Website and Email are essential parts for anyone who runs a business from home. You, as a Freelancer, need a virtual home to represent yourself or your business, and you also need an email account to communicate.
For these services we do not recommend using free services. The website and email account should only be about your business and not advertise for other companies. It would look unprofessional and does not represent yourself or your business. Free websites usually place ads on the websites you set up, and the email will also not refer to just your business/personal name.
Besides, free email providers such as Yahoo!, Google, etc., are not so welcome with your clients for security and privacy reasons (and, again, it also doesn’t look professional). It is better to look for a hosting provider and set up a professional email account. This has the advantage that, at the same time, a professional website can be set up as a point of contact for customers and the marketing of translation services.
The website can contain your contact details (e.g., email address) and specifics about your business. The email address will provide your customer with the means of reaching you for the first request regarding your services. And after a business connection has been established, it can serve as your primary connection unless you allow contact by phone as well (which is recommended, especially in the case of an emergency).
Once you have an email account, you might also want to look for an excellent desktop email client. And if Outlook from Microsoft is too expensive for you, we recommend Thunderbird from Mozilla.
Here are our recommendations:
Hosting
HostGator is a reliable place (99.9% uptime guarantee) to host your website. It is also inexpensive and provides excellent customer service, and you can set up as many email addresses as you wish (e.g., info@companyname.com, support@companyname.com, etc.).
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