Updating Your Time Tracking Software

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TL;DR:

• Reviewing processes and tools used in your business periodically will make sure your improving and staying up to date
• If you’re standing still, you’re probably going backwards relative to your competition
• Why change? — products get stale, reducing costs is important and it’s pretty easy to swap between platforms

To Begin…

There’s a lot to be said for the adage

“if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”

But it pays to review processes and tools used in your business periodically to keep improving and stay up to date. If there’s potential opportunities out there to do things better — they’re at least worth looking at. If you’re standing still, you’re probably going backwards relative to your competition. Here are three reasons why you should update your time tracking software.

Products Tend to Get Stale

Sometimes products tend to get stale if they’ve been around for a while. Companies stop releasing product updates or just simply stop making their product better. In which case, it benefits you to switch to a company that is always working on a better products.

It’s Pretty Easy to Swap

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Nowadays swapping between platforms and tools is super easy. An amazing customer experience is something companies are constantly trying to achieve. Because of this, you can easily change time tracking platforms/software or even go back if you like. How?

Pro tip: You can do an export and then import into tools like Hourly to do a quick comparison with actual data. Plus, it’s free, so why not give it a go and work out whether what you’re paying for is worth it.

Saving That Hard-Earned Cash

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The other simple reason is cost. There’s always something else out there, that does the exact same thing for a fraction of the price of what you are currently paying. It’s always good to save money and reduce costs, right?

In the end…

It’s not that hard to switch between platforms and reviewing processes and tools used in your business periodically to keep improving and stay up to date is important for future growth. If there’s potential opportunities out there to do things better — they’re at least worth looking at. So the real question here is…

Which company should I start looking at first?

Well, why not start with Hourly? It’s free for 30 days and I think you’ll be surprised at how much it can really offer you!

Hourly: Track time, intelligently.