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DanielBrigham
Community Member
13 years ago

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 the famine side of the feast-famine freelancer cycle. Two questions:

1. Are there e-learning groups (besides Articulate of course) that have helped you generate leads/work?

2. How much of your work comes through cold calling? (I have an aversion to cold calling, but will pull up the big boy panties if need be.)

I'm guessing that your work comes from a little bit of everywhere (traffic to your site, repeat business and referrals from clients, cold calling, etc), but I don't really know that till I ask. 

Thank you in advance for your time and input. --Daniel

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  • ArtsLaz's avatar
    ArtsLaz
    Community Member
    2 years ago

    Hi, great question. Sometimes I use e-learning groups that may help generate leads, but I'm not sure about the role of cold calling in acquiring projects. Also, LinkedIn was helpful as freelance platforms like Fiver, Freelancer, etc. I think that finding work as a freelancer, can be also relevant to understanding the broader context of workforce management strategies like staff augmentation and managed services. And sometimes I read articles that show me the other side, such as how to hire effectively. For example, recently I read an article about hiring developers for startups. Why? Because I want to try to work at a startup, so i need to know what people startups want to hire.

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