Ask HN: How to Find Clients as a Consultancy?

Posted by 0x3444ac53 on Monday July 22, 2024 @12:41PM
from the ask-hn dept.

A month or two ago some friends and I got together and formed a software consultancy. We have a few clients, but we would like to be able to take on more, but outside of lucking out and meeting the right people, what else can we do?

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Re:Ask HN: How to Find Clients as a Consultancy? by xenospn on Monday July 22, 2024 @03:10PM (#41038529)

Do a great job and get your existing customers to refer you.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Find Clients as a Consultancy? by nwpwr on Monday July 22, 2024 @04:54PM (#41039698)

What kind of consultancy are you building?

One easy route is to write blog posts! People who share their knowledge and then provide a CTA for their consulting services often stand out.

If you’re focused on a specific stack then doing research on the dependents of open source projects can also be a great way to find leads. The most successful have a distinguished product or service if you’re doing outreach (eg performance, security, database optimization etc).

Full disclosure I’m building Gitwallet.co which is a platform for open source software consulting businesses.

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Re:Ask HN: How to Find Clients as a Consultancy? by 0x3444ac53 on Friday July 26, 2024 @12:52AM (#41075851)

That's awesome!

We don't have much of a focus at the moment, but we're looking to build towards something. I really appreciate the pointer though, and I can't wait to check out your project!

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