How to ACTUALLY Get Freelance Work: What I learned after 3 months of beating my head against a wall

Back in January, I started Freelancing to make some additional income while working a job, with the chance of growing the service into an agency. It's been really good practice for building a business, learning about all the processes and systems that make up one and maintaining it well.
A few months later, I'm bringing on my first intern to take off some of the workload.

Granted, it wasn't always like this.
As the title suggests, I metaphorically beat my head against a wall trying to get...

How to ACTUALLY Get Freelance Work: What I learned after 3 months of beating my head against a wall

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