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Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you? | All came to me

The Shredder — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:07:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you?
Poster: The Shredder
Post title: All came to me

They all came to me, back in the days when that kind of thing happened.

Lost another one this week, probably due to the cost savings offered by AI.

Based on last year, I’m not expecting anything much now until February.

Ffs.

Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you? | I don't count, but what counts is...

expressisverbis — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:08:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you?
Poster: expressisverbis
Post title: I don't count, but what counts is...

I don’t really keep track of that.
Whether clients find me or I contact them doesn’t matter much in the end.
What counts is keeping the good ones through reliable, high-quality work.

Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you? | all came to me

Alexandra Speirs — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:19:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you?
Poster: Alexandra Speirs
Post title: all came to me

I've never had much success sending applications anywhere, even Proz has not been generous.
Most of my clients come from the grapevine, usually recommended by translators of other language pairs.
My oldest client came via an English friend who had been offered the job but preferred teaching, that was in 1987.

Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you? | Other

Sebastian Witte — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 11:02:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you?
Poster: Sebastian Witte
Post title: Other

Most found us through various provider profiles on service provider portals, including ProZ, and our websites. One real big fish :-) (an authority at the national level) we caught through pitching. Quite a few came to us through referrals from fellow translators.

[Edited at 2026-06-01 11:04 GMT]

Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you? | Came to me

Ian Keith Jones Williams — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 10:38:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you?
Poster: Ian Keith Jones Williams
Post title: Came to me

The vast majority came to me, via Proz.com a long time ago, due to recommendations or project managers moving from one agency to another.

Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you? | Other

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:29:00 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you?
Poster: Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Post title: Other

They all came to me, some through Proz, most of them through recommendation (another client or a professional peer). I have been working with the same client base for some time, one of them for over 20 years.

Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you?

ProZ.com Staff — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:10:05 +0000

Forum: Poll Discussion
Topic: Poll: Considering your current client list, how many did you pitch to vs. those who found you?
Poster: ProZ.com Staff

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