Dr Jonathan Downie, skót fordító és fordítási tanácsadó az aktív ügyfélszerzésben hisz és ehhez ad gyakorlati tanácsokat.

This session has a simple theme: if we want to grow our businesses and improve how people perceive our work, we need to get into the worlds where our clients live. From meeting giant events agencies at tradeshows to sharing a nice cup of tea in a Convention Bureau, this talk tells the ongoing story of what happens when one interpreter decides to go from passively waiting for jobs to plunging headlong into meeting potential clients on their turf.

With more and more work platforms for translators and interpreters being created every day and thousands of marketing experts telling us that we can gain great clients without ever getting out of our pyjamas, in this talk I will argue that face-to-face meetings (and cups of tea) will always be a vital part of any growing business and I will share stories of the expected and unexpected results of being committed to leaving the house to find clients.