My best freelancing success has always come from former colleagues and managers already familiar with my quality of work. I'm not sure what your professional e

My best freelancing success has always come from former colleagues and managers already familiar with my quality of work. I'm not sure what your professional experience is, but if you have an existing network to leverage it will make your ability to secure projects a lot easier. I've also found that as a general rule of thumb, you can usually charge your former hourly salary +50% (and sometimes more) and nobody will bat an eye. If they do, you might want to reconsider them as a client.