The secret to getting work?

Let people know you want it.  Be referable and ask for referrals.  Talk to people about yourself and your business.  For, as  Alan Clark pointed out when asked how he had the nerve to make so many unwanted advances to young women – “how do you know an advance will be unwanted until you make it?”

Ask and ye shall receive as the good book has it.   Oh, and when you get the work?  Do a good job.