As a freelancer you will sometimes spend more time trying to manage the project then actually designing or developing. Most importantly you want to make sure the client is happy and you are compensated fair. Here are some free tools that can help you as a freelancer stay organized, meet client expectations and stay profitable.

CreativePro Office: project management system

Don’t get me wrong, BaseCamp is the leader in my opinion as far as PMS’s are concerned, however a little spendy for the starving artist. UpStart Productions released this free PMS, simply signup and use it. It doesnt have the messaging like some of the others do but it is great way to manage projects, tasks, contacts, notes and even has invoicing built right in. This is a great way to track your hours realtime and really see how much time a project takes.

http://www.creativeprooffice.com/

MyHours: online time tracking

This is a great online services to help you as a freelancer to manage your time and track all of your projects in one place. Adding projects and tasks is very simple and makes invoicing a smooth process. You can export reports many different ways helping you to avoid invoice disputes. The reports also help to see where you are spending most of your time using very readable graphs.

http://myhours.com/