[6twenty]

Great article. One thing I'm struggling with as a freelancer is finding clients - I'm based in a small town in New Zealand, so I'm a long way from the opportunities in the UK and USA. How do you track down and approach new clients (who are likely to be happy with your rate)?

I also feel like being in New Zealand hampers my ability to charge a higher rate. I don't know for sure, but I suspect that companies here are used to paying lower rates simply because there's less talent here than overseas.

[svmegatron]

It sounds trite, but have you tried contacting companies in the UK and USA?

If written communication between you and the client is strong, it's often an advantage to the client to have someone working out of sync with them. At the end of their day, they dump some stuff into $ISSUE_TRACKER_OF_CHOICE. When they get back the next morning, it's done.

[6twenty]

No I haven't, but that brings me back to the first question - how do you research which companies to contact?

[miloshadzic]

Try asking the ones you'd like to work with.

[umami]

Get in touch with me, I am interested in talking. Details are on my profile.

[pablasso]

It's harder to do, but you don't even need to be in same city. Build a strong portfolio, for us it's several good projects on Github and jobs will come by themselves.