It is possible to build up to a fairly decent level on sites like that but you need to be willing to do ridiculous things for practically nothing at the beginni

It is possible to build up to a fairly decent level on sites like that but you need to be willing to do ridiculous things for practically nothing at the beginning. I started on vWorker of all places in June and did about 7 or 8 soul destroying projects (one was basically a full custom CMS for $15, that I know the agency charged > £3000 for). However, I got my 10/10's and since #8 onwards I haven't had less than $500 per job (each prob 4-5 hours work). I actually totted up my earnings yesterday and it's around $1000/m (I just don't dont have time atm to do many). YMMV, obv. Craigslist sounds good for the US but it's a no-starter where I live so I can't offer anything there. Other than that, hit up people you know, who you've worked with before. You might get lucky. My biggest earnings right now come from somewhere I worked with years ago. I IM'd him out of the blue when I was broke asking if he had spare work. Turns out he'd fired his developer that day and so i had my start! That's obviously not likely to happen often, but it's worth a shot. At the least these people might remember you if something did come up.