While you are trying to sell into employers and recruiters be aware of the best times to reach them. Here are some guidelines I’ve compiled over the years. Generally you’ll do most of your business between the hours of 9am and 6pm. That is when most recruiters, HR people and business owners post their jobs….
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Can you build a job board with a .co domain? (premium)
If you watched the super bowl last night you may have seen the GoDaddy commercial promoting the new .co domain. They are actively marketing this new extension. Its definitely a sign of the times that many new domains are sprouting up for webmasters to use. Many new sites are using .ly such as hour.ly. I’ve…
Promoting your board on Youtube (premium)
Youtube is essentially the second largest search engine next to Google. It has that many users.
A great job description page (premium)
I came across a new job board for PR professionals that caught my eye for its unique design.
Sending press releases (premium)
Press Release sites are a great marketing tool for job boards. There are two pay sites worth using as well as a number of free alternatives. The free sites below are great for link building but they wont bring much traffic.
Thoughts on the future of job boards (premium)
I have written a lot about the future of job boards over the past few years. After doing some research I picked out some quotes from others in the industry on this topic.
Why a used job board is better than a new one (premium)
Whenever possible, buy a used job board.
How to position your niche job board
Every job board should have a reason to post jobs on it. For niche and regional sites that reason is self explanatory. The rise of local and niche job boards over the past 5 years is no accident. They work, and that reason is all about the focus and quality results they deliver. The reason…
A job board with wordpress (premium)
Here’s a pretty cool way to create a job board with a wordpress blog. The one downside is that is does not allow backfill from the job search engines, but its a nice piece of job board software.
My new secret weapon for PR (premium)
I have switched to a new tool for press release distribution.