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Productivity

Sep 12 2016
Corinne McKay

Non-billable work: learn to live with it!

Thanks to reader Lisa Rodriguez for suggesting this post! Lisa (correctly) points out that “even with well-oiled procedures, it is *normal* to spend hours” on tasks like record-keeping, cleaning up bills and outstanding invoices, etc. As Lisa comments, “It’s part of the job…no point in getting bent out of shape about it.” Yes. Amen. I […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Productivity

Jul 29 2016
Corinne McKay

New podcast: outsourcing for translators

Eve Bodeux and I recently recorded a joint podcast with Tess Whitty, host of the popular Marketing Tips for Translators podcast. The topic is outsourcing for translators: not outsourcing your actual translation work, but outsourcing business, marketing and productivity tasks so that you can focus on the work that you enjoy and do best (while […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Money, Productivity · Tagged: outsourcing for freelancers, Speaking of Translation, Tess Whitty, translation podcasts

May 19 2016
Corinne McKay

Maybe you need a co-working office?

Everything “co” seems to be hot these days (co-living, car sharing, and so on), and after working in a “co” office for three years, I thought I’d share some thoughts and tips. About three years ago, after 10 years of working from home, I hit the wall. My daughter (the main reason I started working […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Freelancing, Productivity · Tagged: co-working, co-working offices

May 04 2016
Corinne McKay

What's worth outsourcing or paying for?

At the recent Colorado Translators Association mid-year conference, a few of us got to talking about tasks that we outsource and services that we pay for. This got me thinking about what types of services we freelancers a) can and b) should be outsourcing or paying for. It’s important to realize that having the proper […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Freelancing, Money, Productivity · Tagged: outsourcing

Apr 08 2016
Corinne McKay

An atypical dilemma: "I need less work"

Here’s a question I received from a colleague: “You’re always writing about how to find new clients and get more work. I have the opposite problem: I have work coming out of my ears and I’m trying to cut back.” OK! Thoughts on Translation is committed to addressing issues at all points on the freelance […]

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Written by Corinne McKay · Categorized: Clients, Direct clients, Freelancing, Money, Productivity

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