There are a handful of jobs you can do if you are a freelance graphic designer. The best think about working as a freelance graphic designer is you can go after target projects that are interesting to you. For instance if you have a degree in graphic design you can design personal identities, brochures, business cards, mailers, package designs, website, ect. For me, I love doing personal identities, they are so fun and they pay pretty good, as well.
A lot of things I commonly see graphic designers failing to target their clients needs. For instance, if you are looking for work creating webpages, what good does it do to create a portfolio that shows your package design pieces. Make the majority of your display pieces website. Also, make sure you put your pieces that meant for your target audience on your home page. You clients are much more liable to see that, rather then if they have to browse through your site.
