I have just wrote up a new blog post on finding clients for your services. In my opinion this post helps you look outside the box on finding clients for your services and making a little extra income at the end of the month. http://www.unitedhustle.com/strategies/finding-clients-for-your-services
Read your post, its really very helpful specially for guy like me who is on DP to find work and sell my services. I guess even other guys here over look at what you just pointed out in your post