ProZ.com Newsletter: December 2005

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The Translation Workplace Jobs | Kudoz | Go to site --------------------- ProZ.com Newsletter --------------------- Your ProZ.com username: (See bottom for more details related to your ProZ.com account) Promote yourself - become a member! Join now: http://www.proz.com/join (1) Welcome, new members - and congrats to Ivan Lajnvas! (2) 2005 - a good year for the ProZ.com community (3) Weigh in on ProZ.com's top ten objectives for 2006 (4) Build your profile / project history during this break ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (1) A warm welcome to our new members. (And congratulations to Ivan Lajnvas - winner of the trip to Buenos Aires.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We would like to begin the year's final newsletter by welcoming all those who took our recent membership drive as an opportunity to become full members of ProZ.com--the world's largest translator community. The campaign was a marked success, and in just one month, we welcomed new members from over 80 countries. Your investment in your business and workplace is appreciated, and you can rest assured that no one will be working as hard for you in 2006 as your ProZ.com team. As part of the campaign promotion, we announced that one new member would win a trip to our next international conference, to be held in August in Buenos Aires. The drawing was held December 16 (the day after the campaign closed) and the winner was Ivan Lajnvas of Croatia. Congratulations, Ivan! http://www.proz.com/topic/40373 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (2) 2005 - a good year for the ProZ.com community ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In 2005, ProZ.com delivered on a number of the objectives--objectives that were outlined by members at the start of the year. Technical improvements were made throughout the site, aggressive marketing resulted in a doubling of client traffic, and Marion Schimmelpfennig and others created the volunteer organization Translator4kids - see http://www.translators4kids.com For the full report on accomplishments and credit for the suggestions that made them possible, go to: http://www.proz.com/topic/38517 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (3) Members: Let us know what you want ProZ.com to work on in 2006. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are making plans for our activities in 2006, and we want your input. If you are a ProZ.com member, please take a moment to let us know the top ten things you would like to see the team accomplish in 2006. Post via this survey: http://www.proz.com/survey/41 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (4) Use down time to enhance your profile, add project history ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To ensure that you get the most out of ProZ.com as a networking and marketing resource, we suggest you take the current slow period to review your profile and update and/or add information as necessary. One recent addition to the tools offered in your ProZ.com profile is the Project History(sm) feature. By posting the details of select past projects to your ProZ.com profile, and optionally obtaining client corroboration (and in addition, optional +/- client feedback)--you provide a means for clients and colleagues to locate you based on your areas of experience and your track record in satisfying clients. For more details, see: http://www.proz.com/topic/40053 Spending just a few minutes on your profile can produce benefits for you for years to come. Why wait? If you have any trouble, just enter a support ticket - http://www.proz.com/support (Don't be shy - we want to assist you in getting the most out of ProZ.com, and besides, your asking for help will help us to make our profile features more intuitive for others.) - - - - - - - - - - - Your username: Membership status: Registered user KudoZ: BrowniZ: Wallet balance: $0.10 Your profile: http://www.proz.com/profile/0 - - - - - - - - - - - Forgotten password? http://proz.com/?sp=new_password ================================================================= You are receiving this email message because you signed up for email notifications of this type in your ProZ.com email preferences. To unsubscribe from ProZ.com email notifications, go to this page: https://www.proz.com/unsubscribe If you have trouble adjusting your email preferences, please submit a support request: https://www.proz.com/support Do not reply to this message; your reply will not be read. ProZ.com 2509 James Street P.O. Box 323 Syracuse, NY 13206-9277 USA+1 (315) 463-7323 Copyright © 1999-2010 ProZ.com - All rights reserved.