Freelancer Training on How to Find Direct Clients

By Jason Willis-Lee

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🚀 Welcome to the How to Find Direct Clients Podcast – your go-to resource for ambitious translators looking to level up their careers!

🎯 Why Tune in?

Grow Your Client Base:
Learn proven strategies to attract more direct clients and secure steady work.
Boost Your Professional Growth: Expert interviews and solo episodes tailored to early-career language providers making 3k or less a month.
Maximize Your Potential: Discover how to optimize workflows, embrace technology, and develop skills that set you apart in a competitive industry.
Build Your VIP Network: Connect with like-minded peers and expand your professional circle to unlock new opportunities.
Overcome Challenges: Gain valuable insights to navigate obstacles, achieve your goals, and become a sought-after freelance translator.

This podcast is for YOU if you're ready to invest in your career growth, learn from experts and take your translation career up a notch!


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Episode Date
Ep 115. Search, AI, and the New Rules of Getting Found by Direct Clients
Apr 28, 2026
Ep 114. Why Your Resume-Style Website is Costing You Direct Clients (And What to Do Instead)
Mar 26, 2026
Ep 113: From Burned-Out Freelancer to Scalable Business Owner: The Interest List Approach
Mar 11, 2026
Ep 112. How to Stay Visible on LinkedIn Without Burning Out: Louise Brogan's COPE Framework
Feb 25, 2026
Ep 111. How to Attract Better Clients Without Racing to the Bottom of the Barrel on Price
Feb 18, 2026
Ep 110. Stop Sending Generic Pitches: AI-Powered Job Tailoring for Language Pros with Aparajita Sudarshan
Feb 10, 2026
Ep 109. From Project-Chaser to Retainer Revenue: The Strategic Path to Freelance Growth
Jan 28, 2026
Ep 108. From Chasing Leads to Attracting Direct Clients: The Relationship-Driven Path to Business Growth
Jan 19, 2026
Ep 107. 🎮 Breaking the Career Code: When Job Search Meets Gaming Strategy 🚀
Jan 09, 2026
Ep 106. Are You Making This Silent Pricing Error? It Could Be Costing You 100% of Your Worth
Dec 23, 2025
Ep 105. How to Win High-Paying Direct Clients Without Getting Stuck in the Agency Grind Stop competing on price. Start competing on value.
Dec 16, 2025
Ep 104. From Medical Translator to Patient-Research Pro: Your Path to High-Value Niche Services
Dec 09, 2025
Ep 103. The 3 KPIs That Matter: Unlock Cash and Scale Your Online Service Business Profitably
Nov 26, 2025
Ep. 102. Future Proofing Your Website and Client Acquisition Strategy: Finding Clients in the AI Era
Nov 12, 2025
Ep 101. The 50/50 Rule: Fin Wycherley’s Strategy for Turning Social Media Content into Bank Clients
Oct 29, 2025
Ep 100. Future-Proofing Your Freelance Career: Mastering Business Systems and Relationships in the AI Digital Era with Brandon Pflieger
Oct 22, 2025
Ep 99 Organizational Change Expert Sarena Diamond Helps Online Language Pros Adapt to the Rapid Shifts Brought on by AI and Automation
Oct 14, 2025
Ep 98. Building Niche Market Tools Without Tech Skills - Insights from Founder Michael Broyles
Sep 16, 2025
Ep 97. I've started so I'll finish. Creative Language Learning with AI: How to Stay Focused.
Sep 05, 2025
Ep 96. From Side Hustle to Growth Engine: Podcasting Strategies That Win with Vince Quinn
Jul 28, 2025
Ep 95. Five reasons experienced medical translators should pivot to linguistic validation
Jul 15, 2025
Ep 94. Leads on Autopilot: How to Attract Clients with LinkedInVantage®
Jul 08, 2025
Ep 93. How Alex Sanfilippo Built Podmatch and How Podcast Visibility Can Help Freelance Translators
Jun 24, 2025
Ep 92. Future-Ready Work: Redefining Productivity with Kody Thompson of Wrkpod
