{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"<iframe src=\"https://www.loom.com/embed/e87fff5884f1472db5a95f55e9fd4fbc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"1152\" height=\"864\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>","height":864,"width":1152,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":864,"thumbnail_width":1152,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/e87fff5884f1472db5a95f55e9fd4fbc-1656091160036.gif","duration":176,"title":"How to Get Freelance Work","description":"Welcome to Pangea Academy. Once you know what services you want to offer and at what rate, it's time to focus on actually getting freelance work. \n\nAs a freelancer, you will acquire most of your work through two main methods, outbound and inbound. Outbound methods require you to reach out to potential clients to bring them into your services. Inbound methods, on the other hand, are clients organically coming to you. \n\nAs a beginner freelancer, you'll want to prioritize outbound methods more. A few examples of outbound methods include leveraging your network, submitting proposals, and cold pitching. \n\nLeveraging your network involves you reaching out to people you know and telling them about your services. While this can feel a little bit awkward. You never know what friend of a friend might need something that you're offering, so you should always start with leveraging your network.\n\nNext is submitting proposals on Pangea. Make yourself a proposal template and submit it for multiple roles.\n\nAnd last, cold pitch. Cold pitching involves you reaching out to your ideal client and pitching your services. That might make you a little bit nervous, so you might want to start by submitting proposals on Pangea if you are a beginner freelancer.\n\nAgain, inbound methods are a more organic approach. So, you aren't going to see as much of a return if you pursue just inbound methods, but it's still important to understand what they are.\n\nFor example, you could build a website. If you create a search engine optimized website and wait for traffic to come to you, you could find that your ideal client comes to you, but it could take a lot longer for that to happen.\n\nAnother idea is to create content you know your ideal client needs. So for example, if you wanted to work with hairstylists, you could create a blog on your website about ways that hairstylists can use social media to 10x their clients.\nYou might find that hairstylists end up finding your blog post and then end up on your website, see your services, and decide to book you. Again, though, this isn't going to be something that has a really quick return. So, you should focus your energy on outbound methods.\n\nSo what is the best method for getting freelance work? There is no single best method. However, you should start with outbound methods, then pursue whichever method works best for you.\n\nSo, for example, if you find that you're just landing clients left and right by submitting proposals on Pangea, keep submitting proposals on Pangea.\n\nSo to recap, you can acquire freelance clients through both outbound and inbound methods. However, outbound methods will be most effective in the beginning of your freelance journey. Start by leveraging your network, submitting proposals on Pangea, and cold pitching to your ideal clients."}