I have never used LinkedIn for finding freelance work. Canceled my account several years ago. I don't know any other freelancers using LinkedIn either. I don't doubt that some people use it, or try to.
Word of mouth and referrals work best. Even cold-calling has worked fairly good for me -- not to businesses but to IT consultancies and web design/development agencies that already have customers. I have found gigs through some competent recruiters I trust.
For the last decade I have worked through an agency that does the marketing and sales, along with the legal and accounting stuff. They represent me so I can focus on billable time.
A few years ago I got a freelance gig through my agency, and the customer had heard about me and the agency from another customer I had done work for. We had a phone call to introduce each other, during which the customer asked me for my "socials." When I told him I don't use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. (and if I did wouldn't use them in a professional context), he said "How do you get customers?" I had to laugh, I asked him how he had heard about me.
I have never used LinkedIn for finding freelance work. Canceled my account several years ago. I don't know any other freelancers using LinkedIn either. I don't doubt that some people use it, or try to.
Word of mouth and referrals work best. Even cold-calling has worked fairly good for me -- not to businesses but to IT consultancies and web design/development agencies that already have customers. I have found gigs through some competent recruiters I trust.
For the last decade I have worked through an agency that does the marketing and sales, along with the legal and accounting stuff. They represent me so I can focus on billable time.
A few years ago I got a freelance gig through my agency, and the customer had heard about me and the agency from another customer I had done work for. We had a phone call to introduce each other, during which the customer asked me for my "socials." When I told him I don't use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. (and if I did wouldn't use them in a professional context), he said "How do you get customers?" I had to laugh, I asked him how he had heard about me.