When it comes to the Internet things are always changing, there are many communities online where you can promote your services the problem is that as you are very well aware people instead of hiring directly prefer to do it through an intermediary, and this has given to certain platforms great control over the market and now it is quite difficult to make a name for yourself even if you are good at what you do, as such your only option is to look for those communities in which your message will be well received and do so with all what you can otherwise it will be a challenge to find any job online.