Simple but important tip: When you're paralyzed by the fear of making a mistake in your business, remind yourself that if you really mess something up, you'll only make that mistake once! Especially if you're new to freelancing, or to an aspect of freelancing such as direct client … [Read more...] about Remind yourself: You’ll only make that mistake once!
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Book translation webinar: Sold out!
Tomorrow's free webinar on planning a book translation, with guest instructor Laurie Bennett, is sold out! For future free webinars, I'd recommend signing up as soon as you see the announcement. Registrations tend to trickle in at first, then people realize that the session is coming up in a few … [Read more...] about Book translation webinar: Sold out!
Marketing to direct clients? Identify a gap or a hook
Greetings, Training for Translators subscribers! Tomorrow's free webinar on planning a book translation is sold out; thanks to all 250 people who signed up! Next on the calendar is this month's master class, Optimizing your website for search engines and generative … [Read more...] about Marketing to direct clients? Identify a gap or a hook
Getting out of the translation/interpreting echo chamber
Greetings, subscribers! About a year and a half ago, I decided to try an experiment: getting more business strategy input from people who know nothing about translation and interpreting. I did this for a few reasons: How I got out of the echo chamber Here are some things I did. … [Read more...] about Getting out of the translation/interpreting echo chamber
Can you run a successful freelance business without social media?
Greetings, Training for Translators readers, I hope you're all doing well! Here's what's up with T4T this week: Upcoming classes This week's topic: Can you run a successful freelance business without social media? I picked this for a newsletter topic after getting this question from … [Read more...] about Can you run a successful freelance business without social media?