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It's a Remote Job Board for iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remotely-job-search/id1349523816 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remotely-job-search/id13495238...

by jherg 6y ago

It's a Remote Job Board for iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remotely-job-search/id1349523816 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/remotely-job-search/id13495238... "Remote job boards" are a dime a dozen on the web, but first of its kind in a mobile app. The easy answer is to sell featured job postings, but my users are candidates and not employers.

frakkingcylons 6y ago
Time to email some recruiters at companies with remote positions (which I imagine is a lot of companies right now).
CodeWriter23 6y ago
Knowing that, IMO two key questions to ask yourself: how long/how many users can you scale to without monetizing? And how engaged are your users? I think the play here is: land grab and sell your users to an aggregator at some point. So I'd grow it as fast as possible while minimizing distractions. Also, I'm assuming you've read Traction. I'd burn out whatever growth you're doing until it dries up or you're approaching the point where you can no longer support it without monetizing before digressing away from what appears to be working great.
dglass 6y ago
> my users are candidates and not employers There's your answer right there. Find remote employers who are hiring and pitch them on a paid listing with prime placement within the app. Job boards are marketplaces. Supply = employers, demand = candidates. Charge supply for access to demand. You've built up the demand side of the marketplace first. Now you need to build the supply side. How are you pulling in listings right now?
askafriend 6y ago
> "Remote job boards" are a dime a dozen on the web, but first of its kind in a mobile app. LinkedIn has a mobile app. Several in fact.
efficax 6y ago
Monetize through preferred placement of job ads (like weworkremotely.com) Grow through advertising of your own Get purchased by indeed.com or whatever. Profit I'll take a 1% cut for coming up with this plan for you

by jherg 6y ago

frakkingcylons 6y ago

Time to email some recruiters at companies with remote positions (which I imagine is a lot of companies right now).

CodeWriter23 6y ago

Knowing that, IMO two key questions to ask yourself: how long/how many users can you scale to without monetizing? And how engaged are your users? I think the play here is: land grab and sell your users to an aggregator at some point. So I'd grow it as fast as possible while minimizing distractions. Also, I'm assuming you've read Traction. I'd burn out whatever growth you're doing until it dries up or you're approaching the point where you can no longer support it without monetizing before digressing away from what appears to be working great.

dglass 6y ago

> my users are candidates and not employers There's your answer right there. Find remote employers who are hiring and pitch them on a paid listing with prime placement within the app. Job boards are marketplaces. Supply = employers, demand = candidates. Charge supply for access to demand. You've built up the demand side of the marketplace first. Now you need to build the supply side. How are you pulling in listings right now?

askafriend 6y ago

> "Remote job boards" are a dime a dozen on the web, but first of its kind in a mobile app. LinkedIn has a mobile app. Several in fact.

efficax 6y ago

Monetize through preferred placement of job ads (like weworkremotely.com) Grow through advertising of your own Get purchased by indeed.com or whatever. Profit I'll take a 1% cut for coming up with this plan for you