Networking Groups

Networks and the Freelancer Market

Whether you are a freelancer, a user of freelancer services or a provider of services or products to freelancers, you are in fact dealing in the market of 'those who are in business for themselves'. This means you are either an 'entrepreneur' or you deal with and provide services to those who are.

Networking for Freelancers

As a freelancer it was your inbuilt entrepreneur tendency that promoted the innovation for the marketing and provision of your services. Some of you will be content with the business enterprise that you have established and others will expand this into a larger business or migrate into bigger and better things. However entrepreneurs do not work in isolation and neither should you. Over 40% of contract renewals come from contacts, being referred by contacts or by being informed by contacts of opportunities coming up. Your contacts will be a combination of freelancers, agents, and end user clients, network groups and publications you read and subscribe too. But people move on, companies change, industries' need for freelancers change, internationalisation is a new dimension etc so you need to keep expanding your network of friends, colleagues and companies. Resolution of technical problems/issues, international working and many more issues are frequently solved by networking solutions.

To ensure the freelancer holy grail of 'keeping in contract' is maintained and also bringing a social aspect to your hectic life when working away from home, we have provided you with the tools to facilitate both the capture and retention of your current network and enable you to build on this year after year.

  • Job Diamond Agency List
  • Job Diamond eNetwork
  • eForum
  • eNews
  • eVoice

Some of you will hate networking, others will love it, but it is essential to your business. Being 'connected' does bring advantages and our online tools, even for those with little time or who do not currently have good 'cold call face to face skills', will get you going. In addition to our tools there are other internet sites that you may find useful and we have listed a few below:-

Networking for Companies

As a successful business you already recognise the power of networking in both the ongoing rollover of current business and finding and landing new business. Within the freelancer market, with the acceleration of new tax legislation, internationalisation, current freelance pools being diluted, new freelance pools being generated and new opportunities being created, you have new problems to overcome:-

  • Finding and winning this new international work
  • Finding available freelancers to service this international work
  • Finding available freelancers for your current work
  • Developing an international infrastructure or local partners to deliver this
  • Understanding international taxation and domicile tax issues
  • Understanding international freelancer issues

Access to information, sharing information, being 'connected' and the status of being informed are all part of your marketing suit. Our company e-Marketing tools provide additional functionality for you to both capture your current network and to enable you to build on this year after year.

  • Job Diamond Advertising
  • Job Diamond eNetwork
  • eForum
  • eNews
  • eVoice
  • eAdvertise

In addition to our tools there are other internet sites you may find useful and we have listed a few below:-

Why Should Networking Interest Me?

For the very simple reason that increasing your opportunity to get more work, market yourself more effectively and keep more of your hard-earned wealth must interest you. If it doesn't, then just maybe you shouldn't be in this marketplace.

Please advise us of other interested or applicable network groups or events through our 'Contract Use' portal.