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Hi Niko,
This was exactly my problem when I started out. I still serve some clients in my native language even today, but my business didn't really take off until I started targeting an English-speaking audience. The difference is huge: You are suddenly playing not just in a different national market, but effectively in a global market.
For months, I was afraid to try this and felt ridiculous selling writing services in a language that I don't have perfect command of, but my first international clients didn't give a damn about my mother tongue, and if you want to deliver high-class results, you should work with a proofreader anyway, even if English *is* your mother tongue.
This was exactly my problem when I started out. I still serve some clients in my native language even today, but my business didn't really take off until I started targeting an English-speaking audience. The difference is huge: You are suddenly playing not just in a different national market, but effectively in a global market.
For months, I was afraid to try this and felt ridiculous selling writing services in a language that I don't have perfect command of, but my first international clients didn't give a damn about my mother tongue, and if you want to deliver high-class results, you should work with a proofreader anyway, even if English *is* your mother tongue.