How to start off as a freelance designer?
For quite a while I've been participating in graphic design contests, and winning some money every now and then. Recently I decided to give it a try to go "out there" to look for clients, and I find it very difficult to get any offers from people... I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. My designs are quite decent, and for a reasonable price. I even spent 20$ to advertise myself on this forums, but most of the people that contacted me suddenly broke contact. :confused: Even the two people that I did free review copies for, didn't even leave a review after delivering.
Here is my topic if you want to take a look:
http://www.warriorforum.com/warriors...-you-name.html
So I was wondering, do you have any advice for me what is the best way to start off? All of the sites like freelancer or oDesk aren't all that great, because you have to invest some money first, and there are already tons of people who have reputation on their profiles, positive reviews and such, so it's obvious people looking to hire, will rather hire them instead. I also tried fiverr but I got no real offers on it. I may try to put in more gigs, but I'm sceptic...
What do you think would be the best thing to do? :confused: Starting a facebook page? Or a website? The latter wouldn't be all that easy because website design is something I can't do as of yet, but something I plan on learning how to do in future.
I appreciate any advice you may give.
Thanks.
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