Un autónomo tiene que aprender a cubrirse las espaldas en su negocio, para evitar inconvenientes, acumular impagos o tener que lidiar con clientes que se retrasan en abonar las facturas. Como si ya no tuvieras bastantes tareas por delante además de desempeñar tu actividad principal —del marketing a la gestión de proyectos, de la secretaría a la facturación—, solo te […]
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Xosé Castro on the red carpet (I)
Freelancing The "red carpet" series TranslationWelcome everyone to the sixth episode of the translation & interpreting “red carpet” series, featuring remarkable guests of the industry who kindly accepted to share with us their views on some common points. After having Scheherezade Surià, Clara Guelbenzu, Valeria Aliperta and Marta Stelmaszak as special guests in the previous episodes, the red carpet guest of this […]
El modelo de negocio del autónomo
FreelancingComo se ha mencionado en entradas anteriores, por muy solitos que estemos cuando traducimos en casa y por mucho que nuestro uniforme favorito suela ser el pijama, los autónomos somos una empresa. Por lo tanto, deberíamos tener un modelo de negocio, tema sobre el que se hablará en esta entrada. Uno de los modelos de […]
How can freelancers find new clients?
Freelancing Interpreting The "red carpet" series TranslationAccording to the International Freelancers Academy, translators and interpreters are the fifth largest population of freelancers. Yet, besides being extremely rewarding, such a great entrepreneurship characterising our industry leads to a series of challenges. I would say that the very first challenge is how to find clients, especially in a period of economic downturn. This issue can […]
I’m a freelancer… alias I’m a factotum
Freelancing Interpreting TranslationAre you a freelancer or a one-person business? Then you already know what I’ll be talking about! Would you like to go freelance or run your own business? Then you should have a look at what I’ll be talking about! A very good point Judy and Dagmar V. Jenner make in their book, “The Entrepreneurial […]