The trick with freelancing of any kind is getting the word out. Tell everyone you know, try to get them to tell everyone they know.
Twitter, facebook, linkedin, dev.to, any other social media you know of. Broadcast your availability.
Networking is important. Make relationships with contacts and maintain them. Go to local software meet ups, conferences, etc., and talk to the people there.
Get used to summing up what you can do in a sentence or two. An "elevator pitch" is useful for getting people interested. If you have to talk for five minutes before they know what you're about they might (probably will) lose interest.
It will take time to find someone who needs your services, maybe you'll talk to 100 people before you find someone to help, maybe more, so don't give up.
An elevator pitch example, from when I was part of a start up:
We have created a phone app for reading lateral flow strips that detect TB. The problem with reading the strips by eye is that inexperienced readers make mistakes, so our app cuts out the need for hours and hours of training.
The trick with freelancing of any kind is getting the word out. Tell everyone you know, try to get them to tell everyone they know.
Twitter, facebook, linkedin, dev.to, any other social media you know of. Broadcast your availability.
Networking is important. Make relationships with contacts and maintain them. Go to local software meet ups, conferences, etc., and talk to the people there.
Get used to summing up what you can do in a sentence or two. An "elevator pitch" is useful for getting people interested. If you have to talk for five minutes before they know what you're about they might (probably will) lose interest.
It will take time to find someone who needs your services, maybe you'll talk to 100 people before you find someone to help, maybe more, so don't give up.
An elevator pitch example, from when I was part of a start up:
Thank you Matt, your answer helped me alot.