Breaking News: Indeed.com, the big boy of job sites just added endorsements to its resumes product. They just took a page out of Linkedin’s playbook and fired a warning shot across their bow. Wow. I think this is a big deal and signals a quiet new war happening in the online recruiting space. As industry…
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Is your product targeting active employers? (member only)
Recently a startup I am advising asked me a fairly general question about how to market their services. So we went over what they had done so far and I listened to them reel off the usual things…webinars, advertising, etc. Then she mentioned that they had bought a list of emails and sent out a…
Recruiters on twitter
There are a lot of recruiters on twitter. If you did a survey I bet recruiters, sales people and social media consultants are in the top 10 occupations for people on the platform. So from a job board or HR tech product standpoint you better be engaging with them, after all, your business depends on…
Some domain tips and tricks (member only)
If you run multiple products and services off one domain name (like I do on CareerCloud) it may be handy to have a unique domain name for each product or service to use in your online marketing to make it shorter and easier to remember. I’ll use one of my apps as an example. InstaJob…
myCNAjobs.com is a well designed job board
Niche job board myCNAjobs.com has a new look which I really dig. Its one of those “micro-niche” type job boards that focus on one type of job. In this case, Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). They just introduced a new “badging” system for their job seekers. According to the article; For those on the job hunt,…
Writing better emails (member only)
I do a lot of cold emailing prospects, ususally I keep the message very short (under 3 sentences) and have had decent success doing that. Recently I heard about this guy who teaches cold emailing tips. He has a free pdf you can download if you enter your email address, its worth a read. http://breakthroughemail.com/…
Jobboard.io announces new pricing plans, rev share
New job board software provider Jobboard.io has announced new pricing and the addition of a revenue sharing plan. According to the company; This is great plan for folks just getting started with their job board who aren’t yet ready for a monthly commitment. This allows Job Board owners to really take the time to market…
Some random thoughts (member only)
Dont have a particular topic in mind for this post so I thought I would just put down some random things for everyone. First read this post about what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur. Its one of the best things I have seen that really cuts to the heart for getting any business…
Hopping on the temp job bandwagon
I have been reading recently of the surge in temp hiring across the US. Basically employers are really gravitating towards hiring temp workers to fill certain voids. So it got me thinking about a temp job board. I did some searches and couldn’t find may. There was Net-temps, and that was really about it. So…
Job boards and Adsense
If you’ve read past posts you know I am a fan of Adsense for job boards. I believe its FREE MONEY and as long as you have traffic, you WILL make money with it. The best thing about it is that you make money while you sleep. Its a passive income stream that adds to…