I find myself bumping into a wall a lot with my bids. I am currently using Rentacoder.com to find work, and the more I post my bids there, the more I realize that getting off the starting block is difficult.
Most of the project requestors want to see examples of your work, and a lot of those want to see 3-5 actual websites coded and in production. It's the catch 22 of freelancing. To build a portfolio you need to bid on projects and produce websites, but to win projects you need completed work to show as an example.
I found a website yesterday that addresses this issue at a rudimentary level. You can find it here.
The advice here is mostly information I either figured out myself or had read in other places but have not acted on entirely yet. I've been working on my own site for a few weeks now, but I haven't gotten very far with it as I keep changing the design. I guess I'm too picky. I've finally settled on a design and completed the template, now I just need to put some content together and get the domain name registered and choose a host.
After I get that setup, I think I'll work on an example site, something that will showcase my abilities to potential clients.
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