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Join over 200 linguist colleagues who have taken the “Be Special: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry” webinars, and learn how to become memorable within the translation industry. Become known! Bra... See more
Join over 200 linguist colleagues who have taken the “Be Special: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry” webinars, and learn how to become memorable within the translation industry. Become known! Brand yourself as the go-to person. Like any other industry, there is a lot of competition but there is still a lot of work, enough to go around. We are all unique, show who you are and let your clients love you!
After presenting the “Be Special: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry” trilogy online, this updated course is now available as a five-part live online interactive workshop. Attendees now have the opportunities to apply the techniques taught in real time, and receive numerous aids to build their book of business. The “Be Special” course is taught by a lawyer-linguist who has combined her unique qualities to build her trilingual law practice and lawyer-linguist translation service.
Each of the five webinars is 60 minutes long.
The following topics will be discussed:
Webinar 1: “Be Special 1: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry” - July 2, 2015- $35 USD
1. Why Be Special?
2. Discovering your Special Qualities
3. Your Marketing Materials – Make Sure They Remember You
4. How to Build Your Special Personal Brand through Social Media – Specific Tips on Profile
Enhancement
Webinar 2: “Be Special II: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry” - July 9, 2015 – $35 USD
5. Your 30 Second Informercial Makes You Special
6. How to Respond to the Question: “You Do This AND That?” (For Dual-Professionals)
7. Becoming Unique Through Your Work and Areas of Expertise
8. How to Build Your Special Personal Brand through Social Media -
Webinar 3: “Be Special III: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry” - July 16, 2015 -$35 USD
9. The Power of Collaboration
10. The Power of Persistence
11. The Power of the Telephone
12. The Power of Newspapers and Magazines
Webinar 4: “Be Special IV: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry” - July 23, 2015 – $35 USD
13. How to Obtain a Long-Term Translation/Interpretation Project
14. How to Use Memberships to Become Widely Known
15. How to Use Teaching as a Segment of Your Translation/Interpretation Business
16. Free Ways to Promote Your Uniqueness as a Linguist
Webinar 5: “Be Special V: Standing Out in the Language Services Industry” - July 30, 2015 – $35 USD
17. “Ask Suzanne” – attendees will submit questions in advance and they will be answered during the webinar
At the end of this five-part course, which includes multiple handouts, language professionals should be able to understand the fundamentals, as well as advanced strategies of how to become memorable in the eyes of their clients and colleagues, which will create more income opportunities and rapid business growth.
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