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Casio XWP1 New synth keyboard XWP1 two virtual analog style oscillators, two PC $499.99 |
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VENOM 12-Voice Virtual Analog Synthesizer Brand New! $521.09 |
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Roland JP 8000 Virtual Analog Synth w/ Hard shell Case $849.00 |
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Casio XW-P1 XWP1 Performance Synthesizer Keyboard – Virtual Analog/PCM $499.99 |
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Roland SH-01 (SH01) Professional GAIA 37-Key 3-OSC Virtual Analog Synthesizer $699.00 |
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Alesis Ion 49-key Virtual Analog Synthesizer for parts/repair NR $66.00 |
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M-AUDIO Venom 12-Voice Virtual Analog 49 key Synthesizer Avid – OPEN BOX NEW $329.00 |
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XILS LAB PolyKB II Virtual RSF PolyKobol Analog Synth Plug-in VST RTAS AU Mac/PC $149.00 |
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Clavia NORD DRUM Virtual Analog Drum Synthesizer Module PERFORMER PAK $500.99 |
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XILS LAB XILS3 Virtual Analog Modular Matrix Synth Plug-in VST RTAS AU Mac/PC 3 $149.00 |
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XILS LAB XILS3 LE Virtual Analog Modular Synth Plug-in VST RTAS AU Mac/PC 3LE $20.00 |
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XILS LAB PolyKB II PLAYER Virtual Analog PolyKobol Plug-in VST RTAS AU Mac/PC $20.00 |
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Arturia Oberheim SEM V Analog-style Synthesizer Virtual Instrument New $199.00 |
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NORD RACK 2 Virtual Analog Synthesizer with Rack Ears $450.00 |
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MINT Nord Drum Virtual Analog Drum Synthesizer $348.00 |
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Nord Wave Virtual Analog Synthesizer / Sample Keyboard STAGE ESSENTIALS BUNDLE $2,279.99 |
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Nord Lead 2X Virtual Analog Synthesizer Keyboard STAGE ESSENTIALS BUNDLE $1,379.99 |
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Waldorf Q Virtual Analog Synthesizer Original Manual! $29.99 |
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BIG FISH AUDIO Virtual Analog Vol. 1 Loops $199.95 |
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Kurzweil PC3K6 Sample Playback Synthesizer w/ VA-1 Virtual Analog Synth in BOX! $1,895.00 |
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Access Virus C virtual analog synthesizer. Excellent condition! $750.00 |
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AKAI MINIAK VIRTUAL ANALOG SYNTHESIZER WITH VOCODER NEW $389.00 |
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Glen Burton DL80 Digital Delay Virtual Analog Guitar Effects Echo Pedal Stompbox $44.95 |
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M-Audio Venom 12-Voice Virtual Analog Synthesizer $499.00 |
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Arturia Analog Factory 2 Software Synthesizer / Virtual Instrument Plug-in Synth $99.99 |
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M-Audio Venom 12-Voice Virtual Analog Synthesizer MIDI Keyboard W/Box $275.00 |
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Korg R3 Virtual Analog Synth with Vocoder $709.33 |
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Clavia NORD LEAD 2 Virtual ANALOG Synthesizer With Extra Sound Card SYNTH! $947.00 |
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M-Audio Venom 12-Voice Virtual Analog Synthesizer MIDI Keyboard W/Box $269.00 |
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Nord Drum: Virtual Analog Drum Synthesizer $499.00 |
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ARTURIA Oberheim SEM V Virtual Analog Synthesizer Computer Software $199.00 |
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Roland GAIA SH-01 SH01 Virtual Analog Synthesis Keyboard 37 Keys w AC Power $0.99 |
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Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard Synthesizer – Black Edition Virtual Analog Synth MINT!! $799.00 |
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IH5020CPA [IH5020] Virtual Ground Analog Switch IC $3.99 |
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Roland Gaia SH-01 Virtual Analog Synth SH01 – BRAND NEW $699.00 |
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NEW Swiss Made Vintage 1980 LCD Virtual-Analog Lady’s digital watch $175.00 |
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Roland SH-201 Virtual Analog Synthesizer SH201 Synth $475.00 |
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Nord Wave: Virtual Analog, Wave Table Playback and a Sampler Synthesizer $2,399.00 |
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Nord Lead 2X Virtual Analog Synthesizer $1,498.00 |
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Nord Wave Virtual Analog Synthesizer / Sample Keyboard COMPLETE STAGE BUNDLE $2,673.99 |
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Arturia ANALOG FACTORY Virtual Analog Synth SOFTWARE $199.99 |
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Arturia Jupiter 8V Virtual Analog Synth SOFTWARE $199.99 |
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Akai Professional MINIAK Virtual Analog Synth $495.00 |
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Roland JP-8000 virtual analog synth. PERFECT condition! $845.00 |
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IH5011CPE Manu:INTERSIL/HARRIS Encapsulation:DIP-16,Virtual Ground Analog Switch $4.00 |
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Nord Lead 2X Virtual Analog Synthesizer Keyboard $1,299.00 |
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Nord Lead 2X Virtual Analog Synthesizer Keyboard KEY ESSENTIALS BUNDLE $1,329.99 |
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Nord Wave Virtual Analog Synthesizer Keyboard w/Sample Playback $2,199.00 |
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Nord Wave Virtual Analog Synthesizer / Sample Keyboard KEY ESSENTIALS BUNDLE $2,229.99 |
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AKAI MINIAK VIRTUAL ANALOG SYNTHESIZER WITH VOCODER $399.00 |
Virtual Networking 101 for freelance translators and small translation agencies
This Article gives a little insight into the mechanism of online
networks and their benefits for self-promotion and marketing of
freelancers and small businesses.
