SEO for freelancers: how important is it? Many freelancers wonder how important search engine optimization (SEO) is, when it comes to your business website and how much traffic you can expect it to attract. Very important? Not at all important? Somewhere in between? With the caveat that this is a … [Read more...] about Very basic SEO for your freelance website
Tips for ATA57 attendees
With the 57th annual ATA conference coming up next week, I'm excited to report that we expect over 1,800 attendees (this will probably be our second-largest conference ever, after the 50th anniversary conference in NYC), the exhibit hall is sold out, and many of our Advanced Skills and Training Day … [Read more...] about Tips for ATA57 attendees
Can you give us a quote and a turnaround time?
"Can you give us a quote and a turnaround time?" As freelancers, we hear or read those words a lot: a client, or prospective client, has a document that they need translated, and they want to know about how long it's going to take, and about how much it's going to cost. So, when you're on the … [Read more...] about Can you give us a quote and a turnaround time?
LinkedIn connections: what’s your strategy?
One of my goals for this quarter is to make better use of LinkedIn; I feel like it's an underutilized tool for freelancers, and I want to explore its usefulness for my own purposes and for some students who've asked me about it. But here's a fundamental question about your LinkedIn presence: how do … [Read more...] about LinkedIn connections: what’s your strategy?
RSS feed is fixed
Not earthshaking news unless you've been trying to subscribe to this blog by RSS, but the RSS feed issue is fixed. Subscribing by Feedly or wherever you get fine RSS feeds will now work. Thanks to the couple of readers who nagged me (in a very good-natured way!) until I finally got my web guy to … [Read more...] about RSS feed is fixed