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Poll: Do translators need to market themselves more aggressively today?
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
ポルトガル
Local time: 23:08
2007に入会
英語 から ポルトガル語
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Not sure Apr 9

I did engage in active marketing when I started my translation career some 40 years ago, but I haven’t marketed myself for a long time because in the meanwhile I’ve managed to build a base of loyal and regular customers, which lately has been decreasing but I am at the end of my career…
 
writeaway
writeaway  Identity Verified
フランス語 から 英語
+ ...
Networking is the most useful skill imo Apr 9

My personal experience as a translator has shown me that those with the best networking skills are those who land the longest-lasting clients and jobs. Marketing skills are useful but marketing often falls on deaf ears unless serious networking skills are there to back them up and make sure the 'right' people pay attention. I know highly successful, never unemployed translators who, when they aren't working, spend their 'free time' networking non-stop.

Maria Laura Curzi
Michelle den Boer
 
Levan Namoradze
Levan Namoradze  Identity Verified
グルジア
Local time: 02:08
2005に入会
英語 から グルジア語
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Our profession Apr 9

Our profession is dead. I do not need any 'AI' generated objections.
 
Philip Lees
Philip Lees  Identity Verified
ギリシャ
Local time: 01:08
ギリシャ語 から 英語
No Apr 10

No, aggressive marketing is pointless.

Why was this option not included?

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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Daryo
 
Epameinondas Soufleros
Epameinondas Soufleros  Identity Verified
ギリシャ
Local time: 01:08
英語 から ギリシャ語
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No Apr 10

The point is to make more money ourselves, not make all sorts of 'consultants' and 'marketing experts' rich by attending courses which turn out to be of no value in the real world.

Michael Newton
Maria Laura Curzi
Philip Lees
 


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