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Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career

You're reading from   Skill Up: A Software Developer's Guide to Life and Career 65 steps to becoming a better developer

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787287037
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface I. Coder Skills II. Freelancer Skills FREE CHAPTER III. Career Skills Index

Chapter 44. Freelancer Tips – Three Ways to Get New Clients

In this chapter, I'm going to discuss some strategies that I've used successfully over the years for getting new clients. There have been three main ways that I've gotten new clients:

  • Outsourcing services such as oDesk and Elance (which have now merged to be Upwork)
  • LinkedIn
  • Referrals

So, I'll now share some of the ways that I've had success in each one of those channels so that you can take on some of the experiences I've had and apply them to your own freelance career.

Freelancing services

Freelance services such as Upwork are great for finding new clients. The keys to success are to constantly send out proposals, dozens per day, and be quick to communicate with potential clients.

If you're a US- or UK-based developer, make sure you understand that you'll be competing from developers from all over the world, which means that the bids that you'll be competing with could be...

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