Friends, neighbors, word of mouth, references from current clients, church members.

Join the chamber of commerce, rotary, any other organizations you can think of. Go to any and all computer user groups.

Don't forget the typical stuff.. ads in the yellow pages, etc.


>At this point in my career, I'm ready to market my consulting services (mainly VFP, but VB and Linux services are available) to a wider audience. The problem is that I'm not at all a marketing person (nevermind how verbose my posts here can get!), and I have no idea what really works. I have a domain name and storage on my server for a web site, which a friend of mine is working on (www.ravenslakeconsulting.com, if you want to see the evolution). But I've been told that I need a more proactive approach than that.
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>So, neverminding cold calls (ick!), what's worked for any of you as independent consultants?