People will only pay you when they realise that you can add value and more so they are not paying you as a person, they are only paying for the value they are receiving which comes to what Op is trying to say here. You never said anything about the skills you possess neither do you make mention of the special deliverable you can meet but signature space which everyone on the forum by default has his or her own without having to do anything or pay for it. If you want someone to start taking you serious, that's the area you need to start developing.