This is a guest post by Karolina Łachmacka, a full-time English to Polish translator with a specialization in marketing and creative texts. She also works as a content marketer and develops her skills in SEO. When she is not working, she reads a lot of different books and loves to spend time with her cats, […]
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Building relationships with potential clients, versus just pitching your services
It’s a great time of the year to do some marketing, when clients have returned from their summer break but before things get really crazy around the winter holidays. Here’s an important question to ask yourself before you start marketing: are you more interested in building relationships, or in just pitching your services? Here’s what […]
Continue ReadingGetting started as a freelance translator starts today!
The September/October session of my four-week online course, Getting started as a freelance translator, starts today, and you can still sign up. We have a good group already, and there’s room for you! Registration is $190 and the course is completely self-paced, with six months of access to the video lessons and weekly question and […]
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A couple of readers have asked me lately how to certify a translation, so that’s today’s topic. This applies to translations certified for U.S. purposes: to be used in the U.S. or by U.S entities such as diplomatic facilities. Some freelance translators want nothing to do with certified translations, and that’s totally fine. If you […]
Continue ReadingMarketing follow-ups: now is the time!
This time of year is one of the best occasions to follow up with potential clients who expressed an interest in working with you, but never sent you any work. Summer is winding down, and the busy fall season is coming up, so it’s a great time to nudge those clients who might have some […]
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