Our Reddit post got 793k views 🔥 in less than 48 hours thanks to the support of another Indie Hacker.
I am building the best curated list of job boards in the world in public: JobBoardSearch 🔎
The website was already having some traction, since I tweeted about it immediately there was interest also because Pieter Levels (@levelsio) from NomadList made a couple of RTs, he also DMd me and gave some advice like to change the name and selecting the domain (from https://stackoverflowjobsalternatives.com to https://jobboardsearch.com) and it worked, he really inspired me because of his philosophy, minimalistic way (PHP HTML CSS JavaScript and no frameworks), authentic, transparent and helping Indies.
On the best day ever the site had 1.2k views in a day before the Reedit post, and also some sponsorship from boards, that DMd me asking how to do to be on top, so I decided to make Gold 🥇Silver 🥈and Bronze 🥉sponsored slots and sold them almost right away.
Last Sunday I was getting ready to go to the beach and saw a guy that posted his startup on Reddit, so I did the same, just a short title and the link. Right away the traffic was like mad, folks commenting on the posts, everyone saying it was helpful. The website had 57k views in less than 48 hours, the Reddit post 793k views, and 4200 upvotes, it was a blast 🔥
Nope, I didn't go to the beach but it was the best Easter Sunday ever, I was 15 hours in a row with my laptop replying to the Reddit comments and tweeting, and having lots of fun!
The best part... replying DMs to folks from all over the world asking for help on how to find a job, replied to them all, I really hope I helped you 😀
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Nice, congrats! Which subreddit did you post it on?
Thanks a lot. It was on InternetIsBeatiful one, there are more details on my pinned tweet https://twitter.com/rrmdp/status/1515952731055398913?t=7PYopdQuhCHKApSB-RH68A&s=19
Nice work Rod. I'm curious - what could you have changed per the forums rules to avoid being flagged/banned in the future? We made a great application that automate investment research (www.levelfields.ai). Our users are making money but most of the stock trading forums ban anything remotely promotional.
Thanks Andrew. I think I shouldn't reply to all the comments and questions. The mods told me that I was talking too much about my product and the rules say that only 10% is allowed.
Thanks Rod. What time (ET) of day did you post it?
It was around 9 AM my time, I am based in Spain. I guess it is around 5 AM ET.
Almost 800k views for less than 2 days is very impressive! Well done.
Yes, it's not easy on Reddit, I got lucky! Thanks a lot, Lyuben 😀
That’s so great! I’m glad to see alternatives for SO Jobs, it was my favorite job board.
Do you offer filters for Relocation and Visa Sponsorship? Those filters were the main reason I loved SO Jobs, and it was the only job board I could find with those filters.
Thanks a lot!
There are [📦 Relocation package required] [✈️ Tech jobs with relocation support ] filters.
The filters (and the whole website) still need a lot of work, it is a young project. I've been adding them based on job board founders' requests. I am open to add/remove filter in order to make the website better, more helpful for job hunters :)
I think it's worth noting that:
TBH I didn't even know about r/internetisbeautiful and how big it was, I am not a regular Reddit user, I saw a tweet from another startup and I did the same. The title I chose "I made a website to help you..." is because it was the format everybody was using.
I posted on Sunday and it got removed on Tuesday.
Well I don't know if I did well because the mod said that it was flagged as self-promotion because I was talking too much about my own work, literally "Reddit's rules on self-promotion say only 10% of what you post or comment about should be related to something you made."
So probably if I wouldn't comment it wouldn't get removed as it got a bunch of "helpful awards including a gold one". I thought it was the right thing to do, to be thankful to the guys giving me feedback, that is what I was looking for.
A guy in the same post suggested to crosspost in a comment, I didn't even know that it was possible as I am not a regular Reddit user. This is the link to the comment https://www.reddit.com/r/InternetIsBeautiful/comments/u5hpm5/i_made_a_website_to_help_you_find_the_best_job/i528bdp/
Good answer. That got you a follower.
And you know what? F, f-ck Reddit and double-f-ck these subreddits' policies on self-promotion. Let them grow a need to get eyes on something. And then they see audience. And then - yes, that's my wheelhouse. So, good for you. They took the post down, but you got your's before they did. This is what marketing actually looks like.
Thanks dude :)
🤣🤣🤣FFF Yeah it is a pity because I think is useful, and the people too, the post had 4.2k upvotes before it was taken down, which I think means something.
Yes sure it worked, 793k people have seen it, a lot of people reached out on Twitter, I now have 200+ backlinks from blogs around the world that listed the website as a tool to search for job boards. I've seen a bunch of blogs from China, I wouldn't ever think it could happen.
Now it has steady traffic of minimum 3k views every day, lots of traffic from Africa and Latin America, yesterday the top country was Nigeria, it was the 1st time it was on top of the US.
So I am happy, it will help a lot of people out 😀
See, this is something that no one talks about: devs build things and while they might dogfood, they don't see what those who need to get eyes on things see: audience. They don't understand that for people like me, then difference between people acting on a CTA or not is eating or not.
The feedback from the audience is so important. And the reason I put a feedback form on the website too.
