A month or two ago some friends and I got together and formed a software consultancy. We have a few clients, but we would like to be able to take on more, but outside of lucking out and meeting the right people, what else can we do?
What kind of consultancy are you building?<p>One easy route is to write blog posts! People who share their knowledge and then provide a CTA for their consulting services often stand out.<p>If you’re focused on a specific stack then doing research on the dependents of open source projects can also be a great way to find leads. The most successful have a distinguished product or service if you’re doing outreach (eg performance, security, database optimization etc).<p>Full disclosure I’m building Gitwallet.co which is a platform for open source software consulting businesses.