Jun 10, 2025
Ep 91. Five Reasons Experienced Medical Translators Should Pivot into Linguistic Validation
May 27, 2025
Ep 90. Specialize, Humanize, Monetize: A Roadmap for Translators to Beat the Bots with Larry Easto
May 13, 2025
Ep 89. 🎧 Turning Data Into a Competitive Advantage — with Luke Komiskey of DataDrive
Apr 25, 2025
Ep 88. How to Move Beyond Medical Translation into Regulatory-Ready Linguistic Validation with Nur Ferrante
Apr 08, 2025
Ep 87. Freelancing Without Burnout — with Tania Lines, MA, AITI
Mar 21, 2025
Ep 86. Operational Mastery, Risk Management & Culture with Gabriel Fairman of BureauWorks
Mar 11, 2025
Ep 84. 🤝 Rethink Networking: From Awkward to Authentic with Rachel Rozen
Feb 18, 2025
Ep 83. 🎙️ The Strength of Sensitivity: Marketing, Client Service & Learning with Larry Easto
Feb 13, 2025
Ep 82. Overcoming the Four Fears®: Unlock Your Confidence and Clarity with Mark Franklin
Jan 28, 2025
Ep 81. From Invisible to Unstoppable: Mastering Personal and Business Branding with Sapna Pieroux
Jan 21, 2025
Ep 80. 🎙️ Scale Without Burnout: How Virtual Assistants Can Transform Your Freelance Translation Business
Jan 14, 2025
Ep 79. 🎙️ Writing Copy That Converts — with Steven Lewis, Founder of Taleist Agency
Dec 30, 2024
Ep 78. 🔥 Want to Crack the LinkedIn Code? Here's How.
Dec 19, 2024
Ep 76. How to Master On-Page SEO: Expert Strategies for Top Rankings with Teresa Sousa
Nov 22, 2024
Ep 75. 🎧 Want More Translation Clients? Here's How to Thrive in Today’s Online Business Landscape
Nov 12, 2024
Ep 74. From Hollywood to Hustle: Liz Scully’s Journey in Business Strategy and Masterminds
Oct 29, 2024
Ep 73. People Over Profits: How to Find Translation Clients with Purpose and Passion
Oct 14, 2024
Ep 72. How to Find Translation Clients Q4 Enrollment Now Live
Oct 10, 2024
Ep 71. How to Find Translation Clients as a Serbian Language Teacher with Natasa Budisin
Oct 02, 2024
Ep 70. 🎙️ Why SEO Doesn’t Have to Be So Hard — with Barb Davids
Sep 18, 2024
Ep 69. 🎙️ Smarter Lead Generation with Quiz Marketing — with Trudy Rankin
Sep 04, 2024
Ep 68. Gareth Everson Reveals How a Summery Glass of Iced Lemonade Can Spark Your Marketing Efforts
Jul 23, 2024
Ep 67. 🎙️ From Medical Translation to Roman Real Estate — with Marie-Hélène Hayles
Jul 09, 2024
Ep 66. AI, Translation Tech and Future-Proofing Your Career with Carlos La Orden Tovar
Jun 25, 2024
Ep 65. 🎙️ From Corporate Career to Consulting Success — with David Shriner-Cahn
Jun 11, 2024
Ep 64. 🎙️ Creating Value Outside the Comfort Zone — with John Di Rico
May 28, 2024
Ep 63. Four Essential Shifts for High 5 Figure Growth in your Freelance Translation Business
May 14, 2024
Ep 62. Sarah Silva Gives Us Her Top Tips on How Best to Market to a Sceptical Audience
May 07, 2024
Ep 61. LinkedIn Expert Virginia Katsimpiri Teaches Us Her Tips to Attract High-Caliber Clients and Turboboost Our Freelance Translator Business Growth
Apr 23, 2024
Ep 59. 🎙️ Mac Hacks for Solopreneurs with Damien Schreurs
Apr 09, 2024
Ep 58. 🎓 Upcoming Translator Training Webinar — Tuesday 2 April at 15:30 CET
Apr 01, 2024
Ep 57. 🎓 Join Our Next Translator Training Webinar — Tuesday 2 April at 15:30 CET
Mar 26, 2024
Ep 56. ⚙️ How to Optimise Your Site for Indexing:
Mar 19, 2024
Ep 55. 🎙️ Translating the Future with Viveta Gene: AI, MT & the Next Era of Localization
Mar 11, 2024
Ep 54. 🎙️ Designing a Career Outside the 9 to 5 — with Anna Lundberg
Mar 05, 2024
Ep 53. 💡 How to Build the Business of YOU
Feb 20, 2024
Ep 52. 🎙️ Why Online Visibility Matters — with Susanna Reay
Feb 13, 2024
Ep 51. 🧠 How to Use Storytelling to Drive Sales Through Content Marketing
Feb 06, 2024
Ep 50. Scorecard Marketing Expert Rebecca Hollis Teaches You How a Well Devised Quiz Can Be Used to Qualify Your Leads
