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Originally Posted by marstoni
"Be honest about what you can and can't do - people will respect you more, and find you more trustworthy."
Know what you're good at and know what you aren't good at. If you need to be good in those area's you're not, make sure you educate yourself. If someone else can do it much better than you, perhaps you can work out a contracting deal with them and stick to what you do best and still get any given project done.
Definitely tell everyone you know. Build a strong portfolio and pass that along to be reviewed by whoever you can get to look at it. Make sure it's online and search engine optimized. I'd target the local market first, find you market or if you have a niche you can use.
Craigslist is not a bad place to look either. I do also recommend free work for community or non-profit groups. That will get the word out and add to your good name.
Lastly, READ READ READ. I know that won't get you jobs but it will give you the knowledge and competency to do the jobs you do get. Read up on Business, Marketing, Financial, Freelancing, Web Standards, XHTML, CSS etc etc. Information is knowledge.
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What a superb reply marstoni. Dear ace01, if you are a web and graphic designer then at first you need one quality web site for your self. Then contact me for doing the SEO of your site. Just kidding
When you have done the SEO of your site then you can easily get the work from your website. But the site should look so much professional that people should get the feeling to contact you to design something for their site.
Guru.com is also good for freelance works, as far as I have heard, I have never used it.
Cheers,
alok
