This is a bit wordy. If you are looking for a freelance gig
or business op then you really should be building a business
front. As a freelancer, you aren't sending out resumes, you
are a business selling a service. Your business is very
similar to hundreds of others, but yet none of the top
providers in your space would even consider using a site like
this as a sales tool. So, you need to figure out what you are
really trying to accomplish here, are you trying to get a job
or are you trying to start a business?
Don't mention on Hacker News that you are running out of
money. Any potential partner or consumer of your services
could be put off by that info. If you are running out of
money, then what happens when your business goes completely
broke while you are working on my project? Does my project
take a back seat? Do you disappear while my project goes
off the Rails? If you fail to deliver a single piece of value
then will you be able to refund any of my money?
Ultimately, this will probably do the trick as a lot of people
out there aren't really picky. However, perception is
important. If you look like a world class provider, then
clients won't blink when you hand then a world class quote. ;)
ETA: I see you do have a link to your company, which is a web development service provider. Why not point people there rather than the location you posted here?
Thanks for commenting! I'm looking for a freelance gig for 6 months, to build up some cash to bootstrap the SaaS application (which will be the business front), so I'll need just 1 good project, not hundreds of clients. It's a different model than that of the top providers in this space.
The money part concerns my SaaS project I'm bootstrapping in 6 months from now, the 'current business' (me paying my rent and food) is in no way in danger (and hasn't been in 15 years).
The model isn't different Most development service providers are probably one man shops just like you and they can only handle one full time client at a time (or multiple part time clients.) Making the sale is basically the same for each client. You aren't selling something which can be mass produced. Just saying, you already have a business presence that you have already put some work into, why not dust that off and put it to work? Once you get that one client you are looking for, then put up the "all booked up" sign until you need to raise more cash.
Thank you for your insights. I thought about this, and try to promote 'me' as a product first (given time constraints) versus the 'web design solutions' all the other freelance shops are doing already. If this doesn't work out I'll probably do both.
> ETA: I see you do have a link to your company, which is a web development service provider. Why not point people there rather than the location you posted here?
Here, 'I' am the product. On the company website, 'web business solutions' is the product. It's a different approach to the same end: me finding people to create nice things for.
Don't mention on Hacker News that you are running out of money. Any potential partner or consumer of your services could be put off by that info. If you are running out of money, then what happens when your business goes completely broke while you are working on my project? Does my project take a back seat? Do you disappear while my project goes off the Rails? If you fail to deliver a single piece of value then will you be able to refund any of my money?
Ultimately, this will probably do the trick as a lot of people out there aren't really picky. However, perception is important. If you look like a world class provider, then clients won't blink when you hand then a world class quote. ;)
ETA: I see you do have a link to your company, which is a web development service provider. Why not point people there rather than the location you posted here?