Going Freelance / Finding Clients
Going Freelance / Finding Clients
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The tactic I used the most when I got going was networking. I had no budget for advertising and didn't have big enough balls to pick up the phone and do cold calls.
So I started out with friends who had dads with businesses (this was over 9 years ago, so there was no social media). One of the dads asked me to do a website for him. Then that led to brochures and leaflets.
I carried on that principle of asking people who they knew that ran a business and needed help communicating what they did.
I was very naive at the time, but I think that worked well for me because people didn't see me as a pushy sales person, just someone that believed in what they were doing.