Handling the Holidays as a Freelancer

Presenters: Corinne McKay, Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo

Date:  November 9, 2020

Time:  12 noon U.S. Eastern Time

Level:  All

Duration:  45 minutes

Language:  English

Planning for the holidays as a freelancer can be tricky.

Will taking time off be bad for your business? Should you delay your vacation in case you can pick up new clients while your competition is unavailable? If you do decide on getting away from it all, how much time should you take? And how do you take care of your business while you're out of the office? Look for all the answers in this ATA Back to Business Basics webinar!

• How to determine if working through the holidays will benefit your business
• How to market to clients if you decide to work through the holidays
• How to notify and take care of clients while you're away
• How to decide whether to give holiday gifts to clients
• How to drum up business after the holidays

Corinne McKay, CT, is an ATA-certified French>English translator, a Colorado court-certified French interpreter, and the founder of the online course platform Training for Translators.
A full-time freelancer since 2002, she has seen firsthand the benefits of having a diverse business, including agencies, direct clients, government agencies, and other freelancers.

Madalena Sánchez Zampaulo, CT, is a freelance ATA-certified translator working from Spanish and Portuguese>English. She owns Accessible Translation Solutions, a boutique translation agency based in Southern California. Madalena is also ATA president-elect and conference organizer for the ATA62 Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota (October 27-30, 2021).