The best routes to take are to research the process of starting a business as well as the industry you're interested in.
I recommend checking out the SBA, Entrepreneur, The Start Up Journal & Nolo. All 4 are great informational resources for the new/small business owner. I posted links for you in the source box.
Associations may be a good avenue to explore. These organizations will address many of the thoughts, questions and concerns you'll inevitably have as well as many you haven't anticipated yet. See the source box for some relevant links.
Research, research, research – this cannot be stressed enough. Read as much as you can about the industry. Here are some book titles that are relevant:
Translation Specific:
* Becoming a Translator by D. Robinson
* In Other Words by Mona Baker
* The Translator's Handbook, Fifth Revised Edition by Morry Sofer
Typing Specific:
* Complete Typing Business Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Start and Successfully Operate a Home Typing Business by Frank Chisenhall
* How to Start a Profitable Typing Service at Home by Nicki Montaperto
* Virtual Assistant, The Series: Become a Highly Successful, Sought After VA by Diana Ennen, Kelly Poelker
* Start Your Own Business Support Service (Entrepreneur Magazine's Start Up) by Entrepreneur Press
I also posted links to some free articles in the source box.
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
2006-08-02 13:41:15
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answered by TM Express™ 7
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Try marketing yourself to US companies interested in doing business in France or Canada. There is also a growing market here for French speakers. Get yourself some statistics how many french speakers are in any given area and market your translation service as a way to reach all of those potential customers.
Hope this helps
2006-08-02 10:02:44
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answered by Psionyx 3
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Hello,
There are many software language translation programs on the Internet. See BabelFish for one.
How about your own Web site for people who want to go to France? Or learn about French culture.
Hello, you can earn income from your own Web site.
Here are the absolute essential steps that must be followed to create your own website. Don't just create a Web site. If you follow these steps you will create a Web site that works. A Web site that will produce income, build equity, and create a financial fortress for you that can be sold for real money, if you disire.
Step 1 - Master the Basics by understanding the difference between "preselling" and "selling". People do not like to be sold. There is no “magic” or “secret” methods like the "Gurus" would have you believe.
People use the Web as a searching tool. Success on the Net begins with a critical mindset shift. This means replacing that well-known offline strategy of “location, location, location” with …
“Information, information, information”.
You attract free traffic with credible information related to the theme of your site. You need a niche so step 2 is…
Step 2 – Develop the best site concept. Find a niche, a theme that interests you, a passion, a hobby, special knowledge you may have.
Step 3 – Explore keywords to find the best site concept. Get demand for your keywords, Get supply for your keywords. Pick the keywords that have greater demand than supply. These are the keywords that will allow you to monetize your Web site. Your best site concept must be in demand, not be too broad, and should excite you. (Something you know and love).
Step 4 – Create a list of potential site concepts and pick the top three for further research. Guidelines for picking the best candidate are: Number of keywords, overall profitability, knowledge, passion, and monetization potential.
Step 5 – Weave a wide-web of keyword-focused content pages, topical pages of interest that will attract and catch the surfers most interested in those subjects related to your site concept.
Step 6 – Each keyword should “fit” into an evolving 3-tiered site blueprint of your content. Tier 1 is your homepage, next are your tier-2 hub pages. Next, your tier-2 pages link to tier-3 pages (the mass of content), so if you have 15 tier-2 and 15 tier-3 pages for each tier-2, that 225 tier-3 pages. Take your time – you don’t have to do them all this week.
Step 7 – Investigate and plan your Monetization mix. Learn how to apply Google AdSense to your site. Remember: monetization comes last. Make every visitor to your Web site contribute to your bottom line. If they don't want to buy something, they'll submit a lead via a form. Or they'll click on a Google ad. Or they'll click on a contextual affiliate text link that recommends the product of a related merchant (weave affiliate links naturally into your content -- do NOT "pitch"!).
Step 7 – Refine Site Concepts and Register Domain Name. What is your VPP, “Valuable Selling Proposition? What specific and high-value information does your site deliver? What is your unique positioning for this delivery? Don’t mix themes. Remember both types of visitors: humans and Search Engine spiders. What does your Web site provide? Outline the key benefits to your surfers. Identify your unique benefit that makes you stand out: Summarize all of the above into one tight, powerful motivating phrase that will persuade you clients to do business with you, to trade their money for the benefits you deliver.
Step 8 - Ready? Name that domain. A good domain name is: short and sharp, meaningful, easy to spell, easy to remember, unique, solid, contains your VPP for human visitors, contains your Site Concept keyword, attractive to humans, ends in the class “.com”, “.net”, or “.org” (by far the best regarded by surfers). Make sure it’s legal.
Step 9 – Congratulations! Your good to start building your Web site. Eliminate any “Get Rich Quick” (GRQ) that the Internet may have put into your head. GRQ does not exist, never works, and lures your away from reality. Get real.
Step 10 - Continue to build high-value, credible content.
High-value content, content that gets found, is the critical lynchpin for building a viable, profitable, vibrant Web Business.
Anything else is a waste of time and money.
Hope this helps,
Walter A Brown
wab@theworld.com
P.S. Cost is under $300 for a quality Web site based on the above principles and steps.
P.P.S. Do not make the mistake of picking a "free" Web site builder. They will just take your money and you will be left with an empty shell that does nothing and has an Alexa rank equal to "no data". You end up in the purgatory of the Information Highway.
2006-08-02 19:16:27
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answered by wabboc 4
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Then see if you can fit something similar around your own expertise. About $300 will get you started.
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2006-08-03 13:18:13
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answered by Anonymous
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2006-08-02 11:20:48
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answered by dude658 2
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