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Is your job board on twitter?
If not you should be. Why? well first of all social media is free advertising. Who doesn’t want that? Secondly, its a way to engage your users and let them FOLLOW YOU. Thirdly its a way to promote your listings on social media and drive traffic to them. Not a ton of traffic but enough…
Job board news and notes (free)
Some things that caught my eye last week that job board owners should pay attention to. * Google is going to start penalizing sites that are “over-optimized“. http://searchengineland.com/too-much-seo-google%E2%80%99s-working-on-an-%E2%80%9Cover-optimization%E2%80%9D-penalty-for-that-115627 * Want to get into the job board software business? Xpanded Media is selling their classified software business. https://flippa.com/134350-classifieds-software-company-for-sale-established-profitable-business * Health care job board for sale. http://flippa.com/auctions/2707765/site…
An overcrowded niche (free)
The other day on ERE they had an announcement of another job site for veterans. Recently a site here in Connecticut got funding called Combat2Careers. These join a long line of military/veteran job boards already out there. Though their goal is a noble one, I think there may be too many of these sites to…
Before you buy hosting (free)
Before you purchase a web host for your job board use this quick tip to save money. Go to Retailmenot.com and type in the name of the web host you want to use. Press the search box and see what discount codes are available. Recently I put a new job board on MyHosting.com. As I…
Get a good logo
If you are starting a new job board (or any website) you absolutely NEED a professional logo. There’s just no excuse for NOT having one. Services like 99designs.com are an awesome way to get one for around $500 bucks. Last week I posted a project to get a new logo for what will hopefully be…
Thoughts on some new job startups (free)
I ran into a couple of new job startups that caught my eye and wanted to provide some commentary on these ideas. First up is a site uniquely called JobsnoteSteve.com. Not your average job board name but I like the play on words. Its creative. The site itself is built on Indeed.com’s API but it’s…
Carfax for careers?
Here’s another revenue opportunity for job board operators. This one is called CV Certify, a self-described ‘carfax for careers’ run by TJ Radtke. I asked TJ a few questions about this new service. 1. What is cvcertify? CVCertify is like Carfax for Careers. We help companies find qualified candidates faster and cheaper. And we help…
Social media and job boards (free)
Glassdoor is now letting its users connect with social networks like facebook. ERE has a writeup on it. They join a growing number of businesses trying to open up your job search in order to uncover connections at companies you may want to work for such as Branchout, Beknown, Jibe, Gethired, etc. SimplyHired has been…
All the sites I use to stay on top of the job board industry (free)
I keep a close eye on the online recruiting space. There are obvious ways to do that such as google alerts for “new job boards“, but here is a list of sites that I visit each week to make sure I’m on top of this ever changing industry. 1. JobBoarders (I founded this site in…