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Content, Writing and Translation

Content writing, copywriting and translation. Start each job from a ready-made project with its milestones, tasks and client documents already in place.

Templates
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Milestones
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Tasks and sub-tasks
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Documents to collect
4

Look inside the templates

These are the projects a new firm gets on day one. Pick one to see how the work and the fee are laid out.

SEO retainer (monthly)

A month of search engine optimisation: technical fixes, content, links and a ranking report.

  • Retainer
  • 30 days
  • 1 milestone
  • 5 tasks
  • 1 document

Billed as a retainer, so these milestones track the work rather than the fee.

Milestones and tasks

  1. Day 30Monthly report sent
    • Technical audit and fixesSEO Specialist
    • Keyword plan and on-page updatesSEO Specialist
    • Write and publish articlesWriter
    • Link building and local listingsSEO Specialist
    • Rankings and traffic reportManager

Document checklist

  • Website, Search Console and analytics accessFrom the client 路 day 2 路 compulsory

Document translation

Translating documents with a second-linguist review, and certification where needed.

  • Fixed price
  • 10 days
  • 1 milestone
  • 4 tasks
  • 1 document

Milestones and tasks

  1. Day 10Translation delivered
    • Word count, glossary and terminologyManager
    • TranslateTranslator
    • Review by a second linguistReviewer
    • Formatting and certificationManager

Document checklist

  • Source documents in editable formFrom the client 路 day 0 路 compulsory

Content writing retainer (monthly)

A month of written content: blogs, newsletters, website copy or social captions to an agreed calendar.

  • Retainer
  • 30 days
  • 2 milestones
  • 4 tasks
  • 2 documents

Billed as a retainer, so these milestones track the work rather than the fee.

Milestones and tasks

  1. Day 3Calendar approved
    • Topics and content calendarEditor
  2. Day 28Month's content delivered
    • Write the piecesWriter
    • Edit and plagiarism checkEditor
    • Client revisions and deliveryWriter

Document checklist

  • Brand voice guideFrom the client 路 day 2
  • Approved content calendarFrom the client 路 day 3 路 compulsory

Templates are starting points, not professional advice. Rules and due dates change, so check them against your own practice. They're yours to edit.

Example

How a firm like yours could run it

A firm like this

Ten writers, translators and editors handle document translation and monthly content retainers for companies in India and abroad.

A typical month

Each job follows the same steps: brief, translation or writing, review, delivery and invoice. Retainer clients approve a monthly content calendar. Every delivered job is invoiced the same day, or monthly for clients with many small jobs. Overseas clients are invoiced in their currency as exports.

Where the work gets hard

  • Small jobs were sometimes never invoiced.
  • Quality varied between translators.
  • Glossaries were scattered across email.

What MSMEPulse gives you

  • Every job has a review step.
  • Every delivered job is invoiced.
  • Client glossaries and guides are in one place.

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What happens when you start a project

Real dates and amounts

Enter the start date and contract value, and preview every milestone before anything is created.

Real people

Roles like Manager or Junior are filled with your team when the project starts.

Documents chased

A milestone can't be closed while a compulsory document is missing, unless a manager overrides it with a reason.

Your way of working

Edit any template, or save a finished project as a new one.

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