A quick but important piece of advice, especially if you're in the trenches of your first few years of freelancing. Raise your hand if you've ever lamented a lack of progress in your freelance business by saying something like, "The problem is that most clients won't pay my rates," or "The problem … [Read more...] about You don't need 100 clients
Video: using the carrot, the stick or the temptation bundle to reach your freelance goals
If you have the drive and discipline to launch your freelance business, you have the drive and discipline to improve your freelance business, but we all struggle to force ourselves to work on those improvements incrementally (or at least I do!). In this video I talk about three approaches you might … [Read more...] about Video: using the carrot, the stick or the temptation bundle to reach your freelance goals
New podcast: Being a freelancer and being a dad
This is a cross-post from Speaking of Translation, the podcast that I co-host with Eve Bodeux. Hot on the heels of our Being a freelancer and being a mom episode (which logged almost 1,000 downloads in its first week!), we've put three freelancing dads in the hot seat. We asked them about many of … [Read more...] about New podcast: Being a freelancer and being a dad
Free webinar: breaking into the direct client market
On April 23, I'll be presenting Breaking into the direct client market for SDL's webinar series. It's free and will last about an hour. I'll talk about the reasons you might want to work with direct clients, how to design marketing materials for direct clients, how to look for untapped niches in the … [Read more...] about Free webinar: breaking into the direct client market
Getting Started as a Freelance Translator: starts April 1-FULL
This course session is now full. I will update my website with the next start date! The next session of my online course for beginning translators, Getting Started as a Freelance Translator, starts on April 1, and registration is open on my website; I currently have three spots left in this … [Read more...] about Getting Started as a Freelance Translator: starts April 1-FULL