6 Must-Know Job Sites for Digital Marketers

Reprinted from the following site: http://www.wdfm.com/publish/marketing_jobs/index.htm

Even if you’re not looking for a job right now, you want to know what’s out there at any given point in time. It’s just part of what you do as an overall career plan.
We checked out scores of job sites for Digital Marketers and found the 6 below to be worthy of your valuable time. They’re not the usual suspects either. If they were, I wouldn’t dedicate an entire issue to this subject.
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Now, w/out further ado, here’s Sr. Editor Janet Roberts with those 6 must-know job sites for Digital Marketers. Take it awaaaay JR….
1. Simply Hired
This massive job board gives you the mother of all customizable search engines and a host of social-media-savvy tools to streamline and focus your job hunt.
The engine gives you dozens of options to filter down your search (location, keywords to include or leave out, company attributes like diversity- or mom-friendly, company size, etc.) Save your search, or leave an email address, and Simply Hired will email you matching positions as they’re posted.
If you want just a snapshot of jobs in your market niche, visit a blog that posts a highly edited feed of Simply Hired jobs, such as Mashable Jobs.
Want to work with friends? Log in with your Facebook account, and Simply Hired will match jobs in its data bank with the companies your buddies work for.
2. Onward Search
Do your work talents take you to the leading edge of communication technology, such as mobile web or app development? You might find what you’re looking for at this digital-only job board.
We like this recruitment agency because it had a broad range of positions around the United States, a number of “hot now” jobs that didn’t appear on other boards, and a high-quality email newsletter that includes career tips and advice along with a list of newly posted positions. Follow @onwardsearch on Twitter, too, to see job postings as soon as they go live.
3. Big Shoes Network
Top-flight marketing jobs aren’t limited to the bicoastal white-collar confines of Boston, New York or San Francisco. This Midwest-focused job board provides a search engine that lets you target by job level, regional location and even how long the job has been posted (1 week to 1.5 months).
We like this service because its search engine saves you time with its pull-down menus and because this editor knows people who have gotten hired through the site.
If you want to stay on top of the freshest positions, sign up for Big Shoes’ email newsletter, Twitter feed or LinkedIn group. Big Shoes focuses on advertising, marketing, PR and web services.
4. The Email Guide’s Job Board
If you’re looking for management-level and higher jobs in either B2B or B2C email marketing, this job board features a carefully edited section of positions at brand-name employers, including both client-side companies and interactive agencies. Recent employers include Facebook, Citi, Match.com, Groupon and Experian CheetahMail.
Once you finish checking out the jobs, take some time to wander around the site. In addition to the job board, The Email Guide provides online resources and networking for email and other digital marketers through its membership list, “The Buzz” blog and industry news and articles.
You can get jobs sent directly to your Twitter feed via @eMailJobs.
5. Search Engine Journal Job Board
Searching for a search-related job? Start with this job board, which posts positions for jobs that either focus on search or include search in a mix of other responsibilities.
If you want only pure-play search jobs (SEO, SEM, PPC project management, etc.), you can customize your search to drop out categories such as social media optimization or general online marketing jobs. The board’s search engine also allows you to specify experience (up to senior level, which will exclude internships) and region.
Looking for a job across the pond? Check out Jobs in Search which concentrates on search and other digital marketing jobs in London and around the UK, with a few in Europe.
6. Talent Zoo
This popular job board specializes in “new media” jobs in advertising, marketing, PR and “geek” positions (Web analytics, user-experience design, etc.)
Your first stop at this site is to create a gratis account because only logged-in members can apply for jobs directly from the posting.
Once you create an account, you’ll be prompted (and reminded often) to upload your resume or create one quickly using Talent Zoo’s Word document form.
Besides offering paid job listings that range from internships to EVP-level postings, Talent Zoo also offers job-hunting and workplace advice tailored to tech-savvy workers and searchers.
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People want and expect to know more about other people on the Internet.

