Comments on: What Software Do You Need to Run Your Copywriting Business?

By: Nicki Krawczyk

Nicki Krawczyk — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 17:40:55 +0000

In reply to Sherry.

Hi Sherry,

Agreed! For me, I think it feels like I’m making progress on things when I’m making purchases…but I’m really just getting in my own way. 😀

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

By: Sherry

Sherry — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 19:40:25 +0000

It’s definitely all too easy to find things to spend $ on. While I purchased a used desk, was gifted a chair, and ordered the cheapest option for business cards (which rarely leave my home, tbh) I also signed up for a business license, a high end cell phone plan, a paid invoicing program, and a few other things that ultimately ate into my profits. Thanks for the post!

By: Nicki Krawczyk

Nicki Krawczyk — Sat, 21 Sep 2019 14:12:57 +0000

In reply to Mike.

Ha! To each our own. 😉

Nicki

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 21:03:10 +0000

In reply to Nicki Krawczyk. It's true peace of mind. We can now freely reverse over our laptops in the driveway, throw them in the swimming pool to see what happens or allow them to spontaneously combust. Expensive but such fun. :)

By: Nicki Krawczyk

Nicki Krawczyk — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 21:15:06 +0000

In reply to Mike.

Hi Michael,

Nice! I wasn’t aware it even had that feature. (I just use the iCloud on my Mac.) Thanks for sharing!

Nicki

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:45:06 +0000

Word is really good nowadays because it has auto save which is linked to your cloud software. No danger of lost work!

By: Nicki Krawczyk

Nicki Krawczyk — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:55:05 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth.

Hi Elizabeth,

Well, no – it’s not absolutely necessary, as long as converting the files is going to be easy. Remember, most clients are going to be using Word and that means that you’ll be converting files to send to them, and you may have to convert files that come back from them. In terms of use of your time…there are a lot more high-impact (and income-generating) ways to spend it. This might be a situation where you’re evaluating paying $60 for Word (or whatever it is) versus spending 10 minutes to convert files every day, times 20 workdays a month, times 12 months…or spending 40 full hours of converting files per year. That’s an entire workweek.

By the way, I’m a Mac user, too, and Word and Excel both work just fine on all of my laptops. 🙂

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 09:08:50 +0000

This may be a ridiculous question, but is Word ABSOLUTELY necessary? I’m a Mac person , so I’m wondering if I can use my Pages app and convert to a docx document? Thanks so much for the info. You have proven to be so helpful!

By: Nicki Krawczyk

Nicki Krawczyk — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 23:51:52 +0000

In reply to Jamie.

Hi Jamie,

That’s a good point – if you *know* yourself and you need that external prompt, that can be helpful. But, remember, fundamentally it’s the same thing: You still have to input the information yourself, whether it’s into Excel or into Quickbooks or one of those kinds of programs. 🙂

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:26:01 +0000

I’m thinking about getting quickbooks or some other type of invoice/expense tracking software. I don’t trust myself to keep track of outstanding receivables!