I have always used Adsense on my job boards as another source of revenue. Back when I owned AllCountyJobs I was earning $2k per month fairly regularly on traffic of 150,000 monthly visitors. These days I don’t earn that much since I only run a handful of sites that are much smaller but recently I…
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Remote Job Board For Sale
UPDATE 1/9/2020 this site has been SOLD! Jobmote, a remote job board/aggregator which I have been nurturing since 2016 is up for sale. The site is profitable and relies on 3 main revenue sources for income: Adsense, Backfill, Postings. I was running a different remote site a few years back when I came upon Jobmote.com…
EOY To Do’s for Job Board Owners
The end of year for job boards is always a great time to take stock of your current site and get ready for the year ahead. Traditionally the period between Christmas and New years is quite inactive for most employers so don’t expect too many sales. Instead, take the time to clean things up and…
Business Models for Job Boards
Jobiqo has published a new ebook detailing the 6 different business models of job boards. It’s a good primer on how job boards make money. In this video I discuss the ebook with their UK Managing Director, Richard Essex. Download the ebook here.
Q&A With RanchWork.com
There are lots of niche job boards online that serve a unique segment of the job market. RanchWork.com is one of those sites. Their site just underwent a WordPress redesign and I love their new look. Owner Peter Askew offered to answer some questions from me over email and today’s post is all about their…
Dice Touts Improvements to its Job Board
DHI Group, parent company of IT job board Dice.com, has announced 2019 improvements to its employer experience with Applications Management. This comes on the heels of major enhancements to both job posting and jobs management earlier this year, helping employers easily manage the tech hiring process from start to finish – all from a single…
Talent.com Aiming High in Job Search
Let’s face it, no one knew how to pronounce or spell the name ‘neuvoo‘. So when i saw the news last week that the job search company had acquired a top tier domain like Talent.com, I saw it as a much needed move if they ever want to take on the Indeed’s of the world….
Demo of JobMount
JobMount run by Aspen Tech Labs (one of my sponsors) did a demo with me over video. Check out my Q&A with their COO Andrew and get a look at the platform.
WebSpiderMount’s Job Scraping Service
Every job board needs jobs and there are a few services that exist today such as WebSpiderMount which help job boards to automate job scraping (aka ‘job wrapping’) for their employer clients. Here’s a look at what it is and how it works.
HiringOpps is the Newest Job Board Software to Launch
I’m always happy when a new vendors comes into the job board software space. This year’s entrant is Wisconsin based HiringOpps, born from the team behind the MedJobCafe online recruiting site. I got a demo from their team recently. In terms of functionality they are close to established players such as Smart Job Board. I’d…