Tracking it, billing it, getting paid for it.
Written by the person who builds HourToBill and bills his own clients by the hour. No guest posts, no invented personas, no AI filler.
- Switching · 8 min read
What HoneyBook actually costs an hourly consultant
HoneyBook is a good product aimed at a specific job: winning defined projects with a proposal and a contract. If you agree a rate on a call and bill by the hour, you are paying for the half you never open.
By Peter HallanderUpdated 30 August 2026Read → - Time tracking · 9 min read
Time tracking software for consultants: what a solo practice actually needs
Most tools in this category were built for agencies and sold to individuals. Here is the shorter list of things that change what you get paid.
By Peter HallanderUpdated 30 August 2026Read → - Client records · 7 min read
Do solo consultants need a CRM? Four conversations is not a pipeline
A CRM models a funnel. Consulting revenue is usually a handful of relationships that renew. Those are different shapes, and buying the wrong one leaves you maintaining a database with one reader.
By Peter HallanderUpdated 30 August 2026Read → - Billing · 8 min read
Billing in six-minute increments without quietly overcharging
Tenths of an hour are standard in legal and consulting work. Where the rounding is applied decides whether a client is billed fairly or twice over, and most tools get it wrong in the same direction.
By Peter HallanderUpdated 30 August 2026Read →