Find someone that's successful in your community business wise and befriend them. Find someone that used to do what you do and now does more upper management type deals that has connections and then they will start referring you to people if you're good. Find a good designer to partner with that needs a good back-end person. I started this way and just last week closed my biggest client ever because of a referral for aforementioned mentor friend I made. Might not work for everyone, but connections and referrals are what worked best for me.
And it goes without saying, do great work. Not just good enough work, do great work. Work that people will be impressed with and you'll grow even faster. Don't take on too much to where your work quality dips down to just enough to get by. If you suddenly have an overflow of clients, charge more.
Edit: Also put your name/email in your profile. I just tried to find it and I was going to email you for some projects I have going on. Also, post on HN when the freelancer post every month comes up.
I'm curious about how you would go about "charg[ing] more."
Do you contact current clients and explain why you are raising prices and charge them your increased price on the next job? Do you just state it and not explain?
It's not that for all your current clients you charge more, just when you start feeling overwhelmed and you're getting requests for more work is when you say ok my rate is going up x amount. That way you keep quality clients high, less stress, and more money.
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Find someone that's successful in your community business wise and befriend them. Find someone that used to do what you do and now does more upper management type deals that has connections and then they will start referring you to people if you're good. Find a good designer to partner with that needs a good back-end person. I started this way and just last week closed my biggest client ever because of a referral for aforementioned mentor friend I made. Might not work for everyone, but connections and referrals are what worked best for me.
And it goes without saying, do great work. Not just good enough work, do great work. Work that people will be impressed with and you'll grow even faster. Don't take on too much to where your work quality dips down to just enough to get by. If you suddenly have an overflow of clients, charge more.
Edit: Also put your name/email in your profile. I just tried to find it and I was going to email you for some projects I have going on. Also, post on HN when the freelancer post every month comes up.
I'm curious about how you would go about "charg[ing] more."
Do you contact current clients and explain why you are raising prices and charge them your increased price on the next job? Do you just state it and not explain?
It's not that for all your current clients you charge more, just when you start feeling overwhelmed and you're getting requests for more work is when you say ok my rate is going up x amount. That way you keep quality clients high, less stress, and more money.
I will, feel free to take a look in a second.
Noted. Thank you!