Trulia ponders rental listing fees, doubles rental business thanks to mobile access
Trulia CEO Pete Flint told Reuters Global Technology Summit attendees that the real estate and rental service site just might add rental listing fees to its current monetization methods, Reuters reported. Flint also told the audience that the site’s rental listings are doubling each year, with nearly all traffic coming from mobile. Our first question is what might happen to Trulia’s...
Read MoreTwitter-focused job startup Gozaik expands demographics, goes global
Gozaik began its beta life in March as a mobile and video recruitment service focused on college students and recent grads. However, Gozaik social marketing manager Lauren Simonelli told the AIM Group that This content is available to Classified Intelligence Report clients. Want to know more about becoming a client? Click...
Read MorePatch.com takes newest revenue stab at community papers: sponsored yard sales
Garage sales, long the mainstay of community-newspaper classifieds, are cropping up on several Patch.com local sites, and have been added as a search feature on the free Patch mobile app. This content is available to Classified Intelligence Report clients. Want to know more about becoming a client? Click...
Read MoreSocial-media job offers good idea for employers, publishers
Recruitment publishers need to help hiring managers not only seek candidates via social media, but also make job offers by way of social sites as well. Here’s why. Digital marketing firm EPrize recently hired former intern and recent college graduate Samantha Bankey as a marketing coordinator. After following the new worker on social media for quite some time, EPrize made the offer via...
Read MoreWSJ takes on LinkedIn, for social recruitment perhaps? UPDATE
While The Wall Street Journal’s new WSJ Profile, launching in two weeks, hasn’t been announced as a social recruitment portal, it surely has all the makings of one. This content is available to Classified Intelligence Report clients. Want to know more about becoming a client? Click...
Read MoreNew CareerBuilder tablet job search lets seekers see their competition
The new Tablet.CareerBuilder.com, only viewable on Apple or Android tablet, has added some slick new job-search, location and application features, including the ability to see info on other candidates. While no names are revealed, competitor information shown on job detail pages includes how many applied, where they work, where they went to school, and how much experience they have. (Job...
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