Social media is the number one driver of traffic to my new startup CareerCloud, in fact its close to 40%. The best part of that is that its totally free! I use content to help drive a lot of it, the other part is ensuring the right amount of human engagement and automation. Linkedin is…
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Using twitter to drive traffic to your board (member only)
Twitter is a great tool to drive both traffic and brand recognition to any job board. After you get your domain the you should immediately get the twitter handle secured. Then add the twitter share button or chicklet by using tools like addthis.com or sharethis.com. You can get a variety of badges from twitter here:…
Quick domain tip for job boards (member only)
I mentioned Chattyjob.com in my post on tuesday. But when I first typed it into the browser address bar I accidentally added an s on the end and typed chattyjobs.com which took me to a parked Godaddy site. It reminded me that its a good idea to get the plural name of your existing site as well….
Linkedin hack for uncovering recruiter emails (member only)
Need some top quality leads for recruiters? Here’s a hack to do just that within Linkedin. Some people on linkedin put their email address in their profile which makes it publicly available, especially a lot of recruiters. Click the link below to view an example; site:linkedin.com (intitle:com OR gmail.com OR yahoo.com) keywords title “greater new…
Power of the Niche (member only)
I wanted to give you an update on how my latest niche job board is doing. http://uavjobbank.com/ It targets a brand new niche that I recently discovered. Because the market has no existing competitors it already ranks on page 1 of google despite only being live for about 5 weeks. Check out the stats below….
Updated job board cheatsheet (member only)
I wrote this a few years back in order to quickly summarize many of my ideas about running a job board. Here’s the list with a few updated bullet points. 1. Get an 800# for your business. This will make you look more professional in the eyes of employers. Try Onebox, Grasshopper or eVoice. 2….
Should you buy or build your job board software? (member only)
I get this question a lot. What software should I use? Well it depends. If you are just looking to create a simple site to test the market you are better off BUYING. There are plenty off the shelf options…webJobs, SmartJobBoard, Jobmount, Forcefinder, Jobtarget, Adicio, etc. But if you want to be able to customize…
Use content marketing to drive traffic to your job board
There are many “cheap” ways to get job seeker traffic to your job board. One is content marketing. This involves writing, lots of writing. Yes it includes a blog (which every job board should have) but it also means other pieices of content such as podcasts, videos and ebooks. When I started my network of…
Want more sales? start networking (member-only)
I used to hate networking. Early in my career I was shy and introverted but once I had a business of my own it forced me to “get out there”. Early in the history of AllCountyJobs I got involved with the local chapter of SHRM in order to network with HR managers in my area….
The one thing you need to do if you are niche job board (member-only)
You need to explicitly say who you are/what you do. I was recently tipped off to a new niche job site called Harri.com. When I first went to it I saw this home page. Ok its a nice looking site but what the NICHE do they serve? It is not immediately clear that they serve the restaurant…