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