How do you market your computer skills?

[CMR170889]

In this day and age everything about getting the sale or opportunity to provide a service falls on the shoulders of the manner in which you market yourself. My question is, as there seems to be so many IT technicians how exactly do you get the job to build that new rig or in other words rope in customers.

[TriniXaeno]

There are many IT people but there are even more "non IT" people.

A lot of people out there need service so it isn't that difficult to get work.

Common strategies:

1) Word of Mouth
2) Flyers
3) Call Cards
4) Ads (web, press, radio, etc...)
5) Telemarketing
6) Email

Once you get the ball rolling on those fronts, having a good reputation helps.

That is, do good work (at your job) and for your existing freelance customers and follow up with them. They will tell their friends and so on and so on.

Elementary really.

[Trinitus]

Yes let your work speak for itself, that forces you to set a high standard and keep it.

[disciple]

hmm. word of mouth /quality of work is my mainstay..

not really focussed on private jobs right now, but i take them when they come