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Three Secrets of Successful Freelance Translators (And How You Can Follow...
You love what you do and you’re good at it. Countless hours go into your freelance translation business, but results are minimal. Then you see some freelance translators who manage to make it look...
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Three Simple Tips for Negotiating with Clients
Learning to negotiate effectively is crucial to the success of your freelance translation business but many freelance translators find the process uncomfortable and sometimes intimidating. I’m here to...
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3 Easy Ways to Grow Your Freelance Translation Business Faster
Are you a new freelance translator? Or has your existing freelance translation business plateaued? Want to know how to grow your business faster without spending a lot of money? Quite often...
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How to Get More Done in Less Time as a Freelance Translator
Do you ever feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day? You’re overwhelmed easily? Or that you’re working 24/7 with no time left for yourself? The reality is running a freelance translation...
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Why You Should Never Discount Your Services (And What You Should Do Instead)
At one point or another we’ve all been asked to discount our services. And while it may seem like a good idea to make a one time exception for your client, the reality is discounting can hurt your...
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How to Get the Attention of Direct Clients
If you want to grow you freelance translation business you need to work with direct clients–plain and simple. Direct clients in general pay faster, accept your rates, and don’t usually ask for...
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What You Need to Know to Prevent the Feast or Famine Cycle
As freelance translation business owners there are times when business is good and times when business is bad. We’ve all experienced the vicious feast or famine cycle at one point of another but what...
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Working with Direct Clients on Your Terms
When you are running a freelance translation business your responsibilities go beyond providing language services. Working with direct clients is rewarding and fulfilling but it can sometimes become...
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Per-word vs Flat Rates: Which One Makes Freelance Translators More Money?
I have a question for you: how do you charge for your translation services? Do you charge per word? If so, then you’re not alone, so do most freelance translators. However, charging by the word can...
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Why Do Translation Clients Choose to Work With You?
Look at the website of any freelance translator or translation agency and you’ll see following words everywhere—quality, reliability, accuracy. I know this because I had touted this on my website too...
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Why Some Freelance Translators Fail
I frequent translation forums and message boards to read what freelance translators are saying and It’s not uncommon for me to read complaints like this… “I don’t make enough money”, “I don’t have...
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How I Quadrupled My Hourly Rate (By Doing This One Simple Thing)
A strategy that has immensely paid off for me–when it comes to increasing my earning power–was letting go of high maintenance clients. We all know who they are. They’re the type to call you for rush...
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Nannies Making Six-Figures? (And What You Can Learn From Them)
Over the years, I have developed an interest in how some people are willing to pay exponentially more for commodity service and products. Why would anyone pay $3,500 for a handbag? $1,200 for a pair...
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How to Get Your First Translation Client (The Right Way)
A lot of people who want to break into freelancing and find their first client (whether it’s an agency or direct client) are always given downright bad advice. Some of the conventional advice you’ll...
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How to Build a Network of Top Translators and Land High-Paying Translation...
It’s not what you know, but who you know that matters when it comes to succeeding as freelance translator. This is especially true for landing the high-paying translation jobs. Most jobs are found...
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“How Much Should I Charge?” (And the problem with winging it)
When I started freelancing as a translator, I remember feeling discouraged. After having sent resumes for a couple of months, I had zero results to show for all my work. Not a single client. I bid on...
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Why you should never call yourself a freelance translator (And what to say...
“So do you do this as a hobby?” That’s usually the question I would get asked when I’d tell clients that I was a freelance translator. I could see the bewilderment in their faces as they wondered to...
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“Frustrated Freelance Translator Can’t Find Clients”
Recently I read on a forum for translators how one freelancer is having trouble finding clients. His day goes something like this… Wake up at 8:00 am Make a cup of coffee Start looking for translation...
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Why you shouldn’t worry about the competition
Several weeks ago I was catching up with a friend of mine who is a Spanish interpreter and translator. As usual we started talking about our businesses and that’s when she told me she had left...
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The reason 98% of freelance translators struggle
When you decided to start freelancing, what did you want? Did you imagine traveling the world and being able to work from anywhere? Having extra time to spend with loved ones? Working on your own...
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