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Archive | May, 2006

5 good minutes with peter weddle

18. May 2006

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I had a quick sit-down with Peter Weddle during the Kennedy conference last week. Weddle is always insightful - as well as niche’s biggest cheerleader - and shares some interesting opinions about .jobs, Texas hold ‘em and the Blue Man Group (5 mins.):

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pricey tv ads suck, just ask ask (and espn)

17. May 2006

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The results from two large TV advertising campaigns are starting to come in, and it’s not pretty. 1) Mobile ESPN, reported by Sports Business Daily: Mobile ESPN has lost $25M so far after launching a $30M ad campaign that included an ad on ABC’s Super Bowl broadcast, according to Alice Cuneo of AD AGE. Disney President & [...]

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after submitting your resume, please be sure to clean the cat box

16. May 2006

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I love HotJobs‘ idea of targeted banner advertising.

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myspace lampooned on snl

16. May 2006

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Funniest thing I’ve seen in a long time.

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verticalsearch.net’s interview with indeed’s paul forster

15. May 2006

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Pay per click (PPC) will become more and more important. Pay for performance is a powerful model on the web and it will be true for classifieds, too … The data will become ubiquitous, so what you do with the data becomes important. It’s very easy to create a site with a lot of data, [...]

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seth godin interview at seobook.com

15. May 2006

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There’s a must-read interview with Seth Godin at SEObook.com if search marketing is anywhere on your radar. Favorite Q&A: Q: In Purple Cow (one of my favorite books) you stress the importance of being remarkable. How does that relate to linking or internet marketing? Can a company succeed on the web without being remarkable? What should [...]

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in defense of pay-per-click advertising (or jobster’s jason goldberg is way off-target)

14. May 2006

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Might be the UK night life or the wine and cheese, but Jobster’s Jason Goldberg has been particularly off-base in his recent criticism of pay-per-click advertising here and here. He says, “… is cost-per-click really the right model for recruitment advertising? Sure, it’s more efficient to only have to pay when people click on your job [...]

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