How To Get Ignored, Lesson 1

Ask people to spoon-feed you. For free.

"I'm a newbie, how do I do this?"
"I'm new, can you teach me to do this?"
"I'm just starting, will you do this for me?"

Do your research. EVERY QUESTION you ask has already been asked, answered, reconsidered, argued, debated, asked again, answered again, turned into multiple blog posts, shared, tweeted, asked again, answered again, buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.

Freelancers can't afford to be lazy. Do the work.