After 10 years online any website will attract its share of links. Today I used the following Google hack “link: yoursitename.com” to see how many backlinks my biggest site has. 6300 or so. When I first started out I spent a good deal of time asking for links. My main targets were local news sites,…
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Another way to get more traffic (premium)
This is the last of my screencasts on LinkedIn. Its proven to be a great traffic generator and lead database. Here’s one more way to leverage it for your job board.
Link building alert (premium)
I just discovered a new directory for listing your job sites. Watch the video and use the link below to submit yours.
More on job posting prices (free)
A new member asks: What drives the pricing model of most websites? When is it better to be more expensive and when is it a better strategy to be the cost effective strategy? …and my answer is… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_9WDcRpeyg[/youtube]
Another revenue idea (free)
I just learned about Resumark which offers a pretty decent affiliate program. I used to run links from Commission Junction which have some career related advertisers (i.e. Monster) and made a few hundred bucks per month back in the late 90’s, early 2000’s but was never really crazy about some of the payouts. When I…
New job boards
Although the pace has slowed due to the economy, new job boards are still being launched. Yesterday I discovered Cardgigs.com, a micro-niche job board serving the ‘payments’ industry. I call it ‘micro-niche’ because they are targeting a very niche industry and I do see more of this narrowly focused sites popping up. I think industry…
Deconstructing CleanTechRecruits.com (free)
Here’s my critique of CleanTechRecruits, a renewable energy job board. 5 min. Free. [youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5jEymD3Ev4[/youtube]
Article marketing for job boards (free)
Here’s another freebie for my job board peeps. Article marketing is a great way to build awareness and gain traffic. Just dont spam, write informative articles that enlighten and inform. Here’s one of my recent articles on Recruitingblogs as an example. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyDEiUYJ8mA[/youtube] Sites mentioned: * PRweb * HR.com * ERE.net * Recruitingblogs * Talentbar *…
Build a community with tools linke Ning (free)
Building a job board today is more about building a community. Here’s my philosophy and why I love Ning. [youtube width=”640″ height=”480″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GersalE8pes&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube] Sites mentioned: * Sales Gravy * Jobs in Social Media
Some advice if you hire a sales person (free)
I don’t hire sales reps to sell my boards. Instead I rely on SEO and Google Adwords to generate leads and sales as well as doing some lead gen on my own a few hours each week. But if you want to hire a sales person to really grow your site, here is some advice…