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Automatically Capture Time Spent on Calls and Email
By Neil J. Squillante
You may think you get paid for your legal work, but that's not really true when you think about it. No. You get paid when you record the time you spent performing legal work and send your clients a bill. If you don't bill, you don't get paid. Here's the thing though. What happens when you get so busy serving your clients that you don't have time to serve your own needs?
Time+Expense ... in One Sentence
Post Time Solutions' Time+Expense automatically captures the time you spend on email and phone calls on your BlackBerry, and enables you to create other time entries as well.
The Killer Feature
Do you and your BlackBerry spend a lot of time together? How much time? "Uhm ..."
Yes, that's a painful question for many lawyers. It's painful for managing partners who want to maximize revenue, and it's painful for associates trying to hit their billable targets.
Time+Expense prevents this time from slipping through the cracks. After every phone call, it displays the time you spent and asks you if you want to create a time entry. It performs the same function for email messages you send.
Other Notable Features
In addition to capturing time spent on your email messages and phone calls, you can also record other time entries in Time+Expense so you need not wait to get back to the office.
To get started, you set up clients and matters, which you can change anytime. You can also set up a schedule and have Time+Expense email your time entries to your PC in an Excel spreadsheet. From there, you can post them to your billing system.
Time+Expense does not require an accompanying server. It resides only on your BlackBerry, which means you can use it with any BlackBerry, not only those tied to BlackBerry Enterprise Server.
What Else Should You Know?
Time+Expense sells for $150 plus an annual support fee of $25, which includes unlimited updates and technical support. You can try it for free for one week. Learn more about Time+Expense.
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