This is an edited reprint of an article written for babelport.com, the
Translation Industry Information and Project Portal, and
nakedtranslation.com, Céline Graciets excellent Translation web-log.
The article offers a little insight into techniques of virtual
self-promotion and networking for freelancers and small companies,
especially in the translation industry. As a self-employed programmer
and project manager I’ve had my share of experience in this but still I
am far from being an expert. Nonetheless, here’s my compacted knowledge
of what networking means and how networks are created, maintained, and
extended.
What is networking?
Technically, a network is a collection of interconnected unique
entities allowing for and generating multilateral transfers with
redundant ways and strategies of interaction. Translating this
techie-jibberish: a network is made up of individuals communicating
with each other. To use an analogy: like a spider in his web you can go
from one spot to another using the paths that connect the individual
positions: The more connections are established in a web the more
stable it is. In fact, personal and business networks very much
resemble the web of a spider.
Through networks, new contacts are made: Imagine, your best friend’s
friend introduces you to one of her acquaintances who will at a later
point introduce you to your future chess club fellow whose cousin will
turn out to become your wife/husband/friend – or may be a new client.
There is a theory, called The Six degrees of Separation (more
information) which basically says that you only have to know seven
people who know seven others and so forth to know everybody on this
planet. By making use of personal contacts you create and maintain
networks daily.
In real life everybody has social networks: your family, your friends,
your business partners etc. Networks are the most valuable resources we
have – not only in business. When it comes down to business, however,
it is vital to understand that you cannot have enough of them. As a
professional in your specific field you are most likely already
networking daily: Making sales contacts, calling colleagues, showing up
regularly at your local professional association meetings, knowing your
links to the Chamber of Commerce etc. Through this, you certainly have
gotten most of your jobs so far and will in the future. If you are
experienced in this kind of networking you may also be a member of a
business group, which usually only allow a small number of each
profession to join. This is real life networking you are most
experienced with if you have not just started freelancing yesterday.
This article will concentrate more specifically on on-line marketing or
self-promotion instead of repeating what everybody most likely knows.
On-line self-promotion works along the same principles as its
real-world sibling: You need to create networks, leave positive first
impressions, and make sure your connections are redundant. In order to
go into detail, however, it is necessary to have an idea about user
behaviour and of how search engines work.
Search engines and your virtual self
Search engines gather addresses from header information sent by
browsers when user point their browsers to Google and Co, as well as
from threads in Usenet groups, news services, and, of course, web sites
they have previously indexed. These addresses are stored into databases
and spiders or robots, little programmes that browse these sites
automatically, are sent to these websites regularly. My own site, for
instance, is indexed by robots daily for new content (1.000 views per
day) and every 5 or 6 weeks completely (25.000-40.000 views per day).
When indexing websites robots usually call pages more than once
depending on the number of internal links. In that sense, a website is
its own little network. Search engines distinguish between internal,
incoming, and outgoing links. Internal links help to evaluate the
‘weight’ of the single page and its content, outgoing links are
relatively unimportant for the evaluation of the site itself but
represent incoming links for the sites linked to. Incoming links,
however, represent the most important factor, apart from content, of
course. The more incoming links a website gets the more valuable it
becomes: it is represented in Google’s internal database and robots
will index it more frequently. Like an introvert in real life a website
without incoming links is practically isolated and virtually unable to
network, hence it becomes vital for a business website to get as many
incoming links as possible.
Apart from links a major factor that helps to promote your website -
your virtual self – is well represented content. Search engines build
their catalogues of key words from textual information you offer and
combine them with the number of incoming links registered for your
website. Of course, the information about you, your experience,
expertise, products, services, and prices represent the core content.
