| صفحات الموضوع: [1 2] > | Poll: Do you have your own website for your business? ناشر الموضوع: ProZ.com Staff
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| | neilmac
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I had a free, kind of jokey one, and am now slowly making a more serious "quasi-professional" one.
I may be some kind of oddball but I often find highly professional-looking websites off-putting ...
| | | | Simon Bruni 
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Local time: 05:58
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...the only person who has contacted me through it was an old school friend who Googled me!
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It's a comprehensive, quick way to give details that cannot be found in a CV.
I provide the link so a potential client can see everything related to my experience.
This lead to shorter emails.
I do not know if new clients contacted me because of the website, but I am sure all the potential clients I contacted have seen it and from their emails I know they have appreciated.
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Nesrin
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| Yes, but I don't need one... | Jun 30, 2010 |
would be the fifth, missing answer to this poll.
I had one for about 10 years, it looked professional enough, and was easy to find through Google, however I found it to be completely useless. The only people who contacted me through it were:
1) Translators offering their services (an own website immediately gives them the impression that I'm an agency),
2) Private clients that I don't find trustworthy,
3) People wanting to translate tattoos, "I love you" etc... See more would be the fifth, missing answer to this poll.
I had one for about 10 years, it looked professional enough, and was easy to find through Google, however I found it to be completely useless. The only people who contacted me through it were:
1) Translators offering their services (an own website immediately gives them the impression that I'm an agency),
2) Private clients that I don't find trustworthy,
3) People wanting to translate tattoos, "I love you" etc for free,
and 4) People looking for some "friendship" or other!
Last month I finally decided to hide the website.
All the serious clients I ever got were either through Proz, the ITI website, or personal recommendations.
[Edited at 2010-06-30 16:14 GMT] ▲ Collapse
| | | | | Yes - I think it's a good idea to have one | Jun 30, 2010 |
I was contacted by a potential client recently who thought my site looked good. My existing clients have also commented positively on my site.
[Edited at 2010-06-30 14:29 GMT]
| | | | Ildiko Santana
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Local time: 21:58
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مشرف | no longer have one | Jun 30, 2010 |
Nesrin wrote:
... the fifth, missing answer to this poll...
If you replace "ITI" with "ATA," my answer would be exactly what Nesrin wrote, word for word! : )
| | | | Emin Arı
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| Yes, I have one but it is nothing more than a expanded CV | Jun 30, 2010 |
A personal web page is not a must but it is surely handy for giving detailed information about my service. However, a detailed CV also works fine instead of a well looking web site.
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| Yes, of course | Jun 30, 2010 |
An additional way to promote my work in a more graphic and visual way.
I get clients through it, even a few who want me to translate to/from all kinds of languages!
[Editado a las 2010-06-30 18:18 GMT]
| | | | | So having one sounds like a waste of time, then... | Jun 30, 2010 |
...if no more than one person among the 1100+ poll respondents has come forward to say that they have got worthwhile new business from their website.
| | | | Laureana Pavon
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Local time: 01:58
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مشرف | Many translators have acquired worthwhile business from their websites, I'm sure | Jun 30, 2010 |
Although it is by no means very fancy and I have not done any SEO (search engine optimization), I too have acquired excellent private clients through my own website.
However, I do agree that for those who consider private clients untrustworthy it might be a waste of time as I believe no agency will contact us through our websites.
As others, I too use it to supplement my CV.
[Edited at 2010-06-30 21:55 GMT]
| | | | Sara Senft
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| Not unless my profile page counts | Jun 30, 2010 |
I would say "No," unless you count my profile page here at ProZ. I have considered a professional website through another host, but I question how necessary it is.
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| i thought of doing it | Jun 30, 2010 |
but haven't gotten around to it. If I had my own agency or business, yes, but I think it would just end up getting a lot of junk mail.
| | | | Vicky Nash
المملكة المتحدة
Local time: 05:58
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I have one and have had several trustworthy direct clients approach me through it, so I would definitely say it's worthwhile. It hardly costs me anything to run (no web-hosting costs as it's through ProZ and £6 or thereabouts for my domain name for two years!)
Vicky
| | | | Simon Bruni
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Local time: 05:58
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| Some kind of special offer? | Jul 1, 2010 |
Vicky Nash wrote: It hardly costs me anything to run (no web-hosting costs as it's through ProZ and £6 or thereabouts for my domain name for two years!) Vicky
That' strange, I have just been billed $ 20 for my Proz-hosted page for one year!
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