Timesheet app for digital marketers

Everhour keeps marketing time tied to tasks, budgets, and approvals, so client work becomes easier to review.

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Enter your time in and out for each day. Overtime and gross pay are calculated automatically.

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Everhour does it all — track, budget, report & invoice

The calculator gives you the number — Everhour takes it from there.

Go ahead — start tracking!

One click and you're timing. Start a timer, add an entry, edit the details. This is exactly how it feels in Everhour.

  • One-click timer — browser, desktop & mobile
  • Works inside Asana, ClickUp, Linear, GitHub & more
  • Simple setup, no learning curve
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Everhour — Time Tracking
Time Entries
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No more budget surprises

Set a budget, assign rates, and get alerted before you're over.

  • Real-time cost tracking
  • Set different rates per person or project
  • Alerts before you hit the budget limit
Everhour — Budgeting
Acme Web Project
1
50% of budget used
$2,500.00of $5,000.00
$2,500.00 remaining
75%
Actual costRemaining cost

Measurement

Track your budget through time or costs

Simple, customizable reports

Every report you need — configured your way, always up to date.

  • See who does what in real time
  • Configure any report
  • Scheduled email reports
Everhour — Reports

Your invoice is ready!

Tracked hours flow straight into a polished invoice — no copy-paste, no manual math.

  • Billable hours straight into the invoice
  • Configure invoice templates
  • Copy invoices to QuickBooks or Xero
  • Invoicing dashboard with status
Everhour — Invoices
Your Company LLChello@yourcompany.com
INVOICE
Invoice #1042
Group by:
DescriptionHoursRateAmount
Website Redesign14h$150/h$2,100.00
Brand Guidelines7h$150/h$1,050.00
Marketing Strategy3.5h$150/h$525.00
Total Due$3,675.00
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Timesheets for marketing work

Turn campaign work into records

A digital marketer needs more than a weekly total. Useful timesheets separate client work from internal work, then connect hours to the campaign, project, task, and billable status. That structure lets an agency see time spent on email strategy, paid media checks, landing page review, reporting, client calls, and research without turning every entry into a vague bucket.

Hourly agency work needs complete time entries because missing time cannot support an hourly invoice. Fixed-scope and value-based projects still need time records because the agency needs to compare estimated effort with actual work. A week that includes 6 hours on paid search, 3 hours on analytics reporting, and 2 hours on client revisions gives managers clearer margin and capacity signals than one entry labeled marketing.

Capture the right fields

A practical marketing timesheet entry includes the date, person, client, campaign or project, task, hours, billable status, and notes. The notes should explain the work well enough for review, especially when the entry reaches a client invoice. "Facebook Ads optimization" is thin. "Adjusted audience exclusions and reviewed cost per lead for Q2 lead gen campaign" gives the approver and client a clearer record.

Rates also need structure. Billable revenue is billable hours multiplied by the agreed hourly rate, and projects with several contributors often need role or individual rates before totals roll up at the project level. A strategist, designer, and PPC specialist can all work on one campaign at different rates. The timesheet must preserve that split before invoicing or profitability reporting starts.

Separate collaboration from delivery

Digital marketers often work with clients, sales teams, product teams, PR staff, designers, developers, and media partners. That collaboration should appear in the timesheet when it consumes project time. Client calls, budget discussions, contract review, website evaluation, campaign planning, media selection, and market research are different work categories, and grouping them all as admin time hides where effort went.

The common mistake is tracking only visible production work. Campaign performance usually depends on planning, review, and coordination, so those hours need a place in the record. A weekly entry pattern for a marketing agency can separate paid media management, campaign reporting, internal review, client communication, and non-billable sales support. That split protects invoice detail and gives managers a cleaner view of utilization.

Choose one-off or managed tracking

A simple weekly timesheet is enough when one marketer needs to total hours for a small client, confirm billable status, or send a clean summary for one billing cycle. The record should still show daily hours worked and total hours worked each workweek for employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, because U.S. federal rules focus on complete and accurate records.

A managed workflow becomes necessary when several marketers work across retainers, campaigns, and billing rates. Everhour Team Management supports lock rules, admin time correction, weekly capacity, project assignments, team groups, and approval workflows, so submitted time can be reviewed before invoicing, payroll, or reporting. That structure matters when client billing, utilization, and campaign budgets all depend on the same time data.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which activities should digital marketers track in a timesheet?

Track client, campaign, and project work that consumes paid time: campaign planning, paid media management, email work, website evaluation, reporting, client meetings, budget discussions, contract-related work, and market research. Separate billable and non-billable work so invoices, utilization reports, and project profitability do not mix delivery time with internal sales or admin time.

Should a marketing agency track time on fixed-fee projects?

Yes. Fixed-fee and value-based projects still need time records because the agency needs to compare planned effort with actual effort. The invoice may show a fixed amount, but the timesheet shows whether the campaign consumed too many strategist, designer, analyst, or media management hours for the agreed scope.

Which fields make a digital marketing timesheet useful for billing?

Use date, person, client, campaign or project, task, hours, billable status, rate basis, and a short work note. Multi-person projects need role or individual rate detail before billable revenue totals at the project level. Clean task notes reduce disputes when client invoices include time detail.

Can one weekly total work for digital marketing time?

One weekly total is weak for agency billing and project control. Client work should be traceable to campaigns, tasks, and billable status. For employees covered by the FLSA minimum wage or overtime provisions, employer records must include hours worked each workday and total hours worked each workweek.

Do U.S. overtime rules affect marketing timesheets?

Covered nonexempt employees must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a fixed 168-hour workweek under the FLSA, at not less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay. Hours cannot be averaged across two or more workweeks for FLSA overtime purposes.

How does Everhour Team Management support marketing timesheet approvals?

Everhour Team Management lets admins set lock rules, correct time entries, define weekly capacity, assign projects, group teams, and approve or reject submitted timesheets. Marketing managers can review campaign hours before time moves into billing, payroll review, or utilization reporting.

How does Everhour Reporting show campaign time?

Everhour Reporting turns logged time into configurable reports with columns for task, project, client, member, comments, billable time, labor costs, profit, invoice status, and budget metrics. Marketing teams can filter by client or campaign, then export reports in CSV, Excel/XLSX, or PDF.

Keep marketing time reviewable

Use approved timesheets, lock rules, weekly capacity, and project assignments to keep campaign records clean. Everhour gives marketing teams a managed approval flow before billing or payroll review.

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