I founded my business as a sole proprietor in 2013 to focus full-time on linguistic services. (So I'm actually listed as a trader in crafts and trades in my country, LOL.) I offer AV transcription, subtitling, translation (general, technical, fiction), machine translation post-editing and translation reviews for English (UK, US) and German (DE, AT).

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DuncanThePig This is so interesting! I'm a writer as well and I've been having the same thoughts--to write for myself and monetize that so I don't need to depend on clients.

What's your plan? I've thought about blogging and then building systems around that to bring in income. Share if you want!

      JessicaKay What's your plan?

      Building luxury vivariums housing exotic pets. I already have a collection of isopods, some rare, that are in demand. Once I have enough I can start selling them, which is where my marketing background will hopefully come in. It might seem like a weird leap but I've always had a passion for 'creepy crawleys' and nature in general so it makes sense for me.

          DuncanThePig I know a bit about this niche interest through my husband and it seems like there is a huge audience/market out there right now like you said- YouTube and Instagram accounts focusing on this topic are doing well but good content is still rare enough, if you ever want to tap into those channels while blogging..!

              Sang

              Thank you, I'll bear it in mind.

              It's good timing for me in a way because keeping isopods etc. is relatively new. So, while there's a lot of video content out there, there's a dearth of written content. I'm having to learn a lot by trial and error but this is letting me create fresh content that isn't just re-written from other content on the net.

              AI written content is poor now but it will continue to improve ever closer to human writing standards. But it will always be limited in the sense that it's basically a souped-up search engine that can only create content from other content that already exists. AI will never be able to replace direct hands-on experience from a human perspective and I intend to take full advantage of that.

                  DuncanThePig very true. Hope you keep pursuing this direction, as authentically creative human content is always lacking, and that is what we all are looking for.

                    Sounds like motivation to me! 😉

                    Yes just a tiny bit in last couple weeks on the announcement thread

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