Free project template

Freelance client project template with every task dated from the day you start

Brief, proposal, deposit, delivery, invoice: one client engagement with the money steps in.

  • 3 sections
  • 16 tasks
  • Opens as a list
  • Dated from day 1

Client project: [name]

Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.

Before

  • Discovery callDay 2, 10:00
  • Write the proposal: scope, price, timeline, what is not includedDay 4High
  • Proposal accepted and signedDay 8High
  • Deposit invoice sentDay 8
  • Deposit receivedDay 13UrgentNothing starts before this.

Work

  • Kick-off: access, contacts, the first milestoneDay 14
  • Milestone 1Day 25High
  • Client review round 1Day 28
  • Milestone 2Day 39High
  • Client review round 2Day 42
  • Weekly progress note to the clientEvery Friday 16:00

Close

  • Handover: files, access, a one-page how-toDay 49High
  • Final invoiceDay 49
  • Payment receivedDay 63High
  • Ask for a testimonial and a referralDay 64
  • Note what to price differently next timeDay 65

About this template

Freelance projects go wrong at the edges: no signed brief, no deposit, no defined end. This project puts the business steps beside the work so the invoice is not an afterthought.

Tips from the template

  • Name the project after the client.
  • Nothing starts before the deposit lands.
  • The handover task defines "done"; agree it in the proposal.

How to use it in ActivityTracker

  1. 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
  2. 2Find Freelance client project and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
  3. 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
  4. 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.

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Questions

Run it with the dates filled in.

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