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…
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Listen to one of my consulting calls (audio only)
You can listen in as I consult with a client who is thinking about staring a job board. This youtube video is audio only and contains the first 10 minutes of a 60 minute call. Only premium members have access to the full audio file. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g9IvmFMTsQ&list=UUwGWBbNzddImXYWEFcgTfdA&index=1&feature=plcp[/youtube]
Tale of 2 New Job Boards (premium)
Ok so I discovered two new job boards that launched recently but the difference between them is night and day. One is doomed to fail, the other should do just fine. The difference between them is all about design. One sucks, the other doesn’t. Each of these sites put out a press release. PowerPlantWorker.com: prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9441320.htm…
Are you giving your clients feedback? (premium)
Data is important. Especially in the online recruiting world. More and more employers are demanding more feedback and statistics as to the ROI of what they’re spending with you and the return they get. As the amount of data grows the more recruiters will want it. Thats why job boards need to start thinking ahead…
How to do email marketing for job boards (premium)
One of my readers asks: Our company is currently running a promotion to get Employers to post open positions on our job board. I’ve sent the email to our contact list of over 2,000 …however, the response has been very poor. Of the 2,000 emails that were sent only 139 have opened the email and…
The best way to promote your job board offline (premium)
We all know you should advertise your job board board online. But have you given any thought to how to do that offline on the cheap? It’s affordable and easy with local job fairs and business expos. I’ve been attending these events in my local area for many years and it pays off by getting…
5 things to make your job board sell-able (premium)
I know a thing or two about selling job boards. I’ve sold many of them over the years. But you have to do certain things to make them more sell-able. Here are five tips to do just that.
Social media and your job board (premium)
As I think about the future of job boards and social media I can only think that the two must merge and become one.
Here’s a couple niche ideas that may offer job board success (premium)
I just launched Weekenjobhunt.com that targets weekend only job listings. I started it because it had only 1 legit competitor jobsweekend.net and the category gets over 200,000 monthly searches. Now there are two boards that target this niche and I believe over time I can get on the first page of google for this phrase….
Starting a job board? Target these industries (premium)
If you are thinking about starting an industry job board you had better pick the right one. Take a look at the image below. Its an info-graphic based off LinkedIn data and it shows the types of industry that are GROWING vs those that are DYING. (full article) (large graphic image) Some of these may…