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Blogging for Translators

Corinne McKay took my “Promoting Your Book Using Social Media” class last year, and it convinced her to start a blog to promote her book, How to Succeed as a Freelance Translator.  She subsequently launched a terrific blog called Thoughts on Translation.

She writes timely, relevant content for translators and other freelancers, and publishes approximately twice a week.  Her posts also spark terrific conversations, which you can read in the comment section of each post.  This article on Diversifying your Income Stream received 17 comments:

Corinne McKay Photo“Happily, most successful translators are good candidates for
branching out beyond translation. If you’re running a successful
freelance business, chances are that in addition to being fluent in at
least two languages, you’re a good or excellent writer in your target
language and you’re reasonably tech-savvy. All of these are good
starting points for a sideline venture.”

Corinne also says that starting her blog is the best thing she’s done for her business, and for promoting her book. She has now started a new podcast for translators called Speaking of Translation.

Great work, Corinne!

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New Website for “The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw”

In January, Outside magazine contributing editor Bruce Barcott took my basics of blogging class.  He already had a traditional HTML-based website, but he wanted a site that he could update himself without having to learn a complicated computer language. Later I provided a few hours of one-on-one coaching to help him implement his vision for the site using Typepad.com. 

I’m delighted to announce that Bruce’s site is now live and I think he’s done a tremendous job.  What’s more, Bruce’s new book "The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman’s Fight to Save the World’s Most Beautiful Bird" is available in stores today.  Brucebarcott.com features all of his upcoming speaking events and additional background info on his work!  You can subscribe to Bruce’s site to get updates about readings, seminars, Belize travel information, and more!

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