Online search, news, e-mail, social media, advertising—all is becoming more personal and targeted. Who is the seller of this auction item? The sender of this e-mail? The author of this blog post? Whom am I interviewing for a job? Meeting on a date? Reading about in this article? PeekYou’s primary goal has always been to be in a position to answer that question.

With that in mind, tech entrepreneur Michael Hussey created PeekYou, a people-search company focused on indexing the public Web around people. While traditional search engines calculate the likelihood of any URL being associated to a keyword, PeekYou calculates the way URLs relate to individuals.

To date, over 250 million people have been indexed by PeekYou and the site is ranked as one of the 600 most visited pages on the Web, according to Quantcast, serving over 5 million unique visitors every month. The key to PeekYou’s success are the utility patented algorithms that analyze and filter all public web content, crunching through billions of records to find the right person for any given search.

Sammies Award Finalists Announced

Sam Adams Alliance to award $60,000 to top citizen leaders at April 8 awards show in Chicago

CONTACT: Rachel Stewart
Phone: 312-920-0080
Email:media@samadamsalliance.org

CHICAGO – The Sam Adams Alliance (SAM) announced today the finalists for their 4th annual Sammies awards. The Sammies recognize ordinary Americans who take extraordinary steps to serve their fellow citizens through their engagement as watchdogs, reformers, messengers, and strategists. John Stossel of the Fox Business Network will deliver the keynote address at this year’s event.

The theme for this year’s Sammies “Redrawing the Lines” celebrates how activists in 2010 redrew the battle lines in American politics, erasing “R” and “D,” fusing red and blue, blurring conservative and liberal, and creating a bright contrast between political professional and citizen.

“This year, we were looking for real game changers who redrew the lines on the political landscape and re-imagined how Americans can engage in their democracy,” said Yvonne Ralsky, Executive Director of the Sam Adams Alliance. “Our theme, ‘Redrawing the Lines,’ reflects the passionate citizen-led realignment of people versus politicians in America that is very much alive from Madison to Modesto today.”

For the first time this year, SAM enlisted the help of a distinguished panel of judges:

Congressman Bob Beauprez – author, commentator, and former Member of Congress from Colorado
Andrew Breitbart – webmaster, editor, commentator, and author
Guy Benson – Political Editor, Townhall.com and political talk show host
Keli Carender – blogger and Tea Party activist
Jack Fowler – Publisher of National Review Magazine and National Review Online
Stewart McLaurin – Executive Director of the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration
Brad Thor – New York Times Bestselling author

Also, this year, the award categories include a non-cash prize to a public servant holding their institution to a higher level of integrity and responsibility.

Winners of the $60,000 prize money will be announced at the awards gala in Chicago on April 8, 2011. The 4th annual Sammies finalists are:

the Messenger – Prize: $10,000 – In the spirit of Paul Revere, who warned the colonists and, more importantly, knew which doors to knock on, The Messenger is a master of the media, awakening the American people to the principles and cause of liberty.

Finalists:

Kevin Dujan, Chicago, IL
Ben Domenech, Alexandria, VA and Brad Jackson, Austin, TX
Fran Eaton, Oak Forest, IL

the Public’s Servant – No cash prize – This honoree holds themselves and their institution to a higher level of responsibility. From school board leader to congressman, the public servant awardee has enacted or helped to enact tangible improvements to their district or community from their elected or appointed position.

Finalists:

Hon. Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin
Hon. Ken Cuccinelli, Attorney General of Virginia
Michelle Rhee, former Chancellor, District of Columbia Public Schools

the Reformer – Prize: $10,000 – The Reformer is a leader in their community who works to improve and make more responsive-and responsible-the institutions of government. The Reformer is someone who organized reform measures that contributed to better government.

