Do you know your ideal customer? Creating a customer avatar for your freelance translation business
By Tess Whitty Reblogged from Marketing Tips for Translators with permission from the author (including the image) The other week I interviewed Alessandra Martelli on creating…
Read MoreGo National or Stay Local?
by Giovanna Lester in collaboration with The Savvy Newcomer Team Full disclosure: I am one of the co-founders and currently the president of the…
Read MoreA tour of celebrations around the world through different time zones!
By The Savvy Newcomer Team and Friends The Savvy Newcomer is read in many countries, by translators and interpreters who work in many languages.…
Read MoreMarketing to Direct Clients
Reblogged from the ATA Business Practices. Instead of working exclusively for agencies, many translators and interpreters are discovering that working for direct clients is…
Read MoreWhat to do when things slow down…
By Helen Eby As freelancers, we are thrilled when we get a lot of work! Then we go pretty crazy with the load, saying…
Read MoreLesson 94: 9 Negotiation mistakes every translator has been guilty of at least once
By Marta Stelmaszak Reblogged from Want Words with permission from the author I thought it was a very relevant topic to cover because of many misconceptions…
Read MoreATA Science & Technology Division 2014 National Meeting Program
By Matthew Schlecht The ATA Science & Technology Division has a solid program at the 55th ATA Annual Meeting with content that will appeal…
Read MoreThe Freelance Juggling Act: Balancing Work, Family, and the Rest of Life as a Freelancer
By Corinne McKay What’s the best and the worst thing about freelancing? It’s all up to you! Whether you work 20 hours a week or…
Read MoreATA Business Smarts – The Midsummer Slump
Reblogged from ATA Business Practices Dear Business Smarts: During the past two weeks, very little work has come in. My regular clients all seem…
Read MoreHappy Birthday to The Savvy Newcomer!
This Friday, August 15, marks the first anniversary of The Savvy Newcomer blog – still very young, but, boy has its presence been felt! …
Read MoreTips for an Interpreter-Friendly Presentation
By Ewandro Magalhães Featured article from The ATA Chronicle, originally published in August 2012 As much as we hate to admit it, interpreters make…
Read MoreHelen’s summer reading topic: Spanish linguistics
By Helen Eby I plan to teach a class on the formal aspects of Spanish for Hispanics who speak Spanish well and have a…
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