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Poll: How often do you acquire new clients? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Allison Wright (X) 
Portugal
Local time: 00:25
haphazardly, since I do not actively market for clients? It brings in the same result as if I did.
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Diana Coada (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:25
Portuguese to English
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| Same as Ty and Catherine | May 8, 2012 |
Catherine Knight wrote: Ty Kendall wrote:
...a bit like the public transport system here where you wait an hour for a bus and then three come at once. Very much like Ty. I might have three new customers in one month, or go for six months just working for my regular customers.
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Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 01:25
Member (2009)
English to German
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| A good "how about" | May 8, 2012 |
Allison Wright wrote:
haphazardly, since I do not actively market for clients? It brings in the same result as if I did.
You spoke/wrote my mind, Allison.
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or monthly. Lately, anyways....I seem to be getting new clients on a regular basis. Of course,there are some agencies who I worked for regularly and who haven't been active clients for quite a while. it seems to balance out, but i definitely acquire more new ones now at faster rate than I used to. It's sort of like Ty and Catherine! they're like buses...
[Edited at 2012-05-08 12:19 GMT]
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John Cutler
Spain
Local time: 01:25
Spanish to English
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| Sign me up with this group | May 8, 2012 |
neilmac wrote: Julian Holmes wrote:
Occasionally -- when they find me or we find each other.
I agree with Interlangue and Alexandra, too. Ditto. Nowadays I usually find myself trying to dissuade them or recommending they look elsewhere...
I've had a lot of offers recently but have pretty much ignored them. They're mostly making me offers I can refuse.
[Edited at 2012-05-08 12:20 GMT]
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andres-larsen
Venezuela
Local time: 19:25
Spanish to English
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Rosa Grau (X)
Spain
Local time: 01:25
English to Catalan
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Zero in the last 8 months. I am starting to have serious doubts on the efficacy of ProZ. Or am I doing something wrong?
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Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 08:25
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
| A common paradigm for acquiring new clients | May 8, 2012 |
Gosh, I've never been dittoed so much. I'm blushing
Judging from the posts in this poll, it seems that chance or haphazard happenings, fate and karma are having a major effect on how we acquire new clients.
I'm a hopeless optimist and firm believer of the Field of Dreams adage "If you build it, he will come" philosophy that if you plant a field with good intentions, good will come to you.
Wi... See more Gosh, I've never been dittoed so much. I'm blushing
Judging from the posts in this poll, it seems that chance or haphazard happenings, fate and karma are having a major effect on how we acquire new clients.
I'm a hopeless optimist and firm believer of the Field of Dreams adage "If you build it, he will come" philosophy that if you plant a field with good intentions, good will come to you.
Wishing you all well! ▲ Collapse
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Marc Cordes
Poland
Local time: 01:25
English to German
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with Julien once again
Intention is everything in life and business. A positive outlook on those two areas in general naturally creates connections which in turn create benefits.
Let the sun in
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| Depends on the market situation | May 8, 2012 |
I represent one "narrow" and one "very narrow" language combination, so fluctuations in the market are felt immediately when it comes to offers from clients I never heard about before. Quite a few of these jobs are one-off jobs.
Generally I can anticipate when these offers will come just by looking at the traffic to my proz.com-profile. Today for instance, I received an offer from a local filmmaker, and then from an Italian agency that didn't have any Norwegian freelancers on their list (a... See more I represent one "narrow" and one "very narrow" language combination, so fluctuations in the market are felt immediately when it comes to offers from clients I never heard about before. Quite a few of these jobs are one-off jobs.
Generally I can anticipate when these offers will come just by looking at the traffic to my proz.com-profile. Today for instance, I received an offer from a local filmmaker, and then from an Italian agency that didn't have any Norwegian freelancers on their list (and since the number of translators in that language combinations seems to be shrinking, I'll typically be contacted every time this happens). It doesn't always turn in to a long-term collaboration, and often not even a PO, but there are almost constant requests from new clients. ▲ Collapse
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Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 16:25
English to German
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In memoriam | The way I understood this poll | May 9, 2012 |
To me, it reads like: "How often to you make marketing efforts to expand your client list?" by sending applications and such, otherwise "Yearly" or "Every three months" would hardly make sense, or am I missing something?
No, I don't send applications. Clients find me through the ProZ.com directory or by recommendations.
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Allison Wright wrote:
haphazardly, since I do not actively market for clients? It brings in the same result as if I did.
That sums it up for me. I'm happy with the clients I have, but I'm also open to new experiences. I'm not interested in growing my roster unless the new clients pay as well or better than the ones I already have.
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neilmac
Spain
Local time: 01:25
Spanish to English
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| It is what it is | May 9, 2012 |
Rosa Grau wrote:
Zero in the last 8 months. I am starting to have serious doubts on the efficacy of ProZ. Or am I doing something wrong?
Personally, I have never seen proz as a means to acquire new clients. Few of the offers I have received directly through proz have been worthwhile. Four agencies/people I contacted through proz (or vice versa) turned out to be fruitful on at least one occasion. The rest have either been too demanding (as soon as I see "best rates" I tend to reject the proposal) or otherwise not interesting.
I also tend to reject anything from any organisation/person claiming to handle more than ten language pairs, which to me reeks of sweatshop/sausage factory.
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