Teacher:
Teacher Pritam Bhattacharyya has been essentially a wordsmith – a worker with words – although he has worked successively as a network engineer, global IP-network Manager, submarine cable layer and Dy. General Manager of one of the largest telecom providers of the world. He is the Founder and Chief Wordsmith of Translation Agency Wordsmith Communication. Wordsmith Communication in Proz and in TC.
Pritam is an internationally recognized professional trainer for freelance translators and some of his courses and student’s eedback can be seen here.
Course content:
This 2 hour course is a one to one course via Webinar / Skype where you will be able to get the insider information and hands-on training to start your own agency without compromising your freelancing work and income. I advocate bootstrapping model of business development and the course will allow you to build your agency with zero financial investment upfront. The course will prepare you to be aware of your role as a successful business owner.
1. What does an agency actually do?
2. What does a freelancer do?
3. What are the extras?
4. How to acquire them?
5. How to build?
6. Challenges and Reward
7. Why you are actually an inch away from running an agency ?
The course is completely one to one. At the end of the course, you shall have…
1. Everything of significance to know of starting and running an agency
2. A clear step-wise manual of what to do and what to avoid
3. A guideline of balancing
4. Marketing Plan
5. Implementing the plan
6. Collaboration
7. Inception Partnership with Wordsmith Communication
Date of Class:
To be decided mutually [March to May 2013]
Time of Class:
From 1600 hours GMT onwards tentatively
Duration of Class:
2 hours [spaced in 2 days with one hour each day]
Dakshina / Fee:
$50
