A few words of wisdom… When you are starting to build your job board the first question you need to ask yourself is..is my site different? Is it different from your competitors? Is it unique? Does it stand out? Why should an employer/job seeker use it over another site? If you cant come up with…
Author: chrisr2
Outsourcing your lead gen (premium)
I’ve talked about how to find leads for your job boards before. The best and most obvious way is going to the other job boards that you compete with and get their email, address or fax number and then send then targeted marketing to use your site instead. So it got me thinking how to…
Job board benchmark study (free)
The IAEWS is launching a new benchmark study for job boards so they can compare stats with each other. I think this will be some good data and encourage all job boards to participate. JobG8 is sponsoring the study. Here’s the email I got yesterday… Join Top Job Boards Participating in Survey What do…
Job board layout (premium)
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SEO tip for multiple job boards (premium)
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Backfill shootout: Indeed vs Jobamatic (premium)
Q. What are the pros and cons of Indeed vs. Jobamatic? Good question my reader asks. Here’s a quick breakdown of each and its capabilities. SIMPLY HIRED’S JOBAMATIC Pro: Free hosting Pro: Two ways to earn: clicks and postings Pro: lots of jobs Pro: setup quickly and easily Pro: xml feed available Con: design limitations…
New job boards online (free)
Here are some new job boards that came online recently. ThePortlander – a news site launches job listings. It offers an interesting pricing structure along with a simple clean look and feel: “Regular listings are active for 14 days and cost just $9.99. Featured listings are visually called out on the site and are active…
7 ways to drive traffic to your job board (premium)
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Q. Should I create local job boards? (premium)
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Quick tip on the software I use (free)
A reader asks: what software are you using to create your home pages? Did you create your own logo or outsource the design? First I do most of my own coding when it comes to creating a page for my job boards. If I’m starting one with Jobtarget I’ll create a template which is basically…