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Author: chrisr2
For twitter ads, clicks aren’t what they seem
I was doing some twitter ads recently as a test and noticed something strange. When setting up the ad I chose to drive “clicks” to my website. So when I saw that they had generated dozens of clicks in a few days I was ecstatic. BUT when I checked my web stats I could only…
4 Most common mistakes starting a job board
Once of my recent clients asked me this question and I wanted to put this down “on paper” while its still fresh. Newbies in this industry often underestimate the time and effort required to make a job board sustainable. Starting a job board is easy but maintaining/growing it is the hard part. So here are…
Everywhere Job Aggregators
Now that Indeed.com has taken over the world and turned aggregation into a primary service, other job boards are now entering the fray. First Monster made an announcement a few weeks ago and then Linkedin says they’ll be doing it too. I expect CareerBuilder to follow suit later this year. These recent changes signal a…
Whats wrong with this job board? (member only)
Simplicity in job board design is important. Your goal should always be to help employers post jobs quickly and easily OR help job seekers get to the jobs they seek with little effort. When I came upon CMShires.com the other day I was both elated and saddened at the same time. I was elated for…
I wish I owned this job board
There is an awesome niche job board that I would love to own. Its an example of a job board done right from start to finish. http://www.authenticjobs.com/ AJ has been around for a few years (since ’05) and I just love how simple it is, how professional it looks and the results it delivers. As…
A look inside Indeed’s client services
In honor of small business week the folks at Indeed put out a video which shows some behind the scenes action at the job board juggernaut. They seem to put in a lot of effort in outreach and customer service. You might learn a thing or two for your own team from this short video….
Tool to make email marketing automated and fresh (premium)
I’ve written a lot in the past about Email Grabber. Another great tool is Atom Park software. They offer several email marketing solutions including SMTP servers, Email extractors and more. Since you need to find email addresses of employers to keep your lead gen going check out that they do. Extract emails from other job…
Cool twitter bootstrap job board theme
Found this cool new job board theme built off twitter bootstrap so its mobile friendly. Check out this live preview. I like how they split the interface into find a job/post a job. Great UX. Its only $15 bucks so if you are looking for a great out of the box design check it out….
For small biz, job boards are still the best way to recruit
If it weren’t for job boards small businesses would have no place to post their jobs and get resumes. I know this because I’m recruiting for a small tech company in Connecticut now. Since no one really knows our company name that well I HAVE to use job boards in order to create applicant flow….