Practical guides for freelancers and remote teams: scheduling across time zones, invoicing international clients, pricing your work and choosing the right tools.
There's no shared 9-to-5 between the US and the Philippines. Here's the US workday in Manila time for this week, and three ways to set a VA's shift so the overlap covers what you actually need.
Read the guideUnlike the US, the UK and India do share a working day, but how much of it depends on the season. Here are the best slots for this week and the two dates a year they move.
Read the guideNew York and India never share a full working day. Here are the two windows that do work, worked out live for this week, and the two dates a year when they move.
Read the guidePayPal isn't an option from Pakistan, so the payment route has to be on your invoice from day one. Here's what works, what it costs, and how to write the invoice.
Read the guideWhat a USD hourly rate comes to in rupees, per hour and per month, at today's rate. Plus what payment fees take off and how GST works when you bill a foreign client.
Read the guideYou don't need to get better at time zone math. You need one screen that does it for you. Here's the routine I use. It takes under a minute.
Read the guideWorld Time Buddy is a great clock. But for freelancers and small teams, finding the time is only the first job of the day. Here's what else you need, and how the two compare.
Read the guide“How much is $5,000 in INR?” isn't really what you need to know. Here's how to pick a billing currency, what each payment method actually costs, and how to send an invoice nobody can misread.
Read the guideSeven time zone and scheduling tools, judged on what matters day to day: every city on one screen, the real overlap, invite text you can paste, and what happens after the call.
Read the guideWhat you quote isn't what lands in your account. Here's where the money goes, when to bill in USD or local currency, and how I price so the fees are already covered.
Read the guidetimeanddate is the best time reference on the web. But knowing the time was never where my day got stuck. Here are five tools for the work that comes after.
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