Starting a small translation agency: marketing & business

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Start time:Nov 21, 2017 14:00 GMT     Add to calendar

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Training from the series:

November 14 Starting a small translation agency: translators management

November 21 Starting a small translation agency: marketing & business

December 5 Starting a small translation agency: production



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Language:English
Duration:60 minutes
Summary:Do you want to run a small translation agency or improve your current business & marketing knowledge? This is the right webinar. Learn how to create a business plan, gather ideas, implement processes and start your small agency with the help of tools and resources for business and marketing.
Description
In one hour, we will see how to start your small translation agency.

Maybe your freelancing career has brought you to collaborate so many times that you now want to establish your niche translation agency, or maybe you've always wanted to be in charge of workflows and processes, have a supporting team and put you innovative idea into practice.

In both cases, this webinar will help you to understand how to start your translation agency - almost from scratch - and create a business able to fit your lifestyle and expand your network.

From finding opportunities, analysing the market, getting help with finance and business planning to planning your first marketing moves and setting a structure that suits the translation workflow, we will outline the first steps in creating your business and choose the most useful available tools.

Training plan:

• Finding opportunities
• Creating a business plan
• Researching the market
• Analysing your competitors
• Creating teams and departments
• Organising your agency
• Marketing your agency to the right clients


Some feedback from others on this course's trainer:


"Excellent trainer. Resourceful and dynamic. Perfect English."
Veronica Allievi




"Nice, well-informed and certainly a pro in this subject. "
auvill79





Target audience
• Experienced freelancers with an interest for the topic
• Small agencies owners, CEOs, and directors
• Vendors looking to improve their businesses
Learning objectives
In this webinar, you will learn how to:
• find opportunities
• analyse the market
• create an initial business plan
• organise a translation agency
• use marketing to target the right customers
Prerequisites
• Previous translation experience
Program
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Content:
• Finding opportunities
• Creating a business plan
• Researching the market
• Analysing your competitors
• Creating teams and departments
• Organising your agency
• Marketing your agency to the right clients
Registration and payment information (click to expand)
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Virtual platform system requirements (click to expand)
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For PC-based Users:

• Required: Windows 7 – Windows 10
• Required: Google Chrome v39 or later; Mozilla Firefox v34 or later; Internet Explorer v8 or later (JavaScript™ and Java™ enabled)
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)


For Mac®-based Users:

• Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) – 10.11 (El Capitan)
• Required: Microsoft Edge; Apple Safari v6 or later
• Required software: GoToWebinar desktop app; JavaScript enabled
• NOT required: Microphone - attendees can communicate with the trainer through incorporated chat.

• Internet Connection Required: 1 Mbps or better (broadband recommended)
• Recommended: 2GB or more of RAM (recommended)

Join from Android

• Operating system: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or later
• Internet connection: 3G connection or better (WiFi recommended for VoIP audio)
• Software: Free GoToWebinar App from the Google Play Store



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Created by
Sara Colombo    View feedback | View all courses
Bio: Sara is a qualified En-Fr-Sp>Italian translator with 6 years of experience within the marketing, business and CE/medical devices fields backed by relevant working experience in the marketing industry.

She is also the author of the book ‘Balance Your Words. Stepping in the translation Industry’ and a blogger at www.saracolombotranslations.com
A marketer by heart, Sara loves to use social media to connect with peers but also to find new markets and niches. To get in touch with her connect through Twitter (@sc_translations), LinkedIn (Sara Colombo), Facebook (Sara Colombo Translations) or visit her blog!
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