Suggestions to Get More Freelance Job and Geting New Clients
2009-04-04 14:43
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I will give you Suggestions on How to get more Clients in this artilce.
Since
GetFreelanceJob.com started, there are some questions that I get asked
more often than any other..How can a freelancer find more work and
generate new client leads?
There’s something for everyone to try and I guarantee there will be plenty of things you never thought of.
Over
the next few months we will be publishing some articles on evey single
one of these topics, so if you need more explanation or examples on any
of them, don’t worry they’re coming!
And now without further ado, here they are:
Word of mouth is the go
* Enlist your family and friends to spread the word about your services
* Send out an email to everyone in your address book, announcing what you do, where you are and what you can offer
* Ask your satisfied clients for referrals
* Offer free consultations to new referrals
* Consider a referral or finders फी
Love those clients
* Get in touch with past and current clients when you have a new service to offer them
* Get in touch with past and current clients when you have completed a flagship project
* Start a newsletter
* Take advantage of every outgoing email by using your email signature as a marketing tool
* Send promotions for services with your invoices
* Ask your clients to place a credit on your work in web, video or print
* Make a calendar featuring your work for clients to put up in their offices to serve as a constant reminder
* Make a poster for your client to hang up on their office wall
Talk the talk
* Go to industry events - conferences, association meetings, seminars
* Go to events in your client’s industry
* Sponsor a client event
* Join your local Chamber of Commerce and get involved
* Socialize and always have your card ready
* Do some pro-bono work for a charitable organization with industry links
* Get involved in social groups you’re connected to (church, school, university)
* Join an industry organization and get listed
* Contact people you used to work with and ask them to send you any run-off work they might have
* Offer to give a seminar to a local business group
* Practice an elevator speech about what you do and have it ready to go wherever you are
* Participate on online forums (using the forum signature line)
* Comment on blogs to draw people back to your freelance site
Promote Yourself
* Get car signage
* Get t-shirts made with your URL
* Try location based Google Adwords
* Advertise in a niche magazine or trade publication e.g. a magazine just for cafes
* List yourself in business directories or the Yellow Pages
* Research sites your clients are visiting and buy advertising there
* Advertise in online directories
* Take out an ad out in a local newspaper
* Participate in a trade show
* Holidays are your friend! Send a clever holiday greeting to clients showing your work
* Promote a free first consulation service
* Have a gimmick that makes you stand out
* Give something away for free
* Place an advert in an industry newsletter
* Offer branded pens and paper at industry events
Be an industry expert
* Learn what every you need to know, don`s stop learning.
* Pitch an article to an industry publication
* Pitch a story to a blog or resource website
* Offer to speak at industry and networking events
* Start a blog and publicize it
* Submit tutorials or how-to’s to websites
* Get on the radio
* Write an eBook or Report for your target market and promote it online
* Enter your work into competitions and awards… and win :-)
I will give you Suggestions on How to get more Clients in this artilce.
Since
GetFreelanceJob.com started, there are some questions that I get asked
more often than any other..How can a freelancer find more work and
generate new client leads?
There’s something for everyone to try and I guarantee there will be plenty of things you never thought of.
Over
the next few months we will be publishing some articles on evey single
one of these topics, so if you need more explanation or examples on any
of them, don’t worry they’re coming!
And now without further ado, here they are:
Word of mouth is the go
* Enlist your family and friends to spread the word about your services
* Send out an email to everyone in your address book, announcing what you do, where you are and what you can offer
* Ask your satisfied clients for referrals
* Offer free consultations to new referrals
* Consider a referral or finders फी
Love those clients
* Get in touch with past and current clients when you have a new service to offer them
* Get in touch with past and current clients when you have completed a flagship project
* Start a newsletter
* Take advantage of every outgoing email by using your email signature as a marketing tool
* Send promotions for services with your invoices
* Ask your clients to place a credit on your work in web, video or print
* Make a calendar featuring your work for clients to put up in their offices to serve as a constant reminder
* Make a poster for your client to hang up on their office wall
Talk the talk
* Go to industry events - conferences, association meetings, seminars
* Go to events in your client’s industry
* Sponsor a client event
* Join your local Chamber of Commerce and get involved
* Socialize and always have your card ready
* Do some pro-bono work for a charitable organization with industry links
* Get involved in social groups you’re connected to (church, school, university)
* Join an industry organization and get listed
* Contact people you used to work with and ask them to send you any run-off work they might have
* Offer to give a seminar to a local business group
* Practice an elevator speech about what you do and have it ready to go wherever you are
* Participate on online forums (using the forum signature line)
* Comment on blogs to draw people back to your freelance site
Promote Yourself
* Get car signage
* Get t-shirts made with your URL
* Try location based Google Adwords
* Advertise in a niche magazine or trade publication e.g. a magazine just for cafes
* List yourself in business directories or the Yellow Pages
* Research sites your clients are visiting and buy advertising there
* Advertise in online directories
* Take out an ad out in a local newspaper
* Participate in a trade show
* Holidays are your friend! Send a clever holiday greeting to clients showing your work
* Promote a free first consulation service
* Have a gimmick that makes you stand out
* Give something away for free
* Place an advert in an industry newsletter
* Offer branded pens and paper at industry events
Be an industry expert
* Learn what every you need to know, don`s stop learning.
* Pitch an article to an industry publication
* Pitch a story to a blog or resource website
* Offer to speak at industry and networking events
* Start a blog and publicize it
* Submit tutorials or how-to’s to websites
* Get on the radio
* Write an eBook or Report for your target market and promote it online
* Enter your work into competitions and awards… and win :-)
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