Flying high with eCPD

Flying High with eCPD
How eCPD can help to get your freelance business
off to a flying start
© eCPDWebinars and Lucy Brooks 2014

Interaction with us during this webinar

Agenda and introduction
Lucy Brooks Maia Figueroa Jessie Doppler
www.ecpdwebinars.co.uk
Agenda for today:
• Setting up
• Gaining experience
• Approaching and gaining clients
• Marketing
• Keeping in touch
• CPD
• How eCPD can help your career
• Useful resources

Freelance versus employment
 Pros
 Freedom
 Own hours
 Own rules
 Own boss
 Cons
 No free training
 No supervision or help
 No regular salary

Some statistics
 150,000 new full-time self-employment start-ups in last
quarter of 2013 (previous quarter = 30,000)
 Even greater differential for part-time s/e start-ups
 New report (2012) by Professor Andrew Burke of
Cranfield School of Management shows freelancers at the
core of Britain’s 21st Century economy
“Freelancers Promoting Efficiency-Driven Economic
Performance”

Preparation for freelancing on
completion of education
MAs graduating between 1992 and 2014.
Little difference between 1992 and 2014
graduates
How much business training
A lot
None at all
Not much
Did not respond

2 quick
questions

Bright Side of Freelance Translation
Download here:

Setting up
Legal status
Sole trader
Limited Company
Name of business
Professional email address
jenny@jennysmith.co.uk
Fluffybunny@hotmail.com
Jennysm_ac3467@gmail.com
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, or an accountant.
This is not legal advice!

Setting up
Funding
 You will need a buffer to see you through first months –
even years
 Part time job
 Family
 Bank (separate account)
 Unsecured loan
 Grant (some information)
For all the above you will need a cash flow forecast
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer or an
accountant.This is not legal advice!

Help is at hand to work out your
costs/outgoings
 CalPro
Download a copy here
(scroll to end of page for the
download)

Things to think about
 One-off costs
 Regular outgoings
 Insurance (PI and other)
 Pension
 Holiday
 Health
 Two full webinars on this and much more in October
Going freelance? Nervous?
(click the above link to view the information)

More to think about
 Terms and conditions
 VAT
 Tax and NI

Gaining experience
Going freelance? Nervous?
In October 2014. (click the above link to find out more)
 Volunteer?
 Offer to help a friend for free?
 Accept low pay but be aware and ditch
them as you gain experience?
 Portfolio
 BUT, confidentiality is an issue.Ask permission, even if your
translation is publicly available

Approaching and gaining clients
 Working withTranslation Agencies (eCPD video
with Anne de Freyman)
 CVs and Cover LettersThatWork (eCPD video with
Marta Stelmaszak)
 Four pieces of advice:
 Don’t use scattergun approach
 Research
 Hone your CV
 Check this website

Marketing your services
 Website (some DIYs are even free)
 Business cards
 Directories, e.g. ProZ,Translators Café
 eCPD videos to help:
Creating and Optimizing aWebsite
with TessWhitty
Grow yourTranslation Business with Social Media
with Sarah Dillon and Philippa Hammond

Keeping in touch with colleagues
 Join professional association
 ITI, CIoL,ATA, SfT, BDÜ,Asetrad etc.
 Follow eCPD
 Follow blogs
 Including this one with some pretty strong opinions!
 Use Facebook and Twitter for professional purposes
 Join groups

Business School for Translators
“Whether you are a beginner or an established
translator, I strongly recommend this course. It
gives you a real idea of what this profession is
about and Marta's lessons and enthusiasm are
very inspiring. Definitely a good investment!”
“The Business School forTranslators is a
great investment. Marta is a fabulous
teacher: she is very knowledgeable and
eager to see her students thrive in their
careers. I learned a lot of marketing
concepts which I now realize are
essential for freelance translators.The
course was definitely a giant step forward
in my career.”
Next course starts: 18 November 2014

Other courses
ITI course on Getting Started as a Freelance
Translator
Next one starts in September
How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator
Book and online course (Getting Started)

Continuing Professional Development
 Recommended – 30 hours, formal and informal mix
 Plan
 Identify
 Pay attention
 Write review
 Log it
 Plan again

How eCPD can help
 See this Essentials for New Translators Page
 We have picked out certain training sessions via webinar
that we believe are of particular use to those of you who
are just starting out on your freelance translation career.
 AND we offer
a discount if you
buy three from
this page at once

 Screen shot of our website

Some titles for your bookshelf

Other resources
Tutorials,‘How to’ guides, translation memories
AlexandriaTranslation resources
CPD for translators
Lucy Brooks’ curated Scoops
Some good advice
Thoughts onTranslation blog
List of CAT tools and reviews
Software comparisons
Glossaries
A compilation of useful glossaries
How to book an eCPDWebinar
Demo video

Poll
one more
quick
question

Thank you for being here and listening!
www.ecpdwebinars.co.uk
lucinda@ecpdwebinars.co.uk

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