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ATA conference topic: low payers « Thoughts On Translation — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:14:58 +0000

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Marketing your services to translation agencies « Thoughts On Translation — Mon, 10 May 2010 19:25:20 +0000

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Quick start marketing strategies for translators « Thoughts On Translation — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:17:15 +0000

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By: Kevin Lossner

Kevin Lossner — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:21:07 +0000

“Payment Practices’ form can also sort by city; so if you’re planning to be, say, in Paris, you can sort out the highly-rated agencies in Paris and contact them”

Yes – always a good strategy to help ensure that your travel is tax-deductible too

In the past I have used a similar strategy with the ProZ BlueBoard to identify regional agencies with good reputations which might be worth working for. Although I have seen concerns expressed recently about the reliability of this information, feedback I have seen from the German payment practices list (Zahlungspraxis) is generally consistent with BlueBoard information.