But surplus you offer on-line may be the key for virtual success. A
news section, a web-log, or a glossary of your expertise represents
such additional information. Larger companies offer forums, references,
dictionaries etc. The important fact is that the content needs to be
original – continuously reprinting is rather harmful. Blogs are good
examples: Many offer little original content apart from copying texts
found elsewhere; others, however, paraphrase and comment on recent
publications, news, and events – thus, they create a surplus of
information – an expertise. Remember, robots index your content
regularly. It pays off to regularly provide up-to-date surplus
information since more content will get your site being linked to more
keywords in search engines.
Another way to easily produce a little bit of content is integrating
news feeds. Some websites offer xml-based or javascript-generated news
specific to your industry. Babelport.com, for instance, offers a News
Feed for the translation industry that can be configured according to
your needs. Babelport.com News Feed covers topics including translation
markets, workshops & events, news about CAT-Tools and PC-Security
relevant information up to six times a week. Using the Configurator you
can generate html/php/javascript code that allows to integrate new and
up-to-date content on your website easily and according to your
layout-needs.
Content is best represented as text in plain html, with a well-done but
simple design. Company websites should not have the most fancy design -
in fact this may influence your ranking negatively. Flash driven
websites are more difficult to index and don’t forget that many users
disabled such features. Also robots only index plain html-links no
popup, javascript, or flash-based links (See Google for more
information how search engines index sites). Furthermore, as in real
life a positive initial impression is everything: Users not getting the
important information immediately will turn elsewhere – don’t expect
them to spend minutes searching. Now that Google & Co have
something to index you need to make sure they will findA your virtual
self. Here networking and on-line self-promotion starts.
Creating networks online
If incoming links are so important to your site – how do ensure you get
them? First, by regularly providing content: if you provide valuable
information visitors will link to your site. Second, virtual business
networks allow you to create profiles and get promoted for free or
little money. Third, find means to demonstrate your special knowledge:
engage in expert exchange forums, publish articles about your area of
expertise on portals like babelport.com, etc.. Whatever you do make
sure you provide your unique signature and your URL. Thus people will
remember you more easily and you also become more visible (and your
search engine rankings are improved).
Moreover, put a tagline to your signature in emails, forum posts, etc:
A short but catchy slogan that represents what you do and how you feel
about the kind of work you do. For some good examples you may have a
look at the user profiles visible at babelport.com. Make sure, however,
you don’t put superlatives in there – calling your self the fastest,
most reliable, or best begs a challenge to this claim.
Joining business organisations and business portals is another major
keys to successful virtual networking, whether you wish to bid for jobs
or not. There are some out there addressing translators (including
babelport.com) and some excellent general ones (e.g. www.openbc.com).
Apart from the direct benefits of such platforms (creating personal
networks, getting access to information, and, possibly, a job) you can
only profit from signing up with such business portals. The reason is
simple: Due to the amount of content, keywords, and incoming links
portals like these are more frequently indexed than the website of a
small business or freelancer. If you have a profile page on these
portals, participate in forum discussions, or publish articles thAere
your name, profile, résumé, tagline, and your URL will be indexed every
time robots crawl the site completely.
Lastly, ensure a steady visibility on business platforms. Being
advertised as featured member for only a day creates additional
incoming links valid for some weeks if a robots indexes the page during
that time (remember the daily indexing by robots). This will have more
effect than paying for keywords on Google or banner ads in general
web-directories. Also, the more articles and forum threads you post the
more incoming links are generated for your own website. Redundancy only
helps to strengthen your virtual networks (remember the spider
analogy?): Be listed and engage in more than just one business portal.
By creating profiles on and actively participating in multiple
platforms your virtual self will be ranked higher in search engine
results and connected to more keywords.
Continuous investment
As in real life, maintaining virtual networks is time and, sometimes,
money consuming. You do not need to provide original content daily -
but do it regularly. Give yourself at least three hours per week to
write some content for your website and to participate in online
forums. If you have gathered unique information in your business, or
written essays on translation, tips for freelancers, or wish to publish
new linguistic research results, contact our administrators who will
put them online for free at babelport.com. Doing this you gain
expertise and reputation directly and add to your virtual network at
the same time.
Joining business portals does not need to cost money – there are many
benefits you get for free. Investing in annual member fees for two or
three portals, however, may cost you a couple of hundred Euros per
year, but remember it is investing into your business and may earn you
more reputation than spending the same money in printed newspaper
advertisemenAt. It certainly creates more lasting links immediately and
pays off in the long run. Especially if you are running a business with
global reach – and as a freelance translator you most likely are – you
will need to promote yourself as heavily internationally as locally.
Business portals offer great opportunities for this.
Creating, maintaining, and extending your personal and virtual business
demands continuous engagement and investment with success often not
immediately visible. The benefits, however, will be measurable in
steadily increasing website-traffic in the long run.
About the Author
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