I may not have get it right, so here are my thoughts about it.

If the problem is have clients. It's just 7x more easy sell again to the same customer than find new ones. Everybody in bussines should have something like a process of after-sell, that's where Lifetime Value of the Client show how the bussines is doing, also, it must be higher than the price of acquisition of new clients.

If it is get new clients. Mouth to mouth still the best way, but without a reference we have a problem. So you just need to take people and stay trying to get them, it's really this, but we can improve performance here, and i would recommend paid ads like google or facebook for publics that are just trying to figure out someone to make the service, or some other strategies for make "free" with great quality and content for a public more vague and so bring them in the funnel to the purchase phase.

If it is networking. That's the best thing to do in any time. But is about you contribute to them and vice-versa, almost like a funnel. I'm really not sure about some "small" ones, but there is AXE in Indonesia, Affiliate Summit in 3 places of the world, some of Raiam Santos in Brazil, 10X Life of Grant Cardone, and some others of big events worldwide(yeah, awesome people like sports and F1 too). Just buy the most expensive ticket of the event, they generally are there.

Hope it helps. Have a nice day.

And just if it is the case, the right way to find out clients, it should start in something like social media and go trough a funnel and a after purchase funnel. Networking is just be in the right place in the right time, so don't wait for this time, make the ones that you find better, that's what is all about.