Poll: How much have you invested in making your own website? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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Jan Truper Germany Local time: 17:00 Member (2016) English to German
My website (including a hidden, password-protected function that allows me to safely send and receive large files) was done by a very good friend, whom I invited to an exquisite, high-end five-course dinner in return. The artwork was done by another good friend, whom I paid with a very nice bottle of Tequila.
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Angus Stewart United Kingdom Local time: 16:00 Member (2011) French to English + ... The question is unclear | Aug 5, 2018 |
I found the question to be unclear and wasn't sure what expenses it was referring to. If it meant money paid for a domain name, graphic designer or a website developer then the answer is zero, because I have a relatively simple website that I designed myself using a template. My only expense in relation to it is hosting and I can't even remember offhand what I pay for it, because i purchased a multi-year package at a substantial discount several years ago, but it is pocket money in ... See more I found the question to be unclear and wasn't sure what expenses it was referring to. If it meant money paid for a domain name, graphic designer or a website developer then the answer is zero, because I have a relatively simple website that I designed myself using a template. My only expense in relation to it is hosting and I can't even remember offhand what I pay for it, because i purchased a multi-year package at a substantial discount several years ago, but it is pocket money in any event. Of course I can't tell whether paying extra for all the bells and jangles would be worth it, as I haven't gone down the route. However, my website has served its purpose by generating a number of leads over the years and as I currently have more than sufficient job offers coming in on a regular basis (so far even August which is usually dead has been busy), it is not a topic that I feel motivated to look into in more detail. ▲ Collapse | | |
Between 500 and 1,000 EUR | Aug 5, 2018 |
I can’t remember exactly as I have my own website since 1998 but it should have been in the 500-1,000 EUR range including designing, developing, building and domain name registration as well as translation into EN, FR, ES, IT and DE. Website hosting costs me 30 EUR each year. | |
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DZiW (X) Ukraine English to Russian + ... for publicity | Aug 5, 2018 |
Although some freelancers use websites to (1) promote one's services, (2) attracting more prospects and (3) getting more interested clients, now I work with direct clients and require no extra publicity. While some prefer to diversify such attracting sources, I found that diversifying the income sources works better. | | |
Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 12:00 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ...
I never had a website, and every time I ask colleagues if it's worth it to have one, the vast majority say "no". Checking around, even here in the polls, one can easily notice that a website is not finantially advantageous for a translator, as it does not lead to jobs or clients. It may be a great networking technique, but not for $$ purposes. | | |
It takes time | Aug 6, 2018 |
Mario Freitas wrote: I never had a website, and every time I ask colleagues if it's worth it to have one, the vast majority say "no". Checking around, even here in the polls, one can easily notice that a website is not finantially advantageous for a translator, as it does not lead to jobs or clients. It may be a great networking technique, but not for $$ purposes. As a sworn translator in Brazil, an service ruled by a law dated 1943 AD and unamended to date, I had to explain a lot of things to people who needed such sworn translations. So I put together a bunch of Q&As, got help from several colleagues, and that was the acorn of my web site. Later, as I do video translation and subtitling, mostly corporate video - i.e. clients who don't have a clue on video work, it's far from their core business - I had another pack of Q&As to publish. AMOF they are not FAQs, because these "questions" are not asked. They are answers that I have to give them over and over again. When I have these answers on my site, I merely give them the exact URL, no need to type them over and over again on e-mails. A couple of colleagues developed brilliant blogs on translations. I had a few articles published everywhere, decided to pack them together on my web site. A blog entails some commitment to publish new stuff periodically. I didn't want any such commitment, so my articles just remain there, undated. Now and then I review, update, and at times delete, as adequate. Over time, it attracted interest, and Google snoops on who's going where online. Therefore, without any paid SEO, but merely by having interesting content, I had a snowball effect, and rose in rankings. However I'd say it took about 7 or 8 years for my web site to attract a worthy number of prospects almost every day. | | |
I have made it myself. It's quite simple: no CMS, database or php. It's a basic free web template that I edited a lot, my handwritten HTML + CSS and I found a free javascript for sliding pictures/text that I somehow adjusted to my design. | |
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Mario Freitas Brazil Local time: 12:00 Member (2014) English to Portuguese + ... Yes, sir, but different types of site | Aug 6, 2018 |
José Henrique Lamensdorf wrote: Over time, it attracted interest, and Google snoops on who's going where online. Therefore, without any paid SEO, but merely by having interesting content, I had a snowball effect, and rose in rankings. However I'd say it took about 7 or 8 years for my web site to attract a worthy number of prospects almost every day. José Henrique, your webpage, as well as Danilo's, are exceptions, because you dedicate a long time to publish things of general interest to the entire translators' community. My comment regards the regular website, developed by a regular translator, among thousands of others alike. Those are finantially useless. We can't compare them to a site of the level and quality of yours. | | |