# March 2010 Clickable Bliss Newsletter: ProfitTrain 2.0 Released!

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## In this issue

* ProfitTrain 2.0 released!
* How to upgrade from Billable
* Promote your business via the ProfitTrain blog
* Mac Indie Spotlight: Acorn & VoodooPad (with discount code)

### ProfitTrain 2.0 released!

It is with great pleasure that Clickable Bliss released ProfitTrain 2.0 this week.

<http://clickablebliss.com/profittrain/>

ProfitTrain, previously known as Billable, is an application for Mac OS X that helps freelancers and small businesses track what they are doing for clients, create invoices, record payments, catalog expenses and generate reports.

New in version 2.0:

* Multiple business support; toggle the active business from the toolbar!
* Better syncing with Address Book.
* Line Item Blueprints to help you create invoices of common services.
* New 'Estimate' status for invoices.
* Ability to translate invoice labels without editing the HTML template.
* First class transaction history to record invoice payments.
* Expense tracking, including the ability to invoice expenses.
* Built-in reports and improved CSV exports.

For more more info we recommend checking out the ProfitTrain product site and introduction screencast:

<http://clickablebliss.com/profittrain/>

<http://clickablebliss.com/profittrain/screencast-intro/>

<http://clickablebliss.com/profittrain/download/>

ProfitTrain requires Mac OS X 10.5 or greater. 

New licenses cost $49.95 and upgrades from Billable cost $24.95.

<https://store.clickablebliss.com>

### How to upgrade from Billable

If you own a license for Billable, you can upgrade to ProfitTrain for $24.95 (50% off the regular price) using the online store. When you are buying the upgrade license be sure to have your Billable license handy during checkout. For more info check out these pages:

<http://clickablebliss.com/billable/>

<http://clickablebliss.com/billable/finding_your_license.html>

**Worry free trial.** If you are interested in ProfitTrain you can run it right alongside Billable. It will not overwrite any of your Billable data files (though you are welcome to import Billable data into ProfitTrain). Give it a test drive and see if you like the new features. If not, feel free to go back to Billable.

For troubleshooting help if you are coming to ProfitTrain from Billable check out this help article:

<http://help.clickablebliss.com/profittrain/migrating_from_billable.html>

### Promote your business via the ProfitTrain blog

ProfitTrain has it's own blog now:

<http://ridetheprofittrain.com>

It's still new and finding its way but over time we hope to provide a steady stream of news, tips and other insights that would be of interest to ProfitTrain users.

One such type of article we hope to post is 'Business Profiles,' short essays that share the spectrum of users that use ProfitTrain to run their unique business.

For more info check out this article on the blog:

<http://ridetheprofittrain.com/post/401239934/submit-your-business-profile>

### Mac Indie Spotlight: Acorn & VoodooPad

Last but not least I'd like to take a few minutes to share the work of another independent Mac developer whose products I love: Flying Meat. Flying Meat (ran by Gus Mueller) has two products I use in my own business and really enjoy.

The first is Acorn, an image editor built specifically for the Mac with simplicity in mind. While I still have Photoshop installed to handle my large archive of `.psd` files I always go to Acorn for new stuff. For one, I find Acorn to be a much faster workflow for simple edits, crops and compositions. It's lightweight yet has the features I need to get my everyday image editing done.

Acorn costs $49.95 but is also available in a free 'light' version as well.

<http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/>

<http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/acornfree.html>

The second app I use from Flying Meat is VoodooPad. Gus describes VoodooPad as "a place to write down your notes and thoughts. Plant ideas, images, lists and anything else you need to keep track of and VoodooPad will grow with you, without getting in the way." If you are familiar with the term, you can consider VoodooPad a desktop wiki. 

I have one big VoodooPad document for my business. I keep all kinds of sporadic notes in there ranging from server configuration details, checklists, tax ids and new app ideas. The home index page is titled 'The Clickable Bliss Empire!' It has served me as a great and searchable place to store information since I first made the document back in 2004. 

VoodooPad costs $39.95 but is also available in a free 'light' version as well.

<http://www.flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/>

<http://www.flyingmeat.com/voodoopad/voodoopadlite.html>

If you are interested in purchasing any of Flying Meat's applications Gus has provided me a discount code. Use the coupon code 'clickablebliss' (without the quotes of course) to get 10 dollars off your purchase from the Flying Meat store: 

<https://secure.flyingmeat.com/store/>

This code will expire on March 22nd.

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