phpJobs
Job Listings and Job Insights for PHP Engineers
Once price, $50. No confusion with "job packages" and better displayed job post features.
The goal here is to simplify and streamline the process. For now we'll be sticking to job aggregation and all paid jobs are featured. The number of jobs should broaden our reach, but we need high focus for paid jobs.
Pretty soon we will be integrating with LinkedIn to start posting jobs. At first we will be sending all aggregate jobs to LinkedIn, and then eventually we will only be sending paid posts.
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You can now find phpJobs directly in your google search results. We've integrated Google job postings so you can get right to our listings from google.
I finally took the time to send out the first php jobs newsletter. After getting into it I realized I didn't even know what I wanted in the newsletter.
I have some good ideas for the next newsletter like PHP news and then potentially one about interviewing.
I notice that traffic dipped in December - that was a month where I had no blog post.
Here I've provided some insights into how I host phpJobs with Netlify.
Payments are now live. I'm starting out with three pricing tiers. $25 / $50 / $100 for 30 / 60 / 90 day posts. The 60 and 90 day posts have more perks than the 30.
At phpJobs I have two target audiences, potential employees and employers.
I need to attract the employees so I can flex the page views and increase newsletter subscribers. Without employees the jobs are not work paying for.
On the other hand, I need the employers to pay me to get their jobs listed.
I've decided that one way I can bring in views is by providing content targeted at PHP developers.
My first blog post is about continuous integration with Laravel and GitLab CI. The good thing about this is I'll be able to turn this into a short series that should help grab continued attention.
I posted on /r/laravel Friday morning and it was been top of hot all day. It hasn't garnered any discussion yet but that is okay. I also tweeted once from @\\phpJobs\\, retweeted from my personal account and then also posted from my personal later in the night.
I think I will post to /r/PHP next Friday and have a two week cadence of blog posts, that technically stretches out my first blog series over two months.
https://www.phpjobs.app/blog/continuous-integration-for-your-laravel-application-with-gitlab-ci
Shared on Reddit - nothing ground breaking but overall good feedback.
https://www.reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/9jtte2/i_made_a_site_for_aggregating_php_jobs_from
I've decided to make today the official launch day. I wrote up a little article about my reasoning for starting the site and what my plans are.
Job editing will be coming soon, that will be a necessary feature as we work towards profitability.
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