[_diyu]

The last time I tried to post on /r/forhire, some very vigilant commenters made a point of it to alert everyone else about my past, so they would know not to hire me. The moderators said too bad, it's their right, and really I agree with that judgment. But it means I have no way of getting new clients.

[taytus]

>But it means I have no way of getting new clients.

Dude... we have the most powerful tool invented: Internet.

If you are good, and you say you are and I have no reasons to doubt it, you'll get a job.

I might get downvoted... but that is the truth.

[yasp]

Try canvassing the real world and plugging yourself on reddit without identifying your IRL self in your ad.

[_sdegutis]

That seems very unethical, doesn't it? Hiding information that would make a client definitely not choose you, so that they would choose you?

[yasp]

No, I don't think it is unethical. You'll disclose your identity one on one.

[anothergoogler]

Or do business using the wife's last name, for instance, so a Google search doesn't sink you. I think OP's making a mistake by trying to go into consulting with a hopelessly tarnished "brand."