A reader recently emailed me to ask what his site was worth because he wanted to sell it. As I questioned him about its traffic and sales I spoted some redflags and wanted to share them. I’ve sold many sites so I want to help you get an idea of what potential buyers look for….
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Jobs in Social Media expands to UK and Canada
I’m taking advantage of the free version of Jobboard.io software to expand my social media job board into the UK and Canada. Its something I’ve been wanting to do for a while and finally got the time to get them setup. Took about 3 hrs to get them all squared away and live. I did…
Great example of an SEO optimized job description
Lots of job boards and ATS software still dont get how to make a search engine friendly job description. I discovered Freshgigs.ca, a canadian based job board for marketing peeps and thought their job postings were well done. * The URL contains the job title AND location: https://www.freshgigs.ca/jobs/product-brand-marketing-manager-toronto-on-1 * The first thing on the page…
Adding banner ads to your job board (member only)
A reader asks; Right now I’m using adsense for my advertising. However, I would like to start selling my own ad space. Do you have any advice or tips? In particular, I’d like to know how I should figure out what to charge. If you’re a small job board with say less than 10,000 monthly…
5 Recent trends in job boards (member only)
I wanted to highlight some ways that job boards are changing/evolving in order to show you some of the trends that are taking place. 1. Making it easier to apply. In the past most job boards forced you to login/register in order to apply to a job. But I think the trend is going away…
Make yourself the face of your job site or recruiting technology (member only)
I got off the call today with a consulting client who started his job board in February 2013. Its in the ‘work at home’ category. He asked me how to get clients. Part of the answer, I told him, is to make himself the face of the company. People do business with people they know…so…
eQuests new job board study has good news
Got an email from an eQuest rep last week with info on their recent job board study. It contains good news for job board owners. In case you dont know who they are: eQuest operates one of the world’s most-utilized job posting distribution platforms. AKA they promote job board to employers. Below is the press…
On charging job seekers (member only)
I had a call this week with a blogger who has a site that he wants to monetize with a job board. He’s in the travel niche and wanted to know if he could charge job seekers something. I told him maybe. One of his competitor’s charges a small fee for job seekers to get…
The popup job board
The other day I discovered a “popup” job board that sprang from the government shutdown here in the U.S. Unfurlough.us is a spreadsheet based job board that lists available gigs and the ability to promote yourself for work if you work for Uncle Sam. This a bit of PR stunt to get some attention (it…
Indeed adds endorsements to resumes, on collision course with Linkedin
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…