Marketing is the number one issue many language services professionals talk about. They express this in different ways, such as “I don’t have enough work volume”, “I need more clients” or “my clients do not send me enough work”. These responses mean they do not do enough marketing. With many offline and online marketing strategies, translators may stretch …
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During the last three months, I have reviewed hundreds of CVs (or resumes) from freelance translators for a new language group we are targeting at our translation agency, TranslationPartner. Some CVs caught my attention, and others were rejected within 10-20 seconds. To help you out, I have written down some of my notes about why some …
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In this post, I will share my best five ways of contacting new translation clients with you. You will learn how to use each one, and the advantages and disadvantages of each method. All of them worked for me. You can use all of them or just choose 2-3 and test them out. Let’s jump in! 1) …
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Three years ago, I lost a large client used to provide 50% of our revenue. I was sad and happy in the same time. Sad because losing a client after a 5-year relationship is not something that makes you happy. But I was happy because, me and my business partner were ready for it. In …
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