As a job board, you may find yourself constantly checking the job views and application rate for a newly registered and paying customer. Using any of the methods in your toolbox to help the job posting succeed. We have recently concluded an analytical review and found an interesting and helpful opportunity for job boards to sell another service that has increased job views by at least 8x. We even found a few top jobs, in which, resulted in up to 30x increase in job views. That opportunity for your job board and the employers is ‘Targeted Social Media Marketing’.

In the recent weeks and months, the recruitment industry has noticed large contenders entering into the game with the addition of Facebook and Google. Still early to see how they will ultimately affect the industry. With that said and from our performance review, Facebook is and could be a valuable opportunity for job boards to significantly increase job views, Facebook likes and applications.

We monitored the performance of job postings with and without boosting on Facebook. By committing a daily budget of $1 to boost the advertisement, the job posting views increased by at least 8x than a traditional post listed on Facebook. By increasing the daily budget to $3, job posting views increased up to 30x.

Based on the results of the Facebook campaigns and positive feedback from the employers, job boards should look to include ‘Targeted Social Media Marketing’ into their services as an up-sell opportunity.

Why Did Targeted Facebook Ads Work?

When creating the promotion, Facebook provides an extensive number of segmentation options, such as; age, gender, location and interests. By narrowing down the ideal audience within a 50 mile radius of job location with similar interests, the job posting was presently to the passive audience with relevant content.

How To Complete Your First Facebook Ad

1. Upon logging into Facebook, select ‘Promote’ in the bottom left section of your navigation
2. Select ‘Get More Website Visitors’
3. Now the fun part of building your ad and segmenting the audience. We recommend including image(s), informative text like salary range, benefits, etc. and narrowing down the audience to within 50 miles of the job posting location.
4. Facebook requires a minimum daily budget of $1. They provide insights into the expected results and traditionally are quite accurate
5. Pay

We hope this article provides your job board with another opportunity to help the advertisements on the site. If you have any questions, feel free to connect with us at info@jobarto.com.