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Re:My first year freelancing by 6twenty on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @07:15PM (#5715763)
Great article. One thing I'm struggling with as a freelancer is finding clients - I'm based in a small town in New Zealand, so I'm a long way from the opportunities in the UK and USA. How do you track down and approach new clients (who are likely to be happy with your rate)?

I also feel like being in New Zealand hampers my ability to charge a higher rate. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that companies here are used to paying lower rates simply because there's less talent here than overseas.

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Re:My first year freelancing by svmegatron on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @09:55PM (#5716430)
It sounds trite, but have you tried contacting companies in the UK and USA?

If written communication between you and the client is strong, it's often an advantage to the client to have someone working out of sync with them. At the end of their day, they dump some stuff into $ISSUE_TRACKER_OF_CHOICE. When they get back the next morning, it's done.

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Re:My first year freelancing by 6twenty on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @10:12PM (#5716496)
No I haven't, but that brings me back to the first question - how do you research which companies to contact?
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Re:My first year freelancing by miloshadzic on Thursday May 16, 2013 @08:24AM (#5718209)
Try asking the ones you'd like to work with.
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Re:My first year freelancing by umami on Thursday May 16, 2013 @12:43AM (#5716954)
Get in touch with me, I am interested in talking. Details are on my profile.
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Re:My first year freelancing by pablasso on Thursday May 16, 2013 @12:51AM (#5716975)
It's harder to do, but you don't even need to be in same city. Build a strong portfolio, for us it's several good projects on Github and jobs will come by themselves.
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