My phone has been off the hook with consulting requests these past few weeks. Interest in the job board business seems to be booming. And lots of news is being made. Ezayo.com is a new site for HR jobs. Find.jobs set to launch. owners of the .jobs domains are trying to reboot interest in their…
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A new job board gets its wings: SLFcareers.com
Please welcome SLFcareers.com to the job board world. I just set their owner up with a new site on Jobboard.io and configured their site including logo creation and all the back end settings. The owner is actually a recruiter in the corporate world and will be running this site on the side to focus on…
Join My Live Video Consulting Group Chat Feb 14th for Job Boarders
On Wednesday February 14th I will be holding a live video based group chat on the Crowdcast platform. Its your chance to “ask me anything” about starting, managing or marketing your job board. Register here. The cost is $20 per person. If you have thought about hiring me for consulting this will give you an…
This Job Board Just Got $1.5 Million in Funding But They Are Doomed to Fail
So the other day I noticed a job company just got some seed funding. But as soon as I saw their name, I cringed. JobzMall?. I have seen this movie before, unfortunately it doesn’t end well. Watch my screencast to see why. Unfortunately malls are dying and this site will too one day. Since I started…
An Acquisition and a Relaunch
There were a couple of interesting items in the news this week. A trucking job board got acquired and a big job site gets a refresh. First up the trucking site news via press release. TransForce, Inc., the nation’s leading workforce management solutions firm specializing in commercial truck drivers, has acquired the assets of Trucking…
Changing Your Niche
A few months back I launched a job board for relocation called “Jobs With Relo“. The intent was to list jobs that only offered relocation packages to potential seekers. But although it is an interesting niche I began to feel it was too niche-y. Part of picking a niche is about finding something that will both resonate…
Quick Tip to Boost Your Affiliate Earnings
I’ve been thinking about ways to boost my affiliate earnings through providers like TopResume. It occurred to me recently that job board transactional emails would be a good place to do that. So I went into my admin settings for my JobFairing.com site and embedded a link at the bottom as a PS. On their…
ZipRecruiter Acquires Popular Job Board Software Vendor
Jobboard.io, the popular job board software platform started by Christian Malpeli more than 5 years ago has been acquired by ZipRecruiter. The news came via email to JobBoard.io clients yesterday. Terms of the deal are not disclosed. I was able to reach both ZipRecruiter and Christian Malpeli, for comment on the news. What are the…
Use This Free Tool to Create Job Board Content (member only)
Many job board owners struggle with creating content. But I have always had luck getting it from other people. Namely users and people in my social networks. So here’s the idea. Use the free Google Forms service to survey your registered seekers and candidates. Google Forms, which is part of the Google Driver service (for gmail…
Job Board Notes
Indeed only wants affiliate partners with 5,000 monthly visitors. A reader sent me this; hen reviewing applications, the Business Development team looks for the following: -The publisher meets the traffic requirement. The partner must have a minimum of 5,000 legitimate, unique pageviews per day. -The appearance and quality of the website is well established/designed. The…