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When someone approaches you for a job, what do you do? You give them a proposal, a quote, a price. But is it a professional one? How can we, as freelance translators and interpreters, make a good first impression and always be professional? These are some of the things I’m discussing with Vasiliki Prestidge in this episode.
Important things mentioned in this episode:
- A story of an unprofessional vendor and how to protect yourself
- How to create professional quotes, invoices and email signatures
- Professional customer service
- Inbound marketing tips
Useful links mentioned in this episode:
We are our biggest asset, and it is important to not make us our biggest enemy. We need to focus on being professional freelance linguists, behave like a business and in the value we provide with our translation and interpretation services. Do you have any tips on acting professional, please share in the comments below. I also encourage you to click on the link to leave a review or share this episode so that more freelance linguists can find this podcast and so I know what you think. Thanks!
Bio:
Vasiliki is a translator, interpreter, transcreator, blogger and founder of Greek to Me Translations, a company that helps businesses communicate their brand and products to their customers, grow their market reach and form new partnerships. She works with English and Greek and specialises in legal, marketing, and psychometrics. She is a member of CIoL, ITI and PEM. Her mission is to help you achieve your goals through the power of words. You can follow her on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and you can read her blog on https://www.grtome.com/blog
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7 Comments
Thank you Tess and Vasiliki for sharing these useful tips. What I found most useful were Vasiliki’s tips about how to make our quotations look more professional.
Thanks Miguel! Yes, that is an important part.
Sounds like an interesting and useful session.
The ITI Model Terms and similar of other professional organisations are helpful but in my experience only up to a point – they need a lot of adapting!
I agree Sue! But at least we have something to start from. Do you have any good model contract resources?
Thank you for this session. I found all tips very usefull. I think the one I will keep in mind is your tip about the free test, Tess. It will help me to avoid taking tests that are not in my main fields of expertise 😉
Great! Glad you found it useful.
I’m constantly looking for tips on how to present our services professionally. This was so useful! Although all of my contact information is listed under my signature, I didn’t think of adding a confidentiality statement. Definitely something I will be working on soon.