Where can I take orders, except for exchanges?

Question

Freelance

Hello toasters.
Recently, once again, when communicating with the customer, I got insanely burned. I was finally convinced that you should not hope to find adequate customers on freelance exchanges.
That's when I got a question. What other ways are there to attract customers? Not on the stock exchange. There was an idea to pour traffic through VK or Yandex.Direct to the portfolio site, correctly setting up advertising. Is it possible to hope that this will bring orders or what other methods are there?

Answer 1

Word of mouth is the most effective way to get the most adequate customers.
Everything is fine there.
Like everywhere else, there are normal people and bad guys.
Rather, it's up to you.

Answer 2

I would advise you to find a manager and put him on % of orders. At one time, I did just that, we have been working for 5 years without any problems. He solves all the headache with the customer for me.

Answer 3

And why do you think that dolbonats are not found through other sources?

Answer 4

Word of mouth works well in your field. VK you can try, but I doubt that it will be much use.

Answer 5

Social networks
Forums
Thematic sites like bihans devinart
Advertising
Bulletin boards

Answer 6

Personally, speaking as a customer, I first look among my friends, then on the stock exchange, sometimes on specialized forums, and rarely look at advertising. It happens in social networks, but there I often came across deceivers.

Answer 7

best through friends