Only Human Translators
Apr 24, 2018 |
Can clients be weaned away from DIY solutions? This could have been another post about how difficult it is to prospect for direct clients, at least for a rather introverted person like me. I went to a trade fair last week, and it’s true that, as always, I found...
Apr 25, 2017 |
Lessons from a client event The new monthly rhythm of this blog takes some getting used to. It’s now a month since I went to the International Wine Tourism Conference (IWINETC to its friends) near Catania, Sicily, in the impressive shadow of Mount Etna, and time...
Jan 31, 2017 |
…and turning down the sales fever A few weeks ago, I mentioned that I’d suffered a bit of a setback with my marketing activities and the time has come to explain what happened. Some time ago I discovered that an international conference on wine tourism is...
Jan 17, 2017 |
A few thoughts on pricing Many people, when they first start thinking about pricing, are affected by the idea that everything has a “fair price” – what should be charged for particular goods or services. We can learn as much economics as we like (in...
Sep 19, 2016 |
Exploring the past and future in the vineyards Some came for the day out, some to investigate an interesting new specialisation and others were mainly there for the wine when I joined a party of just over a dozen translators for a vineyard tour at the weekend. We were...
Apr 19, 2016 |
Specialist courses improve subject knowledge I’ve been talking quite a lot on this blog lately about CPD – or Continuing Professional Development for the uninitiated. Recently, rather than translation itself or what are known as the “soft...
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