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Subject:Ind. Contractors - where do you get new clients? From:"Humbird, LenX" <lenx -dot- humbird -at- intel -dot- com> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 20 Mar 2000 12:45:31 -0800
I would like to pose this question just to the independent contractors out
there (i.e., not agency contractors). Where do you find your clients? What
kind of marketing do you do? What do you do to ensure repeat business? If
you work with agencies under a 1099 arrangement, what are your stipulations
for working with them?