Billing Manager Blog

One thing we understand is that, for many small businesses, the look and feel of the invoice is very important.  Let’s face it - sometimes we do judge a book by its cover.  An invoice can tell a bit about your company - are you expensive and fancy?  Serious and formal?  A little funky?  Whatever it is, pretty much everyone we meet wants to ensure their invoice reflects an ‘air of legitimacy’ - one thing the invoice should say is “hey, my business is real - take me seriously!”.  You might be working from the kitchen table, but your customers don’t need to know.  You want to look professional.

But, what does Professional mean to you?  Pictures are worth a thousand words indeed.  We’ve spent a lot of time with small businesses looking at their invoices and understanding their “invoice journey”.  Did they start with a logo?  A word template?  An invoice from somebody else?  Do they like their invoice?  Why?

Today, in Billing Manager, we offer a choice from 5 professional invoice templates (professional? at least we think so, and hope you do too) plus you can add your own logo to the template.  But is that good enough?  I doubt it.  But it’s a start.

 As you can see below from the 3 examples - the differences are subtle - yet each has a distinct style and feel.

Logo is in a different place on this one -

Perhaps, the most ‘traditional’ looking invoice of all?

So, what next?  What are the features that you would need to be able to create a professional invoice using Billing Manager?  Would you want to…

• Choose the columns that appear on the invoice?
• Choose the font?
• Choose the font sizes?
• Choose the font colors?
• Manipulate the layout?
• Choose to hide some of the data from the invoice?
• Change the size or placement of your logo?
• Preview your customized invoice after each change?

What else would you want to do?