Maintain Your Professional Language Skills
Learn strategies to continually strengthen your expertise in your working languages. Professional-level language expertise is what translators and interpreters sell. We cannot neglect to…
The Power of Social Media: Key Strategies for Marketing Your Interpreting and Translation Services
Learn how to engage your audience and successfully leverage the power of social media as a marketing tool! Social media platforms are more than…
Maximizing Your ATA Directory Profile to Attract Your Ideal Clients
Learn how to stand out to your ideal translation and interpreting clients through your ATA Directory profile! ATA’s Language Services Directory is used by…
Identifying Your Target Audience: Why Niche Markets Can Boost Your Interpreting Business
Learn how to define your ideal interpreting client and create a laser-focused strategy to stand out in today’s saturated market. If you could define…
Building a Network
Networking is an essential skill for doing business. Find out how to build and grow your network from two of the best in the…
Getting and Incorporating Feedback
Yes, you can ask for feedback—and you should! Discover the benefits of this powerful tool. All too often, translators work in a bubble. Many…
Taking Charge of Your Style Set
Break into higher segments of the translation market by creating and defining your own style set. Instead of taking control and producing consistent translations that…
Choosing and Building a Specialization
Learn how to build a specialization and embark on a journey in your desired field. Free for ATA members. For some translators and interpreters,…
Personal Branding Basics
Developing a personal brand is a classic “work smarter, not harder” technique. When done well, it will showcase your specific expertise and skill set,…
Emergency Preparedness and Contingency Planning for Freelancers
What happens if you are hit by the proverbial bus? Or have power outages after a weather event? Or have to spend unplanned time…
Phone and Email Etiquette for Freelancers
Communicating with clients is key to every freelancer’s success. Still, it’s a skill that few of us have studied, or even thought about in…
Setting Goals for Your Freelance Translation or Interpreting Business
Setting realistic goals for your business can be a daunting task. Where do you start? What is the right combination of ambition and reason?…
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