Being Freelance From Russia With Linguistics - Illustrator Landysh Akhmetzyanova
She trained as a Linguist. She worked as a Translator. She dreamt as an Illustrator. Eventually Landysh brought them together: co-founding Lingvistov, a Skype based language service which also allowed her illustrations to speak volumes in shouting about the business, so much so they've now become a product of their own.
She shares thoughts on collaborating to expand your ambitions, how to succeed in a business partnership and how they use content marketing to promote their business.
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Here’s some of the key takeaway points:
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Their business was born when a freelance marketplace site changed their conditions to take a bigger percentage of each job; Landysh and her partner decided they'd create their own site instead! Why be at the mercy of someone else?
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When collaborating with others in business - be open and communicate; talk a lot about what you do and what you want to do
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They don't have much marketing budget, instead they use content to pull people to their business as people share it: articles, videos, audio, cartoons
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They have diversified their income; as well as the linguistic school and services, her illustrations are now available to buy in a range of products from their own shop
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Don't feel you have to be 'normal' with a regular job, if you're passionate about something go for it, earn a living a from it
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