you through some of the things I use Backpack for, and how it can be beneficial to you as freelancer. Today, a brief overview.
Every freelancer has a set of tools that help them get through the day. No matter what your trade (web developer, photographer, copywriter, etc.) you have a few essentials that help you do your job more efficiently and more effectively. I am no different; I’ve got software and tools that help me manage my accounting, projects, and of-course, aide in developing websites. Below are the big five in my arsenal.
Much like Highrise,Backpack is a tool to help you organize. I’ve been using it over the last week heavily and it has really helped me organize. Email/text reminders created in plain text, as well as lists, notes, pages, and a calendar if you get the paid account. You can share pages with people to gather all the notes and thoughts in one place. I think this is an extremely useful web application and I strongly recommend it. 37signals puts a lot of thought into the design and usability of the apps, and it really shows.
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