Jan 24, 2024
Ep 49. 🎙️ The Business of You — A Conversation with Chris Ducker on Personal Branding, Virtual Teams & Expert Entrepreneurship
Jan 17, 2024
Ep 48. 📝 My First Ever Online Journaling Workshop (And Why You Should Try It Too)
Jan 11, 2024
Ep 47. How to Find More Direct Clients Than You Can Poke a Stick At
Jan 02, 2024
Ep 46. 🎯 Stuck on What to Say Online? It Might Be Time to Revisit Your ICA
Dec 19, 2023
Ep 44. How Freelance Translators Can Market to Direct Clients
Dec 05, 2023
Ep 43. 🎯 Year-End Reflections + What’s Next in 2024
Nov 23, 2023
Ep 42. Behind the Headline: An Unfiltered Chat with ITI Bulletin Editor Radhika Holmstrom
Nov 21, 2023
Ep 41. From Boardroom to Podcast Room: ITI Chair Nicki Bone Shares Her Secret Sauce For Pro Association Leadership Excellence!
Nov 14, 2023
Ep 40. ITI’s Fresh Leadership with Chief Executive Sara Crofts
Nov 07, 2023
Ep 39. Want to Land More High-Value Direct Clients as a Specialist Translator?
Oct 30, 2023
Ep 37. Socials that Sell: instagram expert and coach Brittany Worthington from The Social Brittify teaches us how to best leverage our social media profiles
Oct 10, 2023
Ep 36. How to Become a Linchpin Freelancer and Attract Premium Clients
Oct 03, 2023
Ep 35. Elevating Interpreting with Mireya Pérez
Sep 19, 2023
Ep 34. Finding and Working with Your Ideal Translation Clients
Sep 12, 2023
Ep 32. ✨ From Invisible to In-Demand: The Online Presence Blueprint
Aug 29, 2023
Ep 31. The Power of a Robust Online Presence for Language Professionals Part II
Jul 25, 2023
Ep 29. The Power of a Robust Online Presence for Language Professionals Part I
Jul 11, 2023
Ep 28. Navigating Linguistic Validation & Life Sciences with Helen Williams
Jun 20, 2023
Ep 25. Business Coaching & Ethical Marketing with Carmen Chesson
May 16, 2023
Ep 24. 3 Mindset Shifts 6-Figure Translators Have Successfully Made
May 09, 2023
Ep 23. Conference Interpreting & Medical Transcription with Concha Ortiz
Apr 25, 2023
Ep 21. From Colleagues to Co-Founders: A Conversation with Legal Translator Andrew Leigh
Apr 11, 2023
Ep 20. What to Include in a Strong Cover Letter (That Doesn’t Sound Like Everyone Else’s)
Mar 21, 2023
Ep 19. Unlocking Leadership, Efficiency, and Purpose with Nicholas Eyre
Mar 14, 2023
Ep 18. Top 5 Networks to Grow Your Translation & Interpreting Career
Mar 07, 2023
Ep 17. The Future of the Translation Industry with Arancha Caballero
Feb 22, 2023
Ep 16. Mastering Time Management: Work Smart, Live Fully
Feb 13, 2023
Ep 15. Paul Urwin on heading up ProZ.com's training division, voiceover artistry and ChatGPT
Feb 07, 2023
Ep 14. 5 CV Mistakes Translators Still Make—And How to Fix Them
Jan 30, 2023
Ep 13. Mastering Freelance Translation and Community Building with Andrew Morris
Jan 24, 2023
Ep 12. Three Email Edicts I Just Can’t Live Without​
Jan 11, 2023
Ep 11. Sebastian Gracia, Vice President of Sandler Training, offers sales tips on how to sell more and better
Dec 18, 2022
Ep 8. Talking Pricing, Negotiation & Sales Mindset with Soft Skills Trainer Daniel Molina
Nov 17, 2022
Ep 7. Two Ways I Provided Value to a Prospect Before I Even Had a Sales Call
Nov 09, 2022
Ep 6. The Power of Pricing: How to Improve the Price to Value Discrepancy
Nov 02, 2022
Ep 5. Five Signs You Might Have a Scarcity Mentality in Your Freelance Language Business
Oct 20, 2022
Ep 4. The Simplest Pricing Strategy That Actually Works (No Marketing Degree Required)
Oct 11, 2022
Ep 2. Maximising Customer Lifetime Value & Tapping Into New Market Segments for Language Pros
Oct 06, 2022
Ep 3. The Traffic Light System: How to Set Freelance Rates That Actually Pay Your Bills
Oct 06, 2022
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