One of the blogs I follow almost daily is Lori Widmer's Words on the Page, mainly because she tells such a truthful, revealing, realistic story about the freelance writing life.
When Lori started writing about getting new freelance writing clients from attending conferences, I was curious. I asked her to break down her methods for me (ok, for my freelance writing friends here, too!) and the result was this wonderful article on Getting Freelance Writing Clients via Conferences. Definitely a must read, especially when it comes to marketing your services. This kind of proactive marketing is what can take your career to that next level in 2012! Enjoy.
And, I want to add a special thanks to Lori. I was a member of the About Writing Squared 5 Buck Forum and I found it to be an interesting, helpful group of writers. Definitely the kind of people you want to surround yourself with if you're going to make a GO of this career.