How Freelancers Can Get More High

Forbes CommunityVoice allows professional fee-based membership groups ("communities") to connect directly with the Forbes audience by enabling them to create content - and participate in the conversation - on the Forbes digital publishing platform. This is where you work your magic and use your expertise to help solve your clients' business problems. No matter which of the below methods you'll be using, you should make sure your potential clients have all the information they need to evaluate your business and contact you.

When starting out in the field, gaining clients is of the utmost importance to establish a solid foundation for your new business. In 2018 when nearly every business finds itself online, a lot of entrepreneurs find themselves stressing over all the online marketing strategies that may actually be holding them back from growing their business.

But depending on the questions you are trying to answer and your research budget, your market research can involve more extensive interviews with customers and qualitative studies on how target customers feel about your business, its products and services.

Several factors can help determine whether delegating services, especially as client acquisition important as customer service, to the third party makes sense for a particular business. Remember, if deciding to post on one of these boards to include a very simple headline describing your services, add images or samples of work, and a clear call to action on how users can get in touch with you.

Everyone knows the design process (and our project timeline estimation) isn't perfect, so make sure to keep upcoming clients in the loop on any hiccups that might delay their project. I'm one of those people who reflexively recoil at the idea of selling - even though my success depends on serving clients.