I rely on word of mouth only. All my latest gigs came from Twitter or from people contacting me directly after seeing a presentation in conferences (like [1] [

I rely on word of mouth only. All my latest gigs came from Twitter or from people contacting me directly after seeing a presentation in conferences (like [1] [2]) or sites I made like hackerbooks [4]. I also get very specialized leads via the open-source project I maintain and which match one of my skills (ETL, activewarehouse [3]). Make sure you learn skills in demand and create small "marketing/learning" projects while you are not billing! [1] http://lanyrd.com/2012/rulu/swxtt/ http://lanyrd.com/2012/rulu/swxtt/ [2] http://lacantine.ubicast.eu/videos/8-mongodb-etl-et-indexation-solr/ http://lacantine.ubicast.eu/videos/8-mongodb-etl-et-indexati... [3] http://www.activewarehouse.info/ http://www.activewarehouse.info/ [4] http://www.hackerbooks.com http://www.hackerbooks.com