Just Do It! Pound the pavement now for paying gigs! Freelancing is a relationship business. Find your target market and start wining and dining them. Attend

Just Do It! Pound the pavement now for paying gigs! Freelancing is a relationship business. Find your target market and start wining and dining them. Attend their events, speak at their events, write articles with solutions to their problems, meet them, befriend them. 2-3 months is about as long as it takes for the first gig to happen. As you continue the above process, you'll continue to have customers. Ppl do business with those they know, like, and trust. Deliver on time and within agreed upon terms. Be responsive to your customers, return calls and emails on the same day. Start at a lower hourly rate at first, to get your first paying customer, raise rates for new ones if you can afford to lose the work. Most importantly, do not waste time creating an ideal portfolio. Number one, find these potential clients. Get those clients signed up, get that money coming in.