How to get projects?

I noticed many freelancers from India work for freelancer.com

there are a lot of projects posted on freelance websites like elance, odesk but if you are based in the UK and expect to be paid UK standard salary, it will be very difficult for you to compete with cheaper programmers from other countries like india, ukraine etc.

the best method may be to do a lot of SEO for your own website so potential clients can find you via google.

try listing your company on business platforms like thomson local, yell, lacartes and then get people to write reviews about your company

try finding niche business directories specialised in the IT, web development sector or the local area and add your business there. try posting your information on local business bureaus like the local council's website.

you can also try email marketing, offering companies that already have their own websites to either upgrade/revamp or build apps for them. a lot of businesses' own websites are shockingly 1998.

If you focus on freelancer company that good for you because when you start any type of business then you don't have feedback that show your skilled.
create your Elance profile this is best company is the world thousand client come here and post their project here you can bid of course get project if you work in this company one years maintain your feedback that for you and your company.

Well, geekfreelancers collects projects from elance and other places so this way if you are looking for a place to get lucrative project it seems a right place being a Uk based company. Yes you are right, Indian etc work for freelancer projects there I have seen that too...

Seo is better technique for marketing if you want to get project then you should optimize your keyword then you get project from search engine if you use other way that is not good for you.
In the world mostly people focus this stretedgy and get project here what is your option about seo.

You have to show your skills to the client to get more projects.