How to find clients as a small Web Dev Agency without network?

There are no hacks for clients. The client-consultant relationship is -- well it is a relationship. Good clients have ongoing relationships with consultants. Those consultants are actively working to maintain that relationship because -- well they are good clients.

To put it another way, it is a mistake to assume the market is inefficient and there is a trove of good clients who cannot find consultants. There might be, but that would just be dumb luck.

Without clients you don't have a business. Finding clients is hard work. Harder than doing what they want.

Looking for hacks is easier than finding clients. That's why it is attractive. It's also why it is not work. There's not some step before finding clients. Looking for hacks is turning a Y problem into an XY problem.

The problem is no network. The way to build an network is to build a network. The way to find to find local clients is to find local clients. If those are activities you are avoiding, my best advice is to find something else to do. There's nothing wrong with that. Everyone isn't cut out for the work that is involved.

Finding clients is both necessary and sufficient for having a consultancy. If you can do that, you can hire technical talent to execute.

Good luck.

How big of a company is it? If it's just you and your friend / brother / partner, try to use the network you already have: family, friends, colleagues and so on. This isn't a joke, every time I go back to my hometown, someone has to ask me to build a website or app for them. You'll be paid pennies at first probably, but you build a network and the word spreads out.

If you're bigger than that just hire sales people. That's how it works anyway.

And the 3rd way of proving your worth is doing open source work. I've seen plenty of companies start like that.

Jason Swenk has a decent podcast where he frequently discusses client development and lead generation for Digital Agencies > https://jasonswenk.com/3-tips-generate-leads/

You litterly have to knock on the doors,as others already mentioned. For most people just the thought of doing so makes them want to quit. Also, it needs to be an iterative process: knock on the door,learn some mistakes, improve,do more knocking. Eventually, you start getting better at it, start seeing where it's better to walk away immediately, because of all the red flags,etc. This is the stuff very few are willing to do. The rest will try Upwork/Fiverr/insert_new-_platform_name.

I would have said Upwork a few years back but now I think the market is very competetive there.