Freelancers -- where do you find most of your work?

Hi all,

Happy that this thread is alive.

Well, I think that there're several facts that influence the eventual success of any freelancer, and not all are in our control.

There're some things that I've encountered which may have been mentioned here but not studied deeply:

• the industry: how much money does the e-learning market move? Which are the main companies and how much does each of them get?
• the local market: as you may know, my country (Spain) is going through... what I see as a shipwreck, so I'm open to international markets 'cause things are a bit weird here.
• perceived quality: no matter what you say you can do or even show in a portfolio, there're still 'others' out there -those who are outrageously cheap (it happens to me when it comes to translations) or those who are real Heroes.

I've got a different image about e-learning since I read these forums and tutorials. In Spain at least, the market is mostly concentrated in big companies with lots of designers, IT guys and script writers, and the voice over is always contracted outside. Are these my competitors? Well, maybe this is only a thought, I'm interested in your point of view about the industry, local markets and perceived quality.

Thanks!

Belén