Hi I've been working on the internet building websites, running websites, buying websites, and selling websites for 6 years now. I want to officially become a free lance web developer and use my talents locally in the mid - small sized town that I live in. I have my homepage up with a portfolio, I'm starting to list the "business" in the yellow pages and news papers... --- My question is, how did you get your first few sales? I understand that the best form of marketing in this field is through word of mouth, but how did you get it going? Please give your experiences, I'm not looking for "this should work" type stuff, I'm looking for "this is what I did" Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I would suggest using Meetup.com to see if there are any SEO or Social Media Marketing based meetups in your area. I have found that a decent number of people who want that kind of work done show up at such meetups to find freelancers. Once you have some happy clients under your belt, that should help the word-of-mouth ball start rolling. BTW, if you can't find any such meetups, consider starting one of your own.