[mandytolliver]

OK, getting a referral is good.

The link to my personal site has the role of a resume -- it is to show that I'm not sure random person off the street, I am someone who may well be worth recruiting.

The idea is that the contact will see that a serious, experienced, front-end designer/developer just made contact and may well want to pitch their company to me.

I'm not looking for them to slag off their company, of course.

I am fine being pitched to, but I'd prefer that a fellow developer does this.