How to find clients for a small regional studio in 2017?

Question

Marketing

Colleagues, good day to all!
Brief background: I live in the region, for the last couple of years I have been working as a developer and improving Bitrix24 (mainly Business Processes and improvements in PHP and JS). There is a desire to go on "free bread", open your own "studio" and start working with customers directly, but a very meager flow of clients does not yet allow you to quit your main job.
Question: Can you recommend an effective customer acquisition strategy for a small regional studio/integrator? So far, apart from landing and advertising in Yandex Direct, nothing comes to mind. I tried Avito, but from one ad I received only a couple of leads for the entire placement period.

Answer 1

Perhaps this is a headache for any owner of a studio or agency in the region)
I advise you to start following this gentleman - https://habrahabr.ru/users/zarutskiy_k/ , he writes very suitable things for a start-up business in this environment without stereotypes like cold calls, etc. d.

Answer 2

Freelance exchanges, including foreign ones, partner firms that work with Bitrix24 and can give you clients

Answer 3

Visit thematic forums with your stand or business cards) Contextual advertising, advertising on the portals of your region. Freelance exchanges, better overseas or search for clients in major cities.

Answer 4

Advertising in search engines
Advertising on the best portals of the region
Search for customers due to the price abroad and in megacities

Answer 5

Social networks with good content (coolly solved cases in the first place) + targeting by your region and members of thematic communities.