I want to write about this in another post, but previously I spent a lot of time going to events like barcamps and meetups and even though I wasn't going with the express intention of selling myself, I'm still getting leads and emails today from those meet ups.

There is so much of 'not what you know, who you know' and a lot of work these days that I get is through recommendations, I'd highly recommend taking some time each week to go to local meetups (not so much business related ones) as not only will you find people in a similar situation, you might find you can work with some of them later