How to promote a personal portfolio?

Question

Distant work

For the sake of interest, I am doing my portfolio, because. I work mainly as a freelancer, I am interested in the way to attract customers through my own website.
I understand that the "chips" most likely will not be revealed, but it's interesting.

Answer 1

The main feature is to fulfill orders well, to receive good reviews.
The details lie in
80% of the order fulfillment experience, technical.
15% in the important experience of finding adequate orders and adequate customers
5% - social skills of communication with the customer.
The numbers are a little off the mark, but if you're looking for secret ingredients, there aren't any.

Answer 2

For 3 years of work, I have not received a single order from freelance exchanges, although I constantly work remotely. The forums are also looking for cheaper ones, so I ruled out my activity there.
Where clients come from:
1. YAN
2. Resume at work.ua (rabota.ua). I have experience in direct sales and psychology, I wrote my resume so that it stood out.
3. Member of offline communities.
4. Video review of a client who posted on his page and who has his own audience.
5. Recommendations from acquaintances (but not clients)
Stopped thinking: "What's the right way?". Now the easiest way is to make 100 calls to the campaign and drop your portfolio or offer. Success ~ action.

Answer 3

Look for opinion leaders, ask for an opinion about the project, ask for recommendations.

Answer 4

Can you approach your question differently? Ultimately, you are not interested in the site, but in customers. The website is just one of the tools. It's good when it's there. For example, I recently began to devote more time to promoting on LinkedIn. In the same FcaeBook you can find clients, the audience there is serious. So don't just focus on the site. Master several channels to attract customers at once.