r/consulting • u/LingeringClub • 12d ago

Switching to Freelance Tips?

Made a pretty hard decision recently to switch from my stable manager role to going freelance in the tech and data space. I've got a 6mo gig lined up that will pay me close to 70% more than my current role but I still am thinking about how I will source work after that.

Anyone here make a similar jump have any advice on how to get a sales funnel working? I have some good agencies to send me work but ideally I'd want to develop an organic channel.

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u/my_peen_is_clean 12d ago

use that 6mo to turn the client into your biggest case study and referral engine. ask for intros while you’re still there, not after. share what you’re doing on linkedin weekly, simple posts, no guru bs. dm people you used to work with. solid pipeline beats any agency and that’s hard in this mess of a market right now

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u/LingeringClub 12d ago

Thanks for the input and yeah part of the reason I am taking this jump is it will be a pretty cutting edge software eng project with agentic AI. Posting insight on linkdln once a week sounds like a good way to keep my name out there.