Usually this will mean a documentary piece of somekind. Then try to sell it. Put up a web page, find clients. Use e-mail extensively. This would be true of any self-employed person.
Nonlinear systems are ideal for short projects.
Try to find ways to court clients for commercials and PSA work. Nonlinear systems with hardware transitions are ideal for quick and dirty edits. This lends itself well to ENG situations where the final cut needs to be done very quickly after the footage is acquired. See if you can arrange to edit special events for quick broadcast.