How I find $1000+ freelance clients consistently as a programmer

Don’t make the same mistake I did.

I used to spend hours cold-emailing strangers and applying to random low-quality job listings — I thought it was all a numbers game.

But it turned out to be a complete and utter waste of time.

The truth is there are only 5 major strategies that work — and they are NOT easy (sorry).

If you use them blindly like 95% of people do: you will fail.

Or you get flaky, low-quality clients — if you’re lucky.

1. Build your 1st party network like this

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Most ways of networking are just a waste of time for freelancing.

Either they don’t work or it’s not worth it.

I don’t follow the tired clichéd advice of attending network events and meetups.

You will achieve much faster results online.

2 major ways I use:

1. Internal network building

My primary strategy.