For instance, now I am working on a crowdsourced rating system for the boards because the audience asked for it. Also, I've taken a lot of notes from the comments on the Reddit post.
I repeat myself, the idea was to get feedback, because before the Reddit post the site was getting traction but I was scratching my head on: "How do I make this tool more helpful, better, what does the audience need"!
Thanks for this interesting conversation asakasaul!
Sure, and if you ever fell like a chat, find me in The Tavern Discord. I'm not doing a job board thing, but a couple jobs things with an inherent top-of-funnel leads-feeder. But I'm a talker, not a typer so, yeah, find me and my crew in Discord, if you're curious.
Google 'drunk discord.' You'll find The Tavern.
We drink, we collaborate, we sober up fast when the need arises.
Thanks a lot, it's really nice of you! I love the internet 😀
Damn! That's wild. Have you ever had anything performed close to as well as this? I would've thought it was a glitch at first lol
Heheheheeh I've been making a living out of my coding skills since 2009, freelancing and also selling plug-ins for a booking engine, so I can't complain.
But not even a bit close to this, having had 57k visits in less than 48 hours is not something I ever would think is going to happen. Even now that the website has above 3k views per day and growing I think is a lot!
Wowww. That's Incredible! 😍. When I launch something I usually get >100 views haha. The site is also looking great, the UI is very very similar to remoteOK.com. Can I ask how are you planning to monetize it? And also, if you have any idea on how to monetize the normal job board, please share it with me 😊. I'm build on https://selinjobs.com - job board for expats. Thank you so much
Thank you so much alisher, all of this started thanks to taking shape thanks to Pieter the RemoteOK founder, so yes I've copied the tags UI from them, I think it was cool and he suggested me to add tags in a tweet so I did, here it is https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1485693571974205441?s=20&t=OoerMVGR7_Jm7c4d5Z6fHw
I am monetizing in with Board Upgrades so you could sticky it on top 📌or highlight ✨. Also, there are sponsored Gold 🥇, Silver 🥈 and Bronze 🥉 slots. You can learn more on the Add Board page https://jobboardsearch.com/add-board
My site https://remotefront.io/ is also got listed on your page. Thank you for the support.
Is this part of backlinking
There was an option to add a job board and I submitted that form. Yeah backlinks are good.
Backlinks are good of course. Also, there are upgrade options to sticky or highlight boards, which is good to get traffic.
For instance this month Bronze 🥉sponsor which is a 3rd position in the ranking already got 2k visits.
Check it out https://twitter.com/philostar/status/1519284655178096640?s=20&t=Efc8sCV3gxIDTZbdM96U2A
You are welcome :)
Nice work, hopefully https://allthecode.co/jobs will be big enough one day to be on the list 😀 I'm looking to take someone one to make the company profiles for me as they are so time consuming
Thanks a lot, Simon! Any board is welcome if the job posts are public. You just need to submit the form and I will add it :)
Added and also paid for an upgrade, there's enough other content on my site that the traffic will be worth it 😀
Thank you so much Simon 👍
Later on when the cache gets refreshed it will get added.
Hope to drive you lot of traffic 😀
Oh amazing, will do that now 😀
That is incredible 👏😁
Reddit is crazy if a post goes viral! Congratulations 😁
Thanks a lot :) I just got lucky 🤩
You got lucky because you have a great product. It goes hand in hand sometimes 😉
Honestly really appreciate it 😀
I had a small project in the vicinity in distant past, never occurred to me this could be another option. Great Idea!
Wish you success!
Regards
Thanks a lot, Tzahi! It's encouraging :)
Awesome concept nicely done. Kudos brother :)
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Thanks a lot :)
This is a fantastic idea 👏
Good use of tags too; lots of selections I think about while board/job searching and some I don’t that I will now (e.g. 4 day work week 🔥)
May I inquire on what tech stack you used to build? Frameworks used? Thanks 🙏
Thanks a lot :)
As the article is saying "minimalistic way (PHP HTML CSS JavaScript and no frameworks)"
I love the 4 day work week concept too. There is a 4dayweek job board that is really cool and Phil the founder too!
Very cool!
I've seen so many people making job boards, it's fantastic to see someone go meta and aggregate all the aggregators :)
Thanks a lot :)
hehehe "aggregate al the aggregators" 😂
Huge congrats!! those are the IH moments we're all living for.
Thanks a lot Sophia :)
You gotta love IH 😍
Congrats brother
Thanks a lot :)
But why was it removed?
Thanks for asking :)
Check https://www.indiehackers.com/post/our-reddit-post-got-793k-views-in-less-than-48-hours-thanks-to-the-support-of-another-indie-hacker-0000164dbb?commentId=-N0aHGSn_wn666WkGZry
The post was removed? Really, why? The link you gave is just to this post.
It's the link to the comment where I explained. In short they flagged it as self promotion
Wow. That number is crazy when you think about it.. You are developing some project... and now 793k people from all around the world saw at least a glimpse of it.. it's crazy man 👍 btw. so from my understanding, was it basically free promotion? What subreddit it was?
So as a freelance web designer I'm going to be an absolute hypocrite and focus only on that haha :)
Of course, I understand that this is probably just one of the first phases of the project.
