How to use Reddit to Find Freelance Work

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August 9, 2016, 2:23 pm

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How to use Reddit to Find Freelance Work

Using Reddit for Finding Freelance Work

Did you know you can use Reddit to find work as a freelancer?

I'll share this little gem with you which is something I've recently started doing myself.

Just go to Reddit and search for freelance! Visit those Subreddits that are about it and you'll find people posting there jobs they need doing. You can leave a comment on them and tell them you're available for hire and leave your email or website or social profile for them to hire you. Try not to post affiliate links! You may get ghosted!

Most Reddit users are very against any kind of self-promotion. Not so much on Subreddits about freelancing as that's how they work but in general so try to go about it in a way that doesn't look spammy and post only meaningful/valuable comments.

But you can be really clever here and if you're first on the ball and the person needs it fast and you make a good comment you can get hired fast and will have a better chance of getting hired too. Sort of like when you are the first person to bid on someone's WTB here on #SEOClerks.

Two recommended Reddit Subreddits for Freelancers to find work on are /r/freelance/ (33,929 subs) and /r/freelance_forhire/ (4,524 subs). But if you also search around you can find other Subreddits in YOUR niche with many subs/readers in them.

So just search on Reddit for the skills you have. Sort by new posts and browse through any that are of people looking for what you do or even ways in which you can plug yourself without it looking like an actual plug!

And through continued use and perseverance you should be able to snag a few more clients to hire you and get work with.

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ppscslv

Thanks for sharing! Trying it now...

10 years ago

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TommyCarey

Oh shit

How to use Reddit to Find Freelance Work

I never thought about using reddit to find new clients or work

I may just have to check this out.

Do you know if it's just people posting freelance jobs they need done? Or can I go on there and talk about what I offer? And I'm not talking about posting on the freelancer posts.

I know self promotion is a big NO NO on reddit, but I wonder if there is a way around it using something like this hmmmm

I did look into how I could get an ad on reddit and it was annoyingly expensive, at least when I was checking it a while back. I wonder if they changed their system to get more advertisers in there. But posting on the sub reddits for freelancers is basically free advertising if you do it right. You can always post your links to social profiles, websites, portfolios, etc. like you said above

Brb, I have to go see this for myself lol.

10 years ago

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idealmike

Yeah, well it will have both types of people using both those that are freelancers like us in some way and those looking for something in some way. Mostly in those freelance subreddits there are people looking for things so you'll post about what they need and that and then you can leave a comment on it telling them you can do it. That's allowed and okay and to provide a link to your site or social profile or something. You could get away with dropping your SC profile link like but put something valuable that will help them and you'll get away with it.

10 years ago

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Lynne

I am scared of posting on Reddit. I got crucified once for self promotion., Those Redditers can be just plain nasty!

I don't ever post any of my own things anywhere. I have an account on Reddit and sometimes I go online and have a look around or get involved in the odd discussion.

I just pay someone here to post my links ot Reddit. It is cheaper, safer and easier for me.

That said I can certainly see how if you are a freelancer it might be a good idea to spend some time getting involved and following your tips.

10 years ago

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chetaseo

wow, i never thought of these tips that you provided, i never knew that you can source for buyers in such a manner. i thought reddit is where you just come, create an account, create a subreddit and post your link with some description there and leave since you already have a backlink from it. but now, i will definitely follow your tips and see the outcome and come back to report here. Thanks once again for this.

10 years ago

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vinaya

I was once on Reddit, since I did not benefit anything, I deleted my account. You need to be very active to make most from reddit, if you cannot give time, you will benefit nothing. In the recent time, I am thinking to go back to reddit again. I never thought I could find freelancing opportunities on Reddit. Thanks for the tips.

8 years ago

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Corzhens

I didn’t know that there are tricks to find jobs for a freelancer and this is the first time I have learned about Reddit with that feature. All I know about Reddit is in its being a bookmark where you can post your link like a directory. Anyway this discussion is another good information for new freelancers like me and I’m sure that Reddit will get more users because of this trick.

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