Generally speaking, it is difficult to get job seekers to pay for anything. But if the product offers value, you can sell to them. Two of the more viable viable products I can think of are ebooks and courses. EBOOKS When I ran AllCountyJobs, I wrote ebooks for each of the county based sites I operated….
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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. Recently I went through it to give it a refresh. 1. Get an 800# for your business. This will make you look more professional in the eyes of employers. 2. Put your Contact info:…
The Ladders Launches Public Profiles
Last week job site The Ladders was in in the news for the wrong reason. A security breach exposed 13 million members data. On the heels of that news however, they have just announced Public Profiles for its user base. The new feature is for those looking to market themselves commercially and showcase capabilities and desires,…
Live Group Consulting Session Set for May 29th
On May 29th at 2pm EST I will be holding a private group consulting session for job board owners. For just $25 you can ask me anything about starting/managing/marketing an online job board. Just signup below and get your questions ready. We’ll talk about whatever is on your mind…job board software…marketing tips…prospecting and more! REGISTER:…
Job Boards News Headlines
Google adds support for “Work at Home” jobs in their job search filters. According to a new blog post, Google is updating the jobs search to make finding these remote jobs easier by adding “work from home” to the location filter. Once enabled, all jobs with a remote option are listed, regardless of whether the job labels…
Job Board Summit North America 2019 Is Coming to Denver in June
Jobg8, the global job board network, announces the return of its North American event will be in Denver on June 25-26 and has released the line-up. The annual industry leading conference event brings together peers in the job board and online recruitment space with a host of speakers addressing key topics facing the future of the…
Passive Income is the Ultimate Internet Business Model
When I sold my job board company back in 2012 I was only spending 15 hours of my time each week running the business. It was an amazing passive income stream. Clients were loyal and kept coming back regularly to post their jobs. After 13 years online the sites essentially ran themselves. Today I meet a…
My Favorite New Email Extractor Tool (member only)
I have used Email Grabber for many years but lately it seems to not work very well on job boards I try to crawl. So I went searching for a replacement and found an online version that seems to do the trick. It’s called Online Email Extractor. You simply enter a URL on its form, press…
Six Figure Membership Based Job Board Seeking Buyer
I am representing a six figure job board ($10k in monthly revenues) that is seeking a buyer. The site is a membership based property for the media industry which derives its revenue from job seekers who pay $ 29 per month. Asking price is $250,000. To learn more about the niche and obtain a copy…
Custom URLs added to Jobboard.io
Good news if you care about SEO. Jobboard.io has added the ability to create custom urls for content pages on their platform. This is a must have if you are moving your old site to them so you can preserve your high performing SEO pages. By recreating the content on the same url structure your…