Have you gotten a client without any referral or even marketing strategies before?

[Btaliat]

For the fact that marketing and referral play a crucial role in determining how freelancers will get clients, it doesn't mean that freelancers cannot get clients. As a freelancer, you need to know different strategies that you can make use of in order for you to get more clients for yourself. There are different ways by which clients can be gotten. You need to understand all these different ways in order to be a successful freelancer.

 

[SuperAffiliateX]

Yes it is possible one clients without actually getting a referral or doing marketing before. Some of them will be interested in the service you offer and they are going to place the order right away after reading the description. I have couple of them like that who came from freelance search engine.