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How (or Where) do You Find Most of Your Freelance Writing Jobs?
August 6, 2012
6:13 am
Jennifer Mattern
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How do you land most of your freelance writing jobs? Or where do you find most of your new prospects? Let's share thoughts on landing gigs to give other freelancers ideas on how to do it when they're starting out. 

Here's where mine generally come from:

  • Repeat clients
  • Referrals from clients and colleagues
  • Search traffic to my professional website

For me there is no "where" because I don't actively look for gigs. I set up an environment where a flow of prospects comes to me instead -- the basic idea of "query-free freelancing." 

How about you?

Jenn

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August 8, 2012
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millercathy
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I would say mine are:

  • Repeat clients (ongoing projects)
  • Referrals from clients
  • Search traffic from LinkedIn & my site
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August 9, 2012
7:21 am
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Thanks Cathy!

How do you tend to get LinkedIn traffic? Are people just finding your profile in search and then following your link, or are they finding you through things like Q&As?

Jenn

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August 9, 2012
12:22 pm
millercathy
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Jennifer Mattern said
Thanks Cathy!

How do you tend to get LinkedIn traffic? Are people just finding your profile in search and then following your link, or are they finding you through things like Q&As?

Jenn

A bit of both. Some are doing searches within LI-others see answers I give in Answers (duh) Wink or in Groups.

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August 10, 2012
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Mine come from:

 

  • Contacting potential clients within my niche
  • Referral
  • Website and blog
  • Twitter and LinkedIn

I'm surprised how many clients have found me via social media. One I'm working with right now contacted me after I left a comment on their blog -- nine months ago. I don't even remember it!

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