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Remote monk is a Job board for remote jobs.

http://remotemonk.com/

Please check out the website and let me know all the beautiful feedback you have. I would love to hear from you all :)

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    Nice work.

    It would be nice to have SSL.

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      Yeah. I will get it this week.

      Thanks for the feedback.

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    Hi Remotemonk -

    Taking a look at the site from an SEO perspective, there's a few things to fix:

    1. URLs are case sensitive, meaning that remotemonk.com/Jobs and remotemonk.com/jobs will be considered two different pages by Google. In your case, an example is:

    http://remotemonk.com/remote-Android-Development-jobs
    http://remotemonk.com/remote-Android-development-jobs

    It's usually best + easiest to force everything to lowercase.

    https://www.searchenginejournal.com/url-capitalization-seo/343369/#close

    1. I'm sure you're just not there yet, but without any unique content (I'm sure these jobs are listed elsewhere, too), the site won't appear in search results for anything other than the brand name. Happy to send you some content ideas + research.

    2. Try adding your newsletter signup to the homepage + as a popup with some styling, and maybe removing the first name requirement. I think a newsletter is a great way to build the habit of checking the site + an engaged, sizeable list makes it easier to convince companies to post with you. It'd also help promote content if + when you create it.

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      Hey Grafton,

      1. I didn't know that know URLs are case-sensitive. I will make that change now.
      2. About 50-70% of jobs are directly from career pages of these companies and they are unique in the sense that they aren't posted everywhere. But would definitely love to get some help on the content ideas.
      3. It's just been a few days and I hate to ask for emails without a good number of job posts that offer value. The newsletter box is there on the job pages but I will add the popup for a newsletter this week. That's definitely the ideal next step once I build a sustainable audience.

      Thanks so much for all the valuable feedback. Also, I appreciate you coming forward to help me even though you know that I don't have much to offer at this point.

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        A few ideas, backed up by a little keyword research and what'd get promoted on social media:

        -->How to ace an interview for remote work
        -->How to work fewer hours if you're working remotely (focus on deep work v. open office plan distractions)

        -->Companies hiring for remote work, (location here) companies hiring for remote work, or companies that have now started hiring for remote work as a result of COVID

        Featuring + tagging these companies on social media could also get them to promote it for you

        -->Tips for working remotely is an obvious one, but it's a good one if you can cite people at the companies you're featuring. Getting someone from ConvertKit, auth0, EmailOctopus, etc. to give a tip gives you a chance to link to + promote to them, and their social media will likely do the same.

        -->Getting someone at those companies to write about what it's like to work there remotely would work the same way. Their HR teams could probably find someone that's willing to write 300 words about working remotely if it includes a link to their personal project or portfolio site.

        Happy to help! A community's not much good if we only help each other when it's transactional.

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          @Grafton These are amazing. I made a note of them and will work on one idea at a time coz I do a full-time remote job myself. :)

          And I have fixed the URLs as well based on your recommendation.

          Thanks again for all the help.

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    Few things to improve the UX:

    1. Make the post cards clickable. Now I have to press on the "view" button to see the post.
    2. Remove the red background for the search bar.
    3. Try using a lighter color instead of the black top bar on post page.

    Good luck!

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      That's some actionable feedback @flow34.

      I fixed two of them and will definitely work on the first one. Appreciate you taking the time and having a look :)

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    looks very similar to remote ok and other job boards
    plus, do you host it locally?

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      It's on Godaddy at the moment. I see some pages going to local links. Will fix them :)

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      I built it on PHP. I will work on the color scheme.

      Thanks for the feed back.

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