Fort the freelancers out there, how did you become an Seo freelancer?

[cssphan]

I was working in-house as an SEO for a personal injury law firm. Another lawyer there had quit, and reached out to me about doing some work for him.

They had made me sign a non-compete contract like days earlier, so I convinced a friend of mine in marketing to take the contract and I would whitelabel the work.

Within say 6 months I had picked up a few more contracts, and the friend had as well. We made plans to start a small agency and I ended up quitting a few week later.

We split ways as business partners a couple of years later (I sold my half to him – he was a sociopath) and I started another agency I have successfully been running for the past 5 years.

It’s almost like I’ve done it twice!

The second time around it took me maybe twice as long to build up a similar book of business (he was more of a sales type) so maybe about a year to get to the point where I was pretty comfortable financially.

[doltron3030]

Professional connections/past clients. Really helps to know other freelance web developers or digital marketers.

[lensupthere]

I turned down a position with Google back when they were less than 200 employees.

Remained close with them (they used to have gatherings for partners) and learned about SEO. I was employed full time at a large consumer software company (was larger than Google at the time). Because of my position, I also was close to Excite@Home, AOL, Yahoo and Microsoft’s emerging efforts. (remember when Yahoo was using Google to provide search results?)

I also code front and back end (hobby) and applied that knowledge.

Because of this, I’ve kept up on SEO. Until the 2010’s , I only applied my skills as freelance to friends and family. Then I went on to an agency where I managed a top ten brokerage firm’s seo, Hard Rock Vegas, and many other large to individual sites SEO/PPC.

Now I’m out of it, doing other interests, freelancing SEO for fun to assist friends and family again.

[azfarseowriter]

I was just a freelance writer. But, when I started to work with a guy who is a great SEO expert, I learned tactics that made me an SEO writer. So, that’s how I became a freelance SEO writer 🙂

[Doongbuggy]

Network network network. Im at 3 clients in addition to full time work in digital due to my networking. If people just know you do it then they will reach out ive done no sales people find me

[Solopreneurwrites]

I started with writing content and designing websites, and then added SEO to it after learning. I was already a freelance writer so already solo. One thing that helps is networking. If you know other SEOs entrepreneurs, or people in related field, that would help. Also, try freelance marketplaces – though many people kick against places like Upwork due to low paying jobs, they may be good for building your portfolio at the start.