Starting Your Own Interpreting Business

Starting and succeeding in business takes work, lots of it! But if you take the time to do it right you will be rewarded with a feeling of satisfaction and independence you have never experienced before!

Part 1 – Finding and Keeping Clients

(Winning Clients and Keeping Them for Life)

Starting and building a business means finding clients and keeping them. But what makes clients choose one interpreter over another? And when they find an interpreter what makes them stay with that interpreter? Is it as simple as showing up on time and doing a good job?  Absolutely not! If you expect to be successful in business by simply satisfying your client’s needs you won’t be in business for long!

Winning clients and keeping them isn’t magic, you just have to know how to do it!

Topics Include:

• Understanding your client         

• What motivates clients to choose you?

• What makes a client loyal to you? 

• Creating customer loyalty

Part 2 – Business Planning

(Charting Your Course To Success)

One characteristic shared by virtually all successful business people is that they have a clear picture of what they want to achieve, and a plan for how they intend to achieve it.

Topics Include:

• To get to where you want to be you have to know where you are starting from.

• Shifting your focus from the present to the future

• What exactly do you want to accomplish? 

• What does success look like to you?

• Creating your business plan

• The hen, the pig, and your breakfast

Part 3 – Accounting, Taxes, Licenses and Legal

(Taking Care Of Business)

There’s more to business than interpreting.

Topics Include:

• Choosing a legal structure

• Federal, state and local startup requirements

• Setting your fees

• Contracts and agreements

• Bookkeeping, accounting and financial management

• Paying your taxes

• Working with lawyers and accountants

Part 4 – Running Your Business

(Getting It Done Effectively And Efficiently)

Success in business means making every minute count.

Topics Include:

• Shifting your focus from urgency to importance

• Managing your time and priorities

• Tips and tools for maintaining your focus and improving your efficiency

• Self-assessment – are you staying on track?

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