If you are buying Google Adwords or just want to research another job boards SEO rankings, UBER Suggest is a free tool to help you out. Created by uber marketer, Neil Patel, the tools gives you keyword ideas in addition to deciphering a site’s organic SEO traffic (or lack of). I ran it on the phrase…
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Got an existing audience? Put up a job board
Scotch.io is a online community targeting web developers. They have video courses, tutorials and other information they call “fun and practical web development tutorials”. And they now have a job board. To me, this is the perfect use case for adding jobs to a site. They already have a large, existing audience and by adding jobs…
Job Board News Bytes
Fizbuz is a new job matching site for developers. Carlos Rabasa, whose own resume includes developer and program manager roles at Twilio, Microsoft and others, is the founder of Fizbuz, a new platform for developers to build detailed professional profiles and connect with employers. “I want to create a product that allows people to express themselves holistically,” serving…
Another Cannabis Job Board Launches
HempStaff, a leader in recruiting for employees in the cannabis and hemp industries has announced it has launched the initial phase of new platforms for dispensary training information and recruiting services. Please welcome cannabisemployment.com to the job board space. This site provides those who are looking for a career in the cannabis industry the opportunity to view…
Try Job seeker Ebooks/Courses for More Revenue
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….
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:…
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…
This is What’s Wrong with Job Alerts
The other day I received this email from Indeed. I’d like to know what their machine was thinking when it generated this job alert. Needless to say I have never worked in, nor even been close to working in the field of psychology. So why did they send it? I wish there was a 3rd…
Promoting Your Niche Job Board Value Prop
Almost 10 years ago on this very blog I published a post about the value proposition of niche based job boards. In that post I quoted 3 sources; Forrester Research: “Local Sites Matter. Geography is more important to job seekers than industry focused sites. Monster.com is the most popular career site, but local sites place second…
New Job Board Launches
Here’s a roundup of new launches in the job board space. Frontline Education, a leading provider of school administration software for the K-12 education community is excited to announce the relaunch of K12JobSpot integrating the best capabilities of the largest K-12-specific job site with the former Teachers-Teachers job board and educator profiles for improved ease of use and significantly…