Posted on July 06, 2008 by Ashleigh

Search for “Freelance Web Designer” and you’ll be handed roughly 1,250,000 search results to sort through. If you happen to be a freelance web designer looking for a job, you’re not going to find a position or work by searching for the term mentioned above. “Freelance Web Designer” will give you portfolios of freelance web designers and businesses offering freelance web design services – not anything that will benefit a freelance web designer looking for work. To find work, you need to be a little smarter.

1. Search for “Freelance Web Design Jobs” using Google. Whilst it mightn’t be obvious to some, searching for this term using Google brings up very useful results. There will most likely be some portfolios and business websites to sift through, but you’ll find quite a few hidden gems that may result in a web design job. I admit, I have found quite a few jobs by using this method and still use it from time to time.

2. Visit freelancing websites.

www.oDesk.com
www.Guru.com
www.RentACoder.com
www.CraigsList.com
www.ProgrammerMeetDesigner.com
www.FreelanceUK.com

3. Be referable, be friendly, be approachable and be enthusiastic. If you put a link to your portfolio on the sites you design for clients, you’re more likely to be contacted by friends or business partners of that said client with requests for further web work. It also helps if that link points to a great portfolio with examples of what you can do and if you come across as friendly, approachable and enthusiastic in the design and the way you present yourself.