How to Market Your Freelance Services like a Professional

Thursday, August 21, 2008

So would you like to offer your freelance services like a professional and still looking for ways to do it? In this post, you will be able to discover few tricks to market your freelance services like a professional. Here we go.

Make a Blog

Well, alternatively you can always make a blog, but I personally do not advise anyone to host site on free web hosting service. It is simply because excessive downtime or loads of advertisements or irritating pop-up windows, which are not at all professional, honestly speaking. So avoid them. If you can't afford for a paid hosting service, do create a blog at www.blogger.com or www.wordpress.com. They offer free but quality service, free from any ads, pop-ups or downtime.

Create an Online Portfolio

In order to create an online portfolio, you can take
many ways depending on your professional choice. Say, you are a 3D graphic designer by profession. There are many places out there online where you can submit your design along with your contact information or your blog address, where your prospective clients may find you. Or else, if you are a content writer by profession, you can do the same with different article directories.

Place an Advertisement in the Classifieds

If your service is based on the virtual domain, then you do not really need to bother about placing your advertisement targeting only local client base. However, if your service is locally based, you may care to place advertisement in local classified.

Do an Extensive Research to Find out Prospective Clients

Always remember that nothing in life comes smoothly. You have to put your hard work to create a good client base. In order to do this, you need to do an extensive research to find out prospective clients who need your service. Your blog or website can help you to put different promotional offers for your clients.


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