My Story About the Long(est) Way to Build a Job Board

I've been a huge fan of Talentopoly for a couple years now. Even as a low-level still-learning developer, it's been invaluable. The Job Boards idea in a more 'intimate' setting seems pretty brilliant too. Trusted people sharing trusted job opportunities (to a degree). Good stuff Jared.

Re: My Story About the Long(est) Way to Build a Job Board

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Post by pixel67 » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 2:58 PM UTC

Great story, I don't feel so guilty now :)

Re: My Story About the Long(est) Way to Build a Job Board

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Post by jaredbrown » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 2:58 PM UTC

BIGjuevos wrote: post #3

This is a good story that any website worth while goes through. Definitively a good read.

Thanks, glad you liked it

Re: My Story About the Long(est) Way to Build a Job Board

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Post by robertferos » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 3:06 PM UTC

Interesting story

Re: My Story About the Long(est) Way to Build a Job Board

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Post by charliepark » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 3:23 PM UTC

"The ads were working. I realized that I shouldn’t have avoided ads for so many years. I wasn’t ever going to reach enough people without advertising."

I'd be curious to hear more about the process of getting into advertising. How'd you decide where to advertise? Did you start with small investments to test different channels? Was there a resource (book? site?) that helped you get into it?

Re: My Story About the Long(est) Way to Build a Job Board

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Post by ZoFreX » Tue, Jul 24, 2012, 3:37 PM UTC

ryanleecox wrote: post #4

I've been a huge fan of Talentopoly for a couple years now. Even as a low-level still-learning developer, it's been invaluable. The Job Boards idea in a more 'intimate' setting seems pretty brilliant too. Trusted people sharing trusted job opportunities (to a degree). Good stuff Jared.

Why are you a huge fan of Talentopoly? What does it have that other sites (and there are many similar ones) don't?