The best way to find freelance work is to not use websites. My best clients have come from: 1) renting/sharing an office or coworking space with other freelanc

The best way to find freelance work is to not use websites. My best clients have come from: 1) renting/sharing an office or coworking space with other freelancers. Spent a few thousand on this one year even though I could have just worked at home, but it resulted in connections to some great people and good projects. Has paid for itself many times over. 2) having drinks with new people. Just going to a lot of meet ups, being social, putting yourself out there and letting people know what you do over and over again. Lots of times nothing happens or something falls through, but sometimes you end up in the right place at the right time. 3) talking to former clients or coworkers from a previous job and letting them know I am available for freelance work. 4) referrals from clients gained from 1, 2, and 3 Others I have seen be successful just focus hard on a particular open source project. I've seen a group of guys go from not knowing PHP to focusing on Drupal, contributing source code, becoming recognized experts, then speaking at conferences and getting huge clients in only a few years.