So, do you have a blog?

eleonorang

A blog is perhaps the most popular tool (although I should probably use the word 'strategy') nowadays to gain authoritativeness and, with that, new clients!
I'm curious: do you guys run a blog or do you plan to set one up? If you run it, you should showcase it here! We could, like, index them all in this first entry and create a master post.

(If you don't, like me, you could still share why you don't (yet) or whether you have doubts a blog will actually be helpful to your business - but I guess that's a one in a million chance, right?)

KarenMontaldi

eleonorang I do have a blog (although it has been collecting dust for the past few months)! You're right though, it really is an incredible tool for our type of business. I also find it quite fun to write articles on whatever topic I feel is relevant at the moment, and sometimes I write about my travels. I'm currently working on a new article, so maybe I'll be cleaning the dust soon! ?

Here's the link: https://lifeintranslation.me/

eleonorang

KarenMontaldi Love your blog, Karen! Dust or no dust, it's so clean and smart-looking, and I love your picture too! I really enjoyed your posts when I happened to read them, so please go back to writing soon ?

@MaV Thanks for asking! I do plan on opening one "soon", although I wouldn't know when "soon" will be ? I'm working on it, though! I've got to create a specific section on my website and most of all, start writing! I'm still going through a 'learning' process about content marketing so that I can start on the right foot (or should I say hand?)

Hey fadesga it was great of you to collect so many resources, thank you for sharing the list here ?

MaV

It's also in my to-do list... It has a name, etc, but never made it live.

Why don't you keep one, Eleonora?

fadesga

Since June 2016 I am writing http://blogdefabio.com (sorry, in Spanish only). Its tagline is "literary and cultural bulwark", but actually it is an experimental showcase for sharing thoughts, information and some creativity. You will find some translation-related topics.
Maybe the most useful feature I have developed so far is my page of useful resources for translators and writers: https://blogdefabio.com/2016/06/19/recursos-para-escribir-y-traducir/
Please feel free to use it and share it!

Dmitry

Blogs are like gardens, they need watering (aka writing new articles), you need to plant seeds (by generating new ideas for articles and rubrics) and of course, you need to get rid of weeds every now and then (broken links, non-working images, etc.)

You do all that and it'll flourish. And, yep, it's A LOT OF WORK!

I blog sporadically whenever I have time and inspiration (this two lines are almost parallel, but sometimes the do cross) ?

I'm actually trying to re-purpose my blog into a resource for my clients because they do have a lot of questions and I have like 50+ ideas for articles that are client-focused in my niche.

All I need is time and inspiration ?

P.S.: My blog is here, by the way: https://videogamestranslator.com/blog/

erikasbat

Yes, I have some, but mostly in Portuguese. There's this one about Russian literature: https://literaturarussaparabrasileiros.blogspot.com.br
this other on writing (and with some original fictional works too)
and this about religion: http://igrejacumi.blogspot.com

I write in English on Medium sometimes: https://medium.com/@rikabatista