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Message From Site Founder Regarding ProZ.com Membership
Dear language service provider,
ProZ.com is a translation workplace created and maintained
for your benefit. We, the site's staff and moderators, are committed
to providing as convenient and enjoyable an environment as possible
for you to meet, get to know, and do business with colleagues and
clients.
In order to maximize the opportunities for you to meet and
cooperate with others in this venue, we provide a number of features
free of charge. This open approach has made ProZ.com the leading
source of jobs for translators, the most active venue for
translator collaboration, and the largest community of language
service providers on the web.
Given the fact that so much of the site is free,
people often ask what allows ProZ.com to stay in business. The
answer is simple: your support, in the form of ProZ.com membership.
By taking out an annual or bi-annual membership subscription to the
site's advanced features, you make it possible for us to further
develop and promote the site. In return, we provide you with
specific advantages for your business.
Any translator or interpreter who registers at ProZ.com appears
in the open directory. But as a ProZ.com member, your name
appears among the first set of service providers shown to clients.
Also, though any registered user can quote on jobs, as a ProZ.com member,
your quotes appear first. In other words, investing in ProZ.com
membership means that you are given the first opportunity to meet
desirable new clients. As a result, most jobs passed via ProZ.com
go to members.
When determining the value of ProZ.com membership to your business,
please consider that unlike "marketplace" sites in other industries,
at ProZ.com there are no fees or commissions when jobs are passed.
All the money paid by a client goes to you.
When you meet a client or colleague here, you may work with that client for
years, irrespective of your membership status. For this
reason, meeting a single client, or doing a single day's work,
may result in your membership investment being repaid several times over.
Twenty-five moderators travelled at their own expense
to Sitges, Spain, to discuss ways to improve ProZ.com.
Increased client exposure is just one of the benefits of
ProZ.com membership. As a member, you enjoy complete
and immediate access to all site functions and data. This
includes full access to the Blue Board database of clients
with user feedback--so you'll often know with whom you
are dealing before you begin working for a new client.
There are many more benefits to ProZ.com membership
(in KudoZ, forums, and elsewhere--click the tabs above for details), and
new features are being developed for members on an
ongoing basis.
If you are already a ProZ.com member, thank you for helping us to
make this site and service better. If you are not yet a
member, thank you for considering an investment that will help both
your business and this site to grow.
Sincerely,
Henry Dotterer
Site Founder
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