5 Tips for Freelancers: What You Need to Know to Find and Keep Top Clients

Jason Dookeran
6 min readSep 8, 2022
Most of us get paid peanuts

Finding, keeping, and managing top clients can challenge freelancers. Even with the best clients, you’ll struggle if you don’t know the ins and outs of finding, engaging, and retaining high-paying clients. Unemployable mentions that if you want to get the best clients, you must show them you’re the right person for the job. That’s why I’ve put together five tips that can help you secure more top-tier clients — whether you work as a freelancer or as a client looking to outsource your projects.

Show Your Clients Your Value

It’s more than just about the money

More than likely, you’ve got a few clients paying you to help them with their marketing. They may be looking to hire an SEO expert, or maybe they want someone to write an online review for them. These people have jobs that need to get done and the money to hire you. So show them the value you can bring.

You could earn some extra cash on the side by doing this work or even by getting paid in shares of future profits. Fast Company mentions that some of us who work with startups get paid in equity shares, which could be pretty lucrative in some cases. They’ll see right…

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Jason Dookeran

Freelance author, ghostwriter, and crypto/blockchain enthusiast. I write about personal finance, emerging technology and freelancing