Five Simple Tactics to Find New Clients | FreelanceFolder
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Five Simple Tactics to Find New Clients | FreelanceFolder.
While the task of finding clients can seem overwhelming to a new freelancer, clients are actually all around you if you know where to look.
In this post we’ll share five easy tactics that you can use regularly to build your client base.
Great post; and one that any and all freelancers should read. Especially the ‘keeping organized’ one. It’s easy to lose a business card or that slip of paper with a referral on it. Imagine it’s a few hundred dollars sitting there and it gets a whole lot harder to misplace.
From the Reader for March 26th
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Spreading the word; Links for March 16th
- Freebie Friday: 5 High Resolution Abstract… –
- Tame Clutter by Asking "How Much Is Enough?" [Clutter] – When you can't see the floor. That may be a time to cut some. I know because this happened to me last weekend.
- Curves Like These Inspire Poetry [Car Porn] – One of these days, cars will be considered art. One of these days….
- iPhone Touchscreen Accuracy Bests the Competition According to Robot-Driven Analysis [Buying Guide] – My text messages that end abruptly because I hit 'send' instead of 'p' say otherwise.
- The Off-Road Roomba [Robot Cars] –
- Add Context to Business Cards to Help Remember the Person [Mind Hacks] –
- If Ikea Built A Soapbox Derby Car [Car Toys] –
- Ferrari World Abu Dhabi Is Really A Cylon Ship [Car Culture] – …..this is awesome…and frightening….but also awesome
- Google Calendar's New Smart Rescheduler Finds a Time that Works for Everyone [Scheduling] – FINALLY!!!!
- Electronics Whiz Controls '69 Pontiac GTO With iPod Touch [Car Tech] – I can't wait for the day I can do this. The iPod thing, not the GTO.
- Are You My Daddy? [Car Porn] – I want one. Of each. Keep your Lambos, Red Prancing Ponies and Mustangs; I'll take the original super car, thank you very much.
- Plan for Interruptions to Minimize Their Impact [Interruption Management] –
- Are You My Daddy? [Car Porn] –
- Rob Wienk: Nice Reel! –
- What It Feels Like To Drift With Tanner Foust [Hoon Of The Day] –
- ExtensionFM Is a Very Cool Browser-Based Music Library, and We’ve Got Invites [Downloads] –
- Video: Dropkick Murphys – “I’m Shipping Up To Boston (Live)” – Love this song
- New at Reason: Steve Chapman on Giving the $50 Bill A Facelift – Our currency is incredibly boring. Sure, they've jazzed it up recently, but still… just boring.
- How the CIA Gave LSD to an 11-Year-Old Boy – The CIA just fell in love with LSD in the 50's…. So many weird things
- Create a Digital Camera With Wooden Accents Using… –
- What Every Designer Should Do Right Now
“While trying to… – - A font that looks just like you: a typographic photobooth –
- New PlayStation Move Commercial Makes Fun of Wiimote, Project Natal –
- Starting a Project With the End in Mind –
- Encourage Bottom-Up Redevelopment: Reason Saves Cleveland With Drew Carey, Ep. 5 –
- America, This Is How Slow Your Drivers Are [Speed Limits] –
- AT&T Fail – I pity the designer who didn't catch this one. We're supposed to be more savvy than that.
- 5 Tips For Filing Your Taxes Easily –
- Which Fish Are Cubicle-Friendly? [Ask Lifehacker] –
From the Reader for March 16th
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Spreading the word; Links for March 16th
- Paris 26 Gigapixels – Knowing my luck, a 26 gigapixel camera will come out right after I buy the 24 gigapixel.
- Open Thread: What Municipal Services Should Be Privatized? Contracted Out? Kept in The Public Sector? – This kind of question isn’t asked enough, honestly.
- Viento for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App… – I do work for Envato, I’d like to be able to manage my freelance account with them some day. But it’s amazing how much my iPhone is turning into a digital swiss army knife.
- Why Chuck Norris Drives A Nissan GT-R [LOLCars] – I would have figured a Ford Raptor.
- Desktop Wallpaper: 80+ Most Breathtaking Places on Earth – I totally need to build a house at some of these places to retire. At 30.
- James May Helps Define Handling [Car Tech] – I think my favorite James May moment was when he hit top speed in a Veyron and said, “I feel almost sad because I know this will be the fastest I’ll ever go in a car.”
- “Most of our photos are all white people, but we need to show more diversity, and we don’t have the…” – Stupidity + Vaguely racist = Facepalm
- Get Mac-Like Scrolling and Gestures on a Windows Laptop [Windows] – Why not just buy a Mac?