[RileyJames]

Where are you based? You mentioned you do not want to work in-house and become a de-facto employee, but are you in a position to do a face to face to kick off a relationship?

I run a startup called Dragonfly (http://dragonflylist.com) and we've found that creative and digital agencies are always looking to take on freelancers (at well above $50 per hour). The only barrier with remote work is trust, which is why most jobs on Dragonfly start with a face to face, meet and greet, and then become remote. Bigger clients, like agencies, just want to know they can depend on the freelancer. The risk for them is that the project isn't delivered and their client leaves (which could be 100k or even a million dollar loss, the development side is not necessarily the biggest part of the brief)

Keen to hear more about your story, this is exactly the problem we're aiming to solve. Email me: [e-mail]