First of all, I highly suggest you to think about improving user experience by making it easier to search for the jobs (btw. I love that type and re-type animation in search box), and making it cleaner from a typography point of view.
With such a project, you need to have a font system and you should be also using a good typography scale because there is a lot of data to show on the site - and so you need to have a hierarchy and order in that - because right now to me all the text and data on site kinda blends together.
I hope that was helpful :)
Thank you so much vedeus, of course is helpful, this is the kind of comment/feedback I was looking for, a constructive critique! The way to learn and get better :)
The subreddit was InternetIsBeatiful, yeah you can name it free promotion, but not only that, I've received a lot of feedback, realized that there is a real interest for the number of folks that congratulated me, it also has 4200 upvotes, now there are 202 backlinks from 56 different domains from different blogs around the world talking about it, it's amazing.
The project is very young, I know I need so much to improve but I also work as a full-stack dev on a British company, plus freelance projects and another side one, I do what I can 😅
Regarding the re-type animation is not my idea, I've copied it. You are saying "so it's easier to search for the jobs" but there are not any jobs but job boards getting listed. If this is what you mean, then how would you improve the UX?
Yep, agreed about the text kinda blends together. For sure I am taking note of this!
Again, thanks so much for taking the time to post such a valuable comment.
Rod 😀
Yeah, that was a good choice on changing the domain name lol, good work.
I had the idea to make the website by reading a tweet about StackOverflow Jobs shutting down so it made sense when everybody was talking about it, but after it actually closed then it wasn't good. TBH Pieter was the one suggesting it to me.
Looks like your post got removed by the mods? =(
Yes, I posted a Sunday and it got removed on Tuesday, they sent me a message, I talked to a moderator but he said that I wasn't on Reddit enough, so flagged it as self-promotion, if I wouldn't reply to all the comments then would be ok. TBH I didn't know I wasn't doing something wrong, I just wanted to be thankful to the folks commenting so I've replied to them all.
Wow, that's impressive!!!
Of the site views, what was the next conversion?
Thanks a lot!
There wasn't any page to sell anything, the sponsorships I had were via DMs.
That's Epic! Reddit has always been one of my favorite marketing avenues. What subreddit did you post to?
Yeah it was cool. I just got lucky because is a very popular subreddit, InternetIsBeautiful, there are more details on my pinned tweet https://twitter.com/rrmdp/status/1515952731055398913?t=7PYopdQuhCHKApSB-RH68A&s=19
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"Authentic, transparent and helping Indies." - love that. That's what platforms like this are all about. Just goes to show what an impact a supportive indie hacker community can achieve.
Yeah, definitely! Not only promoting but also helps on the confidence and the will to take action, it was really important in my case :)
$1.307,50 in revenue💵 since
launched, a new post with the stats 📈 → https://www.indiehackers.com/post/1-307-50-in-revenue-since-launched-job-board-search-paid-stuff-today-exactly-1-month-ago-312de281c4
Damn, looks like it was removed.
Yes, it was, check out this comment I explain a bit https://www.indiehackers.com/post/our-reddit-post-got-793k-views-in-less-than-48-hours-thanks-to-the-support-of-another-indie-hacker-0000164dbb?commentId=-N0j43eQNEiPI-zfwH6R
Also there is more info in my pinned tweet https://twitter.com/rrmdp/status/1515952731055398913?s=20&t=zOKN0inZxTVWfDKRRuWH7A
An "indiehacker" also from remoteok who also has the goodbyestackoverflowjobs domain name. 🤷♂️
Opinion; Gratz on winning the lottery, enjoy!
Sorry Rusted, but I don't get what you mean?
I'm not sure which part wasn't clear so;
Pieter Levels has the domain name https://goodbyestackoverflowjobs.com/ where it funnels people down to https://remoteok.com/ (his job board.)
Which also one of the top search results on Google for "stackoverflow jobs" with around 1.2K monthly searches on a static page.
For someone who claims to be unreachable, it's surprising for me to see him jump into his competitors DM to help him out.
About the lottery, everyday a few posts gets the most traction on sites like HN and Reddit. Some people call it the lottery, everyone can participate and win all those visitors one day.
The website I did is not a job board, but a job boards list, I don't consider it as a competitor for him. I am a nobody, he is one of the most known Indie Hackers and his websites make a lot of revenue, he doesn't need anything from me, but he decided to reach out and his RTs helped me.
I get you now about what you are saying about the lottery, and yes I do agree I was very lucky indeed!
I had to scroll his timeline twice to finally able to find the RT. I assume it was this one which was posted before the reddit post so great choice of title.
It's not the only RT. If you mean the title of this post, I've copied pasted the @austinparker suggestion on his comment of @csallen post.
Is something bothering you Rusted?
Yes, you got me. I'm bothered that an internet stranger got 800K views. 🤦♂️
It's not the only RT, then what was it? You are sharing a story and I'm trying to make sense of it. Does his RT or the name suggestion was the key for that post to generate that traction on reddit, as the title suggests?
Instead of tagging people, you could link the post or the comment but... Anyways, good luck with your job board list. Thanks for the immense value you've provided.
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