DreamClients Podcast - Find Better Clients

Welcome to the dreamclients podcast, where we give freelance software developers the tools to find better clients.

I'm your host, Aaron Cruz, a freelance Elixir developer with over a decade of freelancing experience.

In this episode I chat with Markus Kirchmaier, a recruiter / seller at https://lean-hive.at about:

- Recruiting from the recruiter's side
- building relationships
- what recruiters look for
- how their business works

If you want to see more about the podcast or sign up for the freelancing weekly newsletter, visit the site at podcast.dreamclients.io.

To find Markus and see what he's up to, you can visit Lean Hive at https://lean-hive.at.

Welcome to the dreamclients podcast, where we give freelance software developers the tools to find better clients.

I'm your host, Aaron Cruz, a freelance Elixir developer with over a decade of freelancing experience.

In this episode I talk with Christoph Rumpel about:

- Creating courses and videos
- his setup
- workflow
- how his content machine works

If you want to see more about the podcast or sign up for the freelancing weekly newsletter, visit the site at https://podcast.dreamclients.io.

About Christoph

Christoph Rumpel is a web developer from Vienna. For the last eight years, he has been working as a backend developer using PHP and Laravel daily.

Since 2018 Christoph is operating on his own as a freelancer, consultant, and teacher. Next, to his first ebook about building chatbots in PHP, he is also the author of the video courses Laravel Core Adventures, Mastering PhpStorm, and PEST Driven Laravel.

Christoph loves coding, teaching, surfing, bouldering, and his Nintendo Switch.

Where to find Christoph

[Twitter](https://twitter.com/christophrumpel)

[TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@christophrumpel.com)

[His Blog](https://christoph-rumpel.com)

[His Learning Platform](https://learn.christoph-rumpel.com)

[Mastering PhpStorm Video Course](https://masteringphpstorm.com)

[PEST Driven Laravel Video Course](https://pestdrivenlaravel.com)

Welcome to the dreamclients podcast, where we give freelance software developers the tools to find better clients.

I'm your host, Aaron Cruz, a freelance Elixir developer with over a decade of freelancing experience.

In this episode I talk with Alessandro Mulloni about:

- specializing in a technology

- the importance of your network
 

If you want to see more about the podcast or sign up for the freelancing weekly newsletter, visit the site at podcast.dreamclients.io.

For more about Alessandro, you can visit his website at https://likemagic.dev

In this episode I chat with Lars Wikman about the mixed freelancing, agency, recruiting business he is running.

We talk about how he runs a small agency with a very small number of trusted subcontractors.

We also get into how he does bespoke recruiting for Elixir developers and our views on recruiting in general.

If you want to see more about the podcast or sign up for the freelancing weekly newsletter, visit the site at https://podcast.dreamclients.io.

Here's where you can find more Lars:

• @[email protected]
• His awesome blog https://underjord.io/
• Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@underjord

In this episode I interviewed Ramón Huidobro about his experience giving remote conference talks and about how he engages with potential customers by streaming on Twitch.

This was a really fun episode to do as we've been friends for a long time and his energy is contageous.

You can find Ramón all over the internet and you can find all his social links on his website at https://ramonh.dev/

If you know someone who would be great to interview or you want to get ahold of me for some other reason, you can send me a message on Twitter @mraaroncruz or an email to [email protected]

Sorry for my terrible audio. I'll make sure I record a local copy in the future. The web tool I use must have picked the wrong microphone. Ramón sounds really great though :D

Enjoy the show!

This is an interview with Christoph Ott, CEO of Lean Coders in Vienna.

We talked about:

• Starting as a freelancer
• Building a consultancy with a group of freelancers
• Sales techniques when you need many clients
• Delegating to focus on what you're good at

AND!

• Getting pumped up at a giant motivational conference

Philip's website where there are a ton of great learning resources, nicely organized:

https://philipmorganconsulting.com/start-here/

Some of the topics we hit are:

• The Specialization how's and what's
• Philip's newsletter
• Coffee
• And some Q&A

There is also a video recording of this podcast and after I push it to YouTube I'll add a link to the show notes. I'll also mention it on the list so if you want to find out immediately, sign up to the list at podcast.dreamclients.io.

One last update, I'm working on a marketing tool to help freelance software developers stay healthy with their marketing. I want to release an MVP soon and would love testers. You can again, sign up on the mailing list, or send me an email at [email protected] if you're interested in beta testing it.

Welcome to the Dreamclients podcast where we help freelance software developers find more clients.

This is an interview with Stefan Wöhrer about how his agency finds freelancing clients.

This episode was recorded over a year ago when we were still deep in the pandemic so some references may sound strange.

Some of the topics we hit are:

- Leveraging your Github account

- Automating customer acquisition

- Using StarCraft as an example to exponentially grow your business

One side note, I just talked with Stefan the other day and he reminded me that he had had a brain fart and mixed up revenue and profit. He knows the difference, I promise :D

There are a lot more episodes coming so watch your podcast feed or sign up at dreamclients.io to get notified when episodes are released.

Welcome to the DreamClients Podcast where we give freelance software developers the tools to find better clients.

This is a second conversation with Luke van Enkhuizen. In this one, we talk about finding leads on Linkedin.

This episode was recorded over a year ago when we were still deep in the pandemic so some references may sound strange.

Some of the topics we hit are:

- Starting conversations on LinkedIn

- How to stay in contact

- How to pick your specialty

There are a lot more episodes coming so watch your podcast feed or sign up at podcast.dreamclients.io to get notified when episodes are released.

Welcome to the DreamClients Podcast where we give freelance software developers the tools to find better clients.

In this episode I interview with Oliver Schoendorfer about Building an Audience.

You can check out his YouTube channel, Pimp My Type, https://www.youtube.com/c/PimpmyType

This episode was recorded over a year ago when we were still deep in the pandemic so some references may sound strange.

I recorded it during an online Freelancing in Vienna meetup.

Some of the topics we hit are:

- Building a YouTube channel

- Content creation

- How people discover his videos

- The struggles of building an audience

- Fonts

There are a lot more episodes coming so watch your podcast feed or sign up at podcast.dreamclients.io to get notified when episodes are released.