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Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator? | No

Mario Freitas — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 02:52:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?
Poster: Mario Freitas
Post title: No

This poll has been posted less than two weeks ago. Repetitiveness should be a concern.

Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator? | Does everyone have locks on their doors?

Reed James — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 14:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?
Poster: Reed James
Post title: Does everyone have locks on their doors?

I know I do. I've never been burgled, and I hope I never am, but I would be crazy if I didn't. It's the same with having a website/blog. You may never receive a response, but then again, you very well just may. So, why rule out that possibility?

As for not having time for blogging...you have to make time. With that argument you could say you don't have time for invoicing or proofreading!

You can always write several posts and schedule them. You can also quote an article snd write a few sentences about it. Where there's a will, there's a way.

Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator? | My web site is my major source of NEW clients

José Henrique Lamensdorf — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 10:49:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?
Poster: José Henrique Lamensdorf
Post title: My web site is my major source of NEW clients

It took a while, I'd say 7-8 years after the present version was up, for [url= [url removed] ]my web site[/url] to become my major source of new clients.

Of course, I had to pack it with lots of useful information to make it rise naturally in search engines, without investing any $$$ in short-lived SEO campaigns. I mean, they must be short-lived if there's a way to actually buy your way to the top, and anyone can do so.

Two friends of mine, both Brazilian translators, invested heavily on blogs. IMO a blog implies a commitment to publish new material every day, or every week. Who has time for that? They had tremendous success, became extremely popular in the industry, but eventually gave up after some years.

One organized the content of his blog into a best-selling book in the translation industry.
The other reduced the frequency of his daily posts to weekly.

I chose what might be called a PLOG, a permanent log with articles, not associated to the date they were published. If anything changes, I can always go back there and update.

Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator? | Ditto

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 09:34:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Ditto

[quote]Muriel Vasconcellos wrote:

It hasn't been a key tool for my business, but I wouldn't dream of *not* having one. It's the professional thing to do. [/quote]

It’s one more marketing tool to elevate your presence in the market and help bring customers to you.

Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator? | Other

neilmac — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 08:55:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?
Poster: neilmac
Post title: Other

Thankfully, I've never had to seek more jobs this way, and currently have more than enough work to keep me going. I basically regard blogging as something people do as a kind of hobby or self-promotion they do when they haven't got any real (i.e. paying) work, and I don't see how a website would be useful to me, professionally or otherwise.

Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator? | Other

Muriel Vasconcellos (X) — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 08:27:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?
Poster: Muriel Vasconcellos (X)
Post title: Other

There was no in-between option. My website got me my best client ever and a couple of others. It hasn't been a key tool for my business, but I wouldn't dream of *not* having one. It's the professional thing to do.

Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?

ProZ.com Staff — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 08:10:02 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Do you find it helpful having a webpage or a blog to get more jobs as a freelance translator?".

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