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Announcing JobSyndicate AlphaJanuary 6

We’re excited to announce that we’re preparing the private alpha launch of JobSyndicate, the new job affiliate network.

What’s a job affiliate network? JobSyndicate is our way of getting jobs in front of great candidates where they already live online. We get targeted distribution for jobs by combining our ad widget technology with contingency recruiting “bounties.” [We think of this as infrastructure + incentive]

How does it work? Employers use JobSyndicate to put recruiting bounties of $2,000-$20,000 on high priority job openings. Affiliates then use our customizable widgets to publish these jobs on their blogs, websites, communities and social networks. Candidates apply directly from the ads - publishers keep their traffic and we get accurate tracking - and when someone gets hired, the publisher earns half the bounty. Employers get targeted distribution for their jobs and pay only for results, and publishers now have a way to escape the CPM/CPC volume game and capture the true value of their networks.

We’re not looking for a big press launch at this point, but we are interested in speaking to employers and publishers who are interested in participating in this private test. Employers just need to be willing to put a minimum $2,000 bounty on a job (pure contingency with a 60-day guarantee), and we’d prefer bloggers/publishers with at least 5,000-10,000 monthly users. JobSyndicate is built for the lo

What’s Happening in 2009January 5

Cheers to you, 2008 - aloha to both a great year past and an ever better one present. Ben, Loc & I have been working on job-related software for more than a year now; we spent an amazing summer in Cambridge with Paul Graham and the amazing Y Combinator crew; Startuply has been alive for more than 5 months. Since launch, we’ve originated more than 18,000 unique applications for jobs at hundreds of the world’s best startup companies.

So what’s happening in 2009? A ton. The first and most relevant resolution is to actually use this blog, so stay tuned for at least 1-2 posts per week. That’s a commitment (thanks in no small part to some prodding from our friends at TicketStumbler, the best site to by cheap sports tickets AND cheap concert tickets, too).

We’ve also got some news on JobSyndicate, our new job affiliate network. We’ve got software, folks. And it works. More on this tomorrow.

We have plans that will dramatically improve Startuply for both job seekers and employers, and we’ll extend the model to new verticals, too. So much stuff is coming that I don’t know whether to

Feedback, Conversations and the Feedback BoxJanuary 3

We got a bunch of really great feedback yesterday via the Startuply feedback form (thanks to our friends at Anyvite). One Startuply employer in particular had some spot-on things to say, including a request for an email conversation, rather than just submitting through the feedback lightbox.

Well, whoever you are, we want to conversate too! One of the problems, though, is that you didn’t leave your email address in the submission form. Any feedback through that form gets sent to our shared support email address, which is just support (at) startuply (dotter) com, and we try to respond to all questions/comments/rants that include an email.

So: we’re working on your suggestions, please keep reaching out, and we’d love it if you include a way to get back to you!

4 Social Media Tips for Your JobsOctober 9 2008

Optimize Your Jobs for Social Media

We designed Startuply to make it easy for job seekers to share jobs with their friends, especially using social media tools like Delicious, Reddit, and Digg. It’s not always enough to just post jobs and wait, though, and being proactive about leveraging social media can play a major role in driving applicant flow.

Here are a few tips on what you can do to get your jobs out onto the web in front of great candidates, rather than waiting for them to come to you.

1. Use your company profile and job descriptions to tell your story
Once your job is in front of someone, it needs to capture their imagination. Why should a great candidate apply for a job with your company rather than your competitor? Just listing experience and skill requirements is a surefire way to turn off some of the best folks out there; job seekers want to get a sense of who you are as a company. You are unique, and find a way to tell the world.

2. Use multimedia
Have you uploaded pictures to your Startuply profile yet? They are displayed in all of your job postings, too. We’ve literally had users say “love the photos/captions - they do say a thousand words.” So snap a few shots of your office and team and get them up there!

3. Submit your jobs & profile to social media services
We included a social bookmarking button to make it super easy - it’s on the right side of your profile and job descriptions. Good t

500 Tasty BookmarksSeptember 18 2008

500 Delicious Bookmarks for Startuply

A day before our two-month launch anniversary, we just hit our 500th Delicious bookmark for Startuply! If you like the feel of nice, round, arbitrary numbers as much as I do, then hopefully you share in our excitement (or mild sense of satisfaction, at least).

Interestingly enough, we actually crossed the 500-bookmark threshold a while ago; if you take a look at the Delicious search results, you’ll notice that Startuply turns up in 82 separate results, and so there are somewhere north of 600 submissions that lead back to us. Some of these are pieces of press coverage, but many are users bookmarking specific jobs and company profiles on Startuply. Sweet!

So if you’re part of a startup that’s hiring, here’s a suggestion: when you post a job (or even just create your profile on Startuply), bookmark it using your favorite social services. We’ve included that handy ‘Add This’ button to make it easy. Then, more importantly, get everyone on your team to do the same. 5, 10, or 15 bookmarks/reddits/submissions/upmods can go a long ways to giving your jobs wings.

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