Like all the businesses in world, Freelancing also requires a lot of dedication, guts and grit to become successful. If you are intending to adopt freelancing as professional career then there certain things you must do in order to become prominent in this business and first step in these things is to market yourself. This will lead traffic to your account resulting in more buyers and more money.

Marketing is considered as a complicated task and requires a lot of resources and attention. Therefore in order to help you cut your costs in marketing of your portfolio I will explain some economical techniques which you can utilize to reach out to customers.

1. Create your website

It might sound little absurd but this what majority of freelancers who have adopted freelancing as their professional career are doing. The reason is the creation of website of any business gives credibility to that business if a business does not have website then their perception in mind of customers gets unfavorable Apart from this it is one of the affordable way to market your business. But remember you should upload your best work to your website. Moreover, keep updating your website time to time to show the customers that you are an active freelancer.

1. Send emails

 Draft the emails about the services you are offering. First of all gather the email addresses of the potential buyers then start sending around 50 to 60 emails daily. No doubt it will take time but it is one of the most cost effective techniques to market yourself. At the end it help you to increase your customers.

1. Word of mouth advertising

Importance of word of mouth cannot be undermined in any type of business. Similarly, almost all of the successful freelancers when share their success story emphasize on importance of word of mouth. In order to implement this method for yourself inform your friends and family about your business and ask them to spread the word because when individuals around you have knowledge about what you do, they can assist you in your business by passing word around. All things considered, people usually trust suggested by their peers.

1. Request for references

Start requesting for references from the first client you land on freelancing business. If your previous customers find your work to be satisfactory then ask them to refer you to others. If you are able to persuade your customers to refer you because of your work then you will be able to increase your customers.

1. Increase your online presence

Every business is utilizing social media for their promotion because it is one of the most effective tool of marketing. Make social media account of your business on any of the famous social media websites such as Facebook, Instagram and market yourself befittingly. Upload your work on Instagram if you are a designer as Instagram is famous for pictures. Write about yourself and your work on various blogs and Facebook posts. Whenever you achieve something big in freelancing update about it in order to attract the potential customers.

Being a freelancer is not especially in early days of your career and with limited resources is difficult to use deep marketing strategies but by adopting the right kind of available strategies to market yourself you can grab attention of customers and build your reputation in freelancing sector.