If it's any consolation, I live in a tiny town in the US and have rarely met my clients in person. Many of them have no idea where I work from or that I occasionally wear pajama pants on video calls, because my webcam is from the waist up.
This is awesome. I feel like it's more of the exception than the rule though. Just out of curiosity, I assume you primarily work off of referrals now, but how did you get your first few clients? Or I guess a better way of asking is how did you get enough clients to where you had enough referrals coming in?
1. Premium job boards. AuthenticJobs used to carry much more freelance work, but basically I'd find places where people had paid to post a job, and I'd do my darndest to impress them with my opening email.
2. My professional network. A couple of old contacts referred me to excellent agencies. Those connections still pay dividends today.
Hope that helps. These comments are giving me ideas for "Everything I know, part 2".
Of course, if I happen to like the client personally, that's another story. But those visits are off the clock.
Thanks for the good article in any case, and best of luck!