idealmike
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This is Question 8 of my 10 part series on 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Becoming a Full Time Freelancer.
How Will You Find and Get New Clients and Work as a Freelancer?
Oh what a good question to answer! This is a question that even veteran freelancers ask themselves today!
And when it comes to doing that, there are quite a few different ways of going about it. The first thing to do would be to go and search on the site that your intended buyers or clients are using to look for work. The most obvious sites of choice are freelance sites like SEOClerks and Upwork, Freelancer.com etc etc. But you will need the skills and experience first and know how to use those sites to your benefit to get them.
One good trick for a newbie is to think like how a buyer would think. Think about what they might search if they was looking for someone for something. Think about the sites they would use to "hire a freelancer" but doing so using the keywords you have as search terms. That's just that and you can find clients and build up a name for yourself and start your freelancing career this way.
SEOClerks
Of course SEOClerks is the worlds best freelancing site! You can use it to kick start your freelancing career and turn it into a full time income. It has many people using it looking for all sorts of things, SEO/SMO services, jobs and work and things you might be able to do posting in the Want to Buy section that you can bid on and find work straight away. If you can do it and you have the skills that the buyer or potential client is asking for!
Check out how to bid on peoples WTB's and get hired as a freelancer!
Social Media
Social media without a doubt has to be used by freelancers to find new clients. Even if it's just telling your friends and family about your services and skills and that you're available to hire for some work or something. Or if its using it to find clients that are looking for things using Pages, Groups and Communities. And that might mean setting up profiles on all the top social media sites and working on following people who might be interested in your services, skills or brand. And getting them to follow you. And then that way they're more likely to see your updates and posts about your freelance skills etc. Basically there are many ways to use social media to your advantage as a freelancer and no freelancer would do as well without it.
Freelance sites and social media sites combined contain literally millions of people using them to look for work of some kind. Using both kinds of sites frequently and digging away day by day will produce results in time guaranteed. But it's not easy. But not impossible but it can be hard going. But also majorly rewarding for those that stick with it and reap what they sow!
One thing to mention though is that these places do have many millions of buyers and sellers and those who offer services at very cheap prices. Don't be tempted to do the same thing and sell yourself short! Don't lower price and your services quality down to their level! Stick to charging good and fair and reasonable prices. And provide a good service that is worth every penny that your client has paid for it.
That will reflect better on you. And having a good price also gives buyers more confidence in a way that they're going to get a good quality service!
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This is just a quick answer really more than a really detailed and feature rich answer to this question. This has been a very popular question in fact and has been covered multiple times in the Community Discussions here. Just search it for things like "how to get more sales" or "how to sell more" or "promotion" and you'll find them!
What about you Mr experienced freelancer? What methods do you use to find new clients that you can tell the rookies? And what would you tell someone if they asked you; how can I find new clients and work as a freelancer?
What would you tell them? 
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I'm starting to set up my website to sell PHP scripts, I want a script for every niche basically. I will also link to my SEOclerk order page via the affiliate link so i can get 100% commissions instead of 80% for the services just in case any SEOclerk user is on my website and wants to buy from here.
I believe once this is all launched that I will get a steady stream of new clients that will purchase my scripts, and previous/current buyers that will want tweaks done to their scripts. So hopefully it all goes well, it's definitely a good way to get clients, and keep the clients buying from you! :D
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TommyCarey
I'm not knocking your post at all, I'm just a bit lazier than most people so I try to find a way around doing the actual lead generation lol.
I've hired VA's (virtual assistants) to do a lot of my lead generation. I've compiled lists of websites using software and then given these lists to my VAs to fill out the contact us forms and pitch what I want them to. Normally this doesn't work, but every once in a while you get a big lead that pays 10x what you've invested
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