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Loading ...Social Networking Sites LinkedIn - If you’re not already LinkedIn, you should be. Then invite other business contacts relevant to your freelance category. In my LinkedIn profile, I’m connected with other freelance designers, art directors, agencies, web dev shops and corporate clients. What’s great about LinkedIn is it’s not only a great place to build your network, but it’s also allows people you’ve worked with to “review” you and the work you’ve done with others. It’s also nice to get a “warm introduction” through a tool like this when you’re looking to build your client base.
Check out Guy Kawasaki’s top 10 ways to use LinkedIn.
Design Related Sites Start posting your work on design related sites. There is a great sense of community on many of these sites, where you can build a nice network with peers.
http://www.moluv.com/
http://www.lounge72.com/root/
http://www.linkdup.com/
http://www.bd4d.com/
http://www.netdiver.net/
Post Your Porfolio / Resume
Potential clients scan these job boards for candidates all the time. Post your information to gain new business.
http://www.monster.com/
www.howdesign.com/jobs
http://www.crain.com/classified/adage/index.cfm http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm?alias=nationaljobbank
http://www.bigroster.com/
Blogging Whether you’re a writer, designer, or photographer, blogging is a great way to get your work into cyberspace AND build a great network. Blogging culture is here to stay and it’s growing. Even if you’re just posting your portfolio, be sure to link to other artists whose work you admire. Most folks will also link back, and from there the relationship is what you make of it!
Tags: careers, social networking, linkedin, portfolio, blogging, wordpress
