Keeping track of invoices - the low tech way

There are any number of software providers who will sell you some clever widget that will alert you to outstanding payments. Personally, I prefer something simpler and much more low tech - a whiteboard.

I'm not talking about anything huge - just a small version. Mine leans up against the wall just to the right of my computer screen.

It's so handy that every time I send an invoice I simply pick up the whiteboard and add the number, the client, the amount and the date. When I get paid I just cross out that line. When I get to the bottom of the board I rub everything out and start again at the top.

See if you can spot it:

It's disarmingly simple and means I never lose sight of payments I should have received.
As for getting paid on time...that'll be the subject of another posting.