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| | | | | | Tim Drayton 
Cyprus
Local time: 23:34
Turkish to English
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| Yes, a little | Jan 3, 2014 |
It has generated a tiny amount of business.
| | | | Julian Holmes
Japan
Local time: 05:34
Member (2011)
Japanese to English
It
- summarizes the services I can offer
- outlines my approach to translation, and
- provides lots of answers to questions that I would, otherwise, be inundated with from potential customers, which, in turn, saves my time
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Yes, some local direct clients contacted me because of my website.
| | | | Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 22:34
Member (2006)
German to English
I have never had time to get down to it, always too busy - fortunately!
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It was much better when we had someone else's website.
Back in the early days we hacked Lionbridge's website and put our phone number on it. That worked wonders for our business.
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Potential customers on Proz check your profile and then your website/LinkedIn profile/overall online presence before choosing you.
Here's mine:
www.balibrea.com
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| This is like your business card | Jan 3, 2014 |
You don`t have to make all your visitors buy something instantly (well, your service actually). I believe this is an opportunity to make new connections, since people instantly see who you are and what you do.
This is more like a business card, a summary of your experience and references.
| | | | Suzan Hamer
Netherlands
Local time: 22:34
English
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| I use my Proz profile as a website. | Jan 3, 2014 |
My best clients found me through Proz.
| | | | Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 22:34
Member (2009)
English to German
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For the time being, my ProZ.com profile is my website. However, I'm also contemplating the creation of my own website this year.
| | | | Emma Goldsmith
Spain
Local time: 22:34
Member (2004)
Spanish to English
Magdalena Balibrea Vich wrote:
Potential customers on Proz check your profile and then your website/LinkedIn profile/overall online presence before choosing you.
Absolutely. Clients go from my Proz profile to my website before contacting me. They also reach me by landing on my blog and then make their way over to my website. That's fine by me. All roads lead to Rome.
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Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 16:34
English to Spanish
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| Many ways to skin a cat | Jan 3, 2014 |
Julian Holmes wrote:
It
- summarizes the services I can offer
- outlines my approach to translation, and
- provides lots of answers to questions that I would, otherwise, be inundated with from potential customers, which, in turn, saves my time
That's what my website (www.wordsmeet.com) does. Although some clients have made more comments about my blog (wordsmeet.wordpress.com) than about my site.
I always wanted to address the myriad questions I fielded over the years, so my website does that now for me. Since it's not a sales website, I am not concerned about metrics, Google or otherwise. It's an informational & educational tool.
| | | | Mario Chavez (X)
Local time: 16:34
English to Spanish
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| Many ways to skin a cat | Jan 3, 2014 |
Julian Holmes wrote:
It
- summarizes the services I can offer
- outlines my approach to translation, and
- provides lots of answers to questions that I would, otherwise, be inundated with from potential customers, which, in turn, saves my time
That's what my website (www.wordsmeet.com) does. Although some clients have made more comments about my blog (wordsmeet.wordpress.com) than about my site.
I always wanted to address the myriad questions I fielded over the years, so my website does that now for me. Since it's not a sales website, I am not concerned about metrics, Google or otherwise. It's an informational & educational tool.
On the other hand, having an ATA (American Translators Assocn.) directory profile has helped me tremendously. Most clients use the ATA directory to find translators (in America, at least).
| | | | neilmac
Spain
Local time: 22:34
Spanish to English
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| Don't have one | Jan 3, 2014 |
I did have a freeby website for a while, which I was trying to put together in my spare time. However, it was all too fiddly and complicated (I need my tech stuff idiot-proof) and the provider went bust or something so it no longer worked. I tried using the proz website offer too, but again it was much too complicated for a dummy like me, (I still don't know what my "POP3" is, despite over a decade of trying to grasp the concept and find out) so I gave up on that in the end too. Thankfully, I'm... See more I did have a freeby website for a while, which I was trying to put together in my spare time. However, it was all too fiddly and complicated (I need my tech stuff idiot-proof) and the provider went bust or something so it no longer worked. I tried using the proz website offer too, but again it was much too complicated for a dummy like me, (I still don't know what my "POP3" is, despite over a decade of trying to grasp the concept and find out) so I gave up on that in the end too. Thankfully, I'm usually too busy anyway...
I might try again this year, but just for a laugh and definitely NOT with a view to boosting my "business". If I wanted to do that, I'd pay someone to make me a half-decent site that was as user friendly for me as for any potential visitors. ▲ Collapse
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