How do I find second client?

I have finished the first client work after 1.5 years.
It was mainly seo for their website, marketing and web development.

I was so busy with the work that I didn’t even think about finding more clients and now the contract ended.

How would you find a client again if have not much experience in finding?
First client I found while travelling somewhere and met the CEO by sheer luck so not sure how to replicate it.

There has to be some kind of process for that. Right ?

P.S I increased the traffic of my client website by 18x and they are happy to refer me or vouch for me. Where shall I use that referral actively?

18x traffic growth is pretty solid, man. start by reaching out to businasses similar to your first client and showing them what you achieved. Also do not undarestimate referrals from your first client. That could be your easiest way to land the next one.

Pax Digital said:

18x traffic growth is pretty solid, man. start by reaching out to businasses similar to your first client and showing them what you achieved. Also do not undarestimate referrals from your first client. That could be your easiest way to land the next one.

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Thanks mate. Yeah 18x seems big but then I started my client traffic was only around 2k visitors monthly.

I think I made the mistake of not building contacts while working and just focusing on just the work.

Should I ask the client to find referrals actively or just tell me if anyone asks?

About your suggestion of reaching out to businesses I assume you mean sending cold emails, right?
Now what am afraid of is just coming off as a scammer as I remember my client used to get these seo mails almost daily and they kept blocking anyone without even reading the mail

So how do I solve that issue?

Pax Digital said:

18x traffic growth is pretty solid, man. start by reaching out to businasses similar to your first client and showing them what you achieved. Also do not undarestimate referrals from your first client. That could be your easiest way to land the next one.

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An 18x growth is an excellent example of what your potential customers can expect, particularly when you have data to support the claim. The first customer should be able to provide a referral as well.

barin.bennett said:

An 18x growth is an excellent example of what your potential customers can expect, particularly when you have data to support the claim. The first customer should be able to provide a referral as well.

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Thanks! Any tips for outreach without sounding spammy where businesses block all such seo mails?