These slides are from a solo presentation I delivered at indieconf on November 13, 2010 in Raleigh, North Carolina. I shared the power of online communities and how they can be tapped into to grow your business and your client list.

1. Marketing Yourself as a Freelancer in an Online Community

2. About Me
Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy)
Owner - iFroggy Network (ifroggy.com)
Author - “Managing Online Forums”
(managingonlineforums.com)
Blogger - ManagingCommunities.com
Administrator - phpBBHacks.com,
PhotoshopForums.com, CommunityAdmins.com
and KarateForums.com
Slides: slideshare.net/iFroggy

3. Marketing Yourself as a Freelancer in an Online Community

7. ORGANIZER

8. “No one man should have all that power!”
- Kanye West--
“Power”--

9. The Power of Online Community

10. Source: Forrester Research, Inc., care of Jackie Rousseau-Anderson
(blogs.forrester.com/jackie_rousseau_anderson/10-09-28-latest_global_social_media_trends_may_surprise_you)

11. Source: Forrester Research, Inc. and the book “Empowered” by Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler (forrester.com/empowered)
Estimated 1.64 Billion Influence Posts
in the United States in One Year,
Generating 250 Billion Impressions

12. Source: Forrester Research, Inc. and the book “Empowered” by Josh Bernoff and Ted Schadler (forrester.com/empowered)
Estimated 1.64 Billion Influence Posts
in the United States in One Year,
Generating 250 Billion Impressions

13. Source: PostRelease.com/Synovate

15. Finding the Right Community

16. Becoming a Member of Society

17. Build a Rep

18. “No one ever asked
“What’s the ROI of talking?”
which is what Twitter is.”
- Scott Stratten--
@unmarketing--

19. Return on Investment

20. Questions?

21. Find Me Online
Patrick O’Keefe
Owner - iFroggy Network (ifroggy.com)
Author - “Managing Online Forums”
(managingonlineforums.com)
Blog: ManagingCommunities.com
Twitter: @iFroggy
E-Mail: patrick@ifroggy.com
Slides: slideshare.net/iFroggy