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I'm a freelancer.. I develop stuff that interests me, facebook applications and integration. I love it because a lot of the time my friends get to see what i wo

by maxer 16y ago

I'm a freelancer.. I develop stuff that interests me, facebook applications and integration. I love it because a lot of the time my friends get to see what i work on instead of me just doing some backend coding that they wouldnt know anything about, i can normally go.. "yes, that is my work" Most of my business comes from agencies who outsource such skills, maybe design agencies who don't have coding skills or facebook expertise. But I do gather work from the odd startup. How I landed into contracting? I downloaded wordpress, setup a trivial website and optimised the site for adwords. Adwords has been my biggest source of work from the start but its only a starting point. I have built up relationships with guys who will pass me work over and over. I use twitter and facebook to connect with the agencies to constantly update changes within facebook and the new work that I do. Most of the agencies that I work with have multiple clients from different sectors and what works for one of my clients may work for a client of theirs completely different to whom they originally contacted me about.

DanHulton 16y ago
I don't suppose you can be more specific in terms of "optimized the site for adwords?" Like, you mean SEO for contracting terms and such?
- maxer 16y ago
  Optimised to convert.. would be a better way to put it. people waste lots of money on adwords by not having appropriate calls to action, or simple things like adding a number you can call, will also improve conversion rates
  - chc 16y ago
    I think the question (or at least the question in my mind) was more along the lines of how you were using AdWords. Like, the way it's described, it sounds like this: 1. Set up a WordPress site consisting of a more long-winded version of "I'm awesome! Hire me!" 2. Buy a few AdWords listings for terms along the lines of "Awesome web developer in Tallahassee," linking to said WordPress site 3. People from agencies click on the AdWords links and hire you Is that right? It sounds like I must be missing something somewhere, because I've never heard of legit agencies hiring through AdWords.

by maxer 16y ago

DanHulton 16y ago

I don't suppose you can be more specific in terms of "optimized the site for adwords?" Like, you mean SEO for contracting terms and such?

maxer 16y ago
Optimised to convert.. would be a better way to put it. people waste lots of money on adwords by not having appropriate calls to action, or simple things like adding a number you can call, will also improve conversion rates
- chc 16y ago
  I think the question (or at least the question in my mind) was more along the lines of how you were using AdWords. Like, the way it's described, it sounds like this: 1. Set up a WordPress site consisting of a more long-winded version of "I'm awesome! Hire me!" 2. Buy a few AdWords listings for terms along the lines of "Awesome web developer in Tallahassee," linking to said WordPress site 3. People from agencies click on the AdWords links and hire you Is that right? It sounds like I must be missing something somewhere, because I've never heard of legit agencies hiring through AdWords.