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Freelancers -- where do you find most of your work?
I know that question is sort of like where's your favorite fishing hole. Hi, all -- I've been a freelancer for about a year and a half now, and for the first time, things are slow. I guess I'm on t...
Bruce Graham said:
Please do not get me wrong - I completely accept the need for tools and the need for people with those skills.
Steve, for example, has an extraordinary technical understanding (IMHO) of areas such as TinCan and integration, and brings these skills to conversations on these boards.
All I am saying is that this forum is not a place where people come to advertise their services - we come here to discuss and push the limits of Articulate products within a greater eLearning and educational infrastructure. I've never got any work on the Heroes board, but I have got work because of it.
Bruce
Bruce is right here - this isn't a job board, it is a community of users for a product.
@Buck, if this is your potential market (i.e. we are your customers), then you need to do the hard work of listening to the market. I can't do that for you. If you look at the two examples I gave you, they contribute on the forum when they have something to add to the conversation, not to simply sell their product/service. Honestly I think James and Bryan are good examples (others out there too).
@Belen - you are so right, what a good observation - maybe once a freelancer has defined what they think their target market is and matches up their skills they should consider doing a SWOT analysis and then a TOWS to follow it: http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newSTR_89.htm - sometimes you can be great at something and the world economy tanks. Build yourself some scenarios around "what ifs".
Hope this helps,
Holly
