Poll: How often are you actively looking for clients? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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| | | Other (only very sporadically) | May 31, 2019 |
I did engage in active marketing when I started out some 35 years ago and every now and then if things were slow, but I have been doing quite well over the last years: most of my new clients have come via word of mouth, my Proz profile and my website... | | |
I remember "actively" looking for clients in 2000 (to start internationally), 2002 (bankruptcy of a major agency client of mine) and 2006 (discontinued work with a major agency cilent of mine over rate increase not accepted), i.e. I sent unprompted presentations of my services. Since then, I've been replying to prospects contacting me when I think it may be worth it and even to a handful or two of ads per year from the Job boards at Proz.com. In fact I passively ALWAYS look fo... See more I remember "actively" looking for clients in 2000 (to start internationally), 2002 (bankruptcy of a major agency client of mine) and 2006 (discontinued work with a major agency cilent of mine over rate increase not accepted), i.e. I sent unprompted presentations of my services. Since then, I've been replying to prospects contacting me when I think it may be worth it and even to a handful or two of ads per year from the Job boards at Proz.com. In fact I passively ALWAYS look for new clients. Philippe ▲ Collapse | | | neilmac Spain Local time: 10:54 Spanish to English + ...
For the past few years, it's been "never". At some point in the future I might need to start looking for new clients again, but for now I have enough work to keep ticking over and not so much that I can't fit in all the requests from all my clients. | |
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For a while I felt I was neglecting something because I kept reading about actively looking for clients, and I wasn't doing so. I thought, "I really ought to get on with this." But clients kept contacting me, so I never really got around to it. | | | Kay Denney France Local time: 10:54 French to English
It is one of the reasons I'm here, and I have found some contacts here, and I am in discussions with a couple of new potential clients from here right now, I'll probably be doing a test next week. Mind you, I was sent a test a few weeks ago by a contact from here and never managed to find the time to do the test, so I suppose I'm not that much in need of new clients... | | | Thayenga Germany Local time: 10:54 Member (2009) English to German + ...
I look for prospective clients only occasionally. When I see an interesting agency I check it out and, if all looks well, I send them an email offering my serives. | | |
I am offered jobs from time to time. Sometimes it's very quiet, but I don't mind that too much. I've never had any success by approaching agencies, so I've kind of given up. I'm not bad at translating, but I'm very bad at marketing myself. | |
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Besides the necessary skills, I think, like a lot of other things in life, it's a numbers game. My projects, as a literary translator, are more often than not, for one-time direct clients (authors).
[Edited at 2019-06-01 21:03 GMT] | | | Couple of times a year | Jun 2, 2019 |
I am always wondering why, for example, the big supermarkets in my counytry are advertising so much. They are everywhere, and you go to the nearest branche anyhow. I guess it is a wake-up call. Same goes for translators, lets wake up those PM's so that they know we are still alive and kicking. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. | | | To report site rules violations or get help, contact a site moderator: You can also contact site staff by submitting a support request » Poll: How often are you actively looking for clients? CafeTran Espresso | You've never met a CAT tool this clever!
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