Focus and Impress

ByMartin Rhodes

Sharpen Your Freelance Coding Portfolio:

As a freelance coder, your portfolio is your career spotlight.

Make it focused on the work you want to do. So you’re the clear expert in the field to your customers.

To do this you should:

  1. Choose Quality Over Quantity: Curate your top projects that align with your niche or the specific markets you’re targeting. Show that you’re an expert in the field rather than a jack-of-all-trades.
  2. Tell a Story: For each project, succinctly describe the challenge, your solution, and the impact.
    This narrative strategy demonstrates your thought process and problem-solving skills.
  3. Show Real-World Examples
    Provide links to live sites or applications you’ve built. Seeing is believing for prospective clients.
  4. Update Regularly: Keep your portfolio current with emerging technologies and trends to show that you’re ahead of the curve.

A targeted portfolio cuts through the noise, attracting the right clients and projects your way.

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