How to promote freelance translation business

**nokialovers** · 07-12-2010 05:48 AM

1. Define your target market:
Consider who will pay for your translations. Like website developers, legal paper prepares, etc.

2. Market yourself online:
It also gives you somewhere to direct prospective clients who want to learn more about your services.

3. Arrange for the free seminars for the targeted people
This should be arranged for free. In these seminars you can give free advice about language translations and other things. Then come to your company and its services and how you can help people. Try to cover maximum things and give maximum time to discuss about your company.

4.Contact related clients
This also can be done during the seminars by circulating feedback forms among them. Even if you do, many companies prefer translation agencies that offer a variety of language pairs and specialities. For this reason, focus on mid sized or small companies first.

5.Meet people face to face
Meeting people face to face is one of the most effective ways to promote a freelance translation business. Make sure you're ready with good business cards.

6. Attend fairs, shows
Attend them and also try to put your stall for interaction with people and gather peopole's interest.

**jasmindecausta** · 07-12-2010 07:21 AM

As meeting people face to face is one of the most effective ways to promote a freelance translation business, I arrange regular meetings with the major customers at the end of each month. We do not ignore the minor customers also. We arrange the meeting at the interval of two months. We discuss about their problem, quality of service we provide and what are the improvements they seek.

**carl2** · 08-03-2010 12:32 PM

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**Guillo** · 07-29-2011 08:13 PM

The "Promote yourself online" part cannot be stressed enough. Translation business means international work if you are doing it right, depending of course on what branch you specialize in. You should get yourself a website, even something simple as an online resume with your contact info, some sample work, info on rates if possible, things like that. If you don't know about web design, free templates can work, even if you use a free blog to host your info. You need to promote this site as well, get it listed on as many niche directories you can find. Sign up for work with translation agencies (always google them before accepting work, there are some notorious scammers out there), participate in translation forums, just make sure you are "out and about" so to speak. These days, online promotion is a MUST even for a small scale freelancer.

**rowangerry** · 03-29-2012 05:12 PM

Often, companies with websites are those who hire freelance translators. It makes sense: it is more cost effective to reach international clients over the Internet. Yes, they have a website, but now want to sell to Japan, which is where you, the freelance translator, comes in.