Linkedin has a lot of eyeballs and if you play your cards right you can leverage it for a certain amount of free traffic. Here’s how I do it. If you have a job board you’re going to need a blog for this. A simple wordpress site or tumblr will do the trick. Create a…
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How to get job seekers to come to your site (premium)
A reader emailed me recently to ask how to get job seekers to come to his site. And that my friends is the million dollar question. When it comes to running a job board your marketing will make or break your site. Therefore if you are not familiar with internet marketing in general, you are at a…
My take on some next gen job sites (premium)
Here’s a look at a few “next generation job sites” and what I think of them. Jackalope Jobs – this site lets you sign in with facebook or linkedin and see what jobs are available through your connections. MY TAKE: I can see the value for seeing which jobs your connections have. However I consider…
The local job board space (premium)
The local job board space is a very mature one dominated by two things: Craigslist and a variety of independent local sites such as; * JobsintheUs.com * JobCircle.com * AllCountyJobs.com * Jobing.com * Localjobs.com There are literally multiple job boards for every major city and region in the country. For instance New York City is served…
Best time to send emails to employers (premium)
If you send emails to employers there are good times and bad times to send that email. While there is no one particular time to send them there are some times that are better than others. I have been emailing clients and prospects for many years and have generally found these times to be the…
How to evaluate a job board if you are going to buy it (premium)
A reader emailed me recently and asked how to evaluate an existing job board for purchase. There are a number of things I look at. But only two things really matter. Whats their SEO like? Do they have paying customers? There is a site on flippa.com for sale with a great domain name. Its consultantjobs.net….
How to help employers write better job ads (premium)
A reader asks; I know most job posts are crap, but the trick is how to help your employers writer better job posts. Any advice here? Well yes there is. You should really review as many of the jobs that get posted to your site as possible. Look for spelling errors and other mistakes. For…
Idea: I got a Job (premium)
I havent written about new ideas lately so here is my latest one. I like to put them out there for premium members. Feel free to take this idea and make it your own. Its not a job board but its something that just popped into my head the other day. I call it: Basically…
How I got 4 job postings for a brand new job board in 1 day (premium)
I recently launched PHPforhire.com on Jobamatic. To get postings, I search for the term PHP on indeed.com and then run that query on Email Grabber to get a list of about a thousand leads. Here’s the email I sent: SUBJECT LINE: How to Hire PHP Talent MESSAGE: I noticed you are looking to hire…
Content for your job board (premium)
Every job board needs content to help drive search engine traffic and give job seekers something else to look at while on the site. So what kind of content should you create? Well it depends on what type of niche you are in. For example when I ran a site for New York City jobs…