Finalists:

Tim Eyman, Mukilteo, WA
Peter Robyn, Bennettsville, SC
Brian Aitken, Hoboken, NJ

the Watchdog – Prize: $10,000 – Government without watchdogs is like a free all-you-can-eat-buffet. The Watchdog is a citizen who took risks by blowing the whistle or effectively making known information that promotes good government, good citizenship, or both.

Finalists:

Rob Port, Minot, ND
Ben Joravsky, Chicago, IL
Jason Gillman, Traverse City, MI and Chetly Zarko, Lansing, MI

the Rookie – Prize: $10,000 – In 2010, newcomers to the political scene accomplished what professional politicians couldn’t. The Rookie is someone who engaged in politics for the first time. Please submit an inspiring story about how you engaged and what you accomplished.

Finalists:

Jared Rhoads, Boston, MA
Toby Marie Walker, Waco, TX
Omid Malekan, Muttontown, NY

Modern Day Sam Adams – Prize: $20,000 – Like the original Samuel Adams, this strategist sparked a revolution, redrawing the lines of the political landscape. The Strategist united people behind a vision that successfully acted as both change agent and connector.

Winner of the Modern Day Sam Adams award will be chosen from among the finalists and will be announced April 8 at the award show.

For more information on each Finalist, please visit www.samadamsalliance.org/programs/sammies/the-finalists.aspx.

For tickets, please visit www.samadamsalliance.org/programs/sammies.aspx.

Founded in 2006, the Sam Adams Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan organization helping Americans preserve democracy, freedom, and the America the Founders envisioned. For more information, visit www.samadamsalliance.org.

Outsourcing Using the Internet

Sometimes in business, as skilled as you may be, there are things that you are unable to do. A customer will come through with a very specific brief and, although you will be able to do most of it, there may be a part of the job that poses you problems and prevents you from completing the task. In this respect, it may often seem that you will have to turn down the opportunity. But it is not necessarily the case. With the Internet at your fingertips, you have ready access to a skills base that means you can complete on that job even if some of the work is outside your own remit. Welcome to outsourcing via the Internet.

Thinking of it as a non-Internet situation for the moment, imagine that you were an interior redecorator who specialised in hanging wallpaper, painting and plastering. It may just be that a job comes through that involves all of that plus laying a hardwood floor. You’re good, but you’re not experienced in laying down floors. With the use of some contacts, you could pay for the services of a person who is capable and experienced in that part of the job. By paying them to take those duties on, you can accept the job and move forward.

There are many workers out there who do business via the Internet, and to contact them all you need to do is pick up the phone. If you cannot complete a job all by yourself, but it will pay well, there is no need to give up. Just log on, find a contact and get the job done.

Maximize Your Potential

The Internet is a global marketplace, and allows people living in small villages in one corner of the country to trade with someone half way across the globe in a similar village. Twenty years ago, such trading would have been enormously tricky and would have taken a lot of time – by which point a customer could well have reconsidered, or circumstances made the deal impossible. With the increase in efficiency that the Internet has brought it is now possible to move goods, services and money between nations at almost instantaneous speed. While this may have removed some of the browsing time, it does mean that you can make money quickly.

Although there are many reasons why people go into business, we would be kidding ourselves if we claimed that there was not one factor which motivated business above all others – money. Being able to make money at the click of a mouse has made the Internet an indispensable item for those who have become used to it – and there are several businesses now which will not trade any other way. The costs that a business used to incur have disappeared in large part, and every bit of money you make can be a profit if you do things the right way. The advantages that the Internet has bestowed on us are really quite startling.

The Internet is a way for potential businesspeople to maximize their potential and make money fast – money which they can use to streamline their business further, make more money, and make it faster.

Freelancing

The life of a freelance worker before the Internet was a very different thing to what it is today. In the past, any freelancer would need great mobility or a very sympathetic pricing plan from their phone company. In order to get around to pitch yourself to potential customers, you would require boundless energy, and an ability to deal with being told “no” face to face or over the phone. So much of freelancing is about speculation, after all. You can try and sell yourself a hundred times and could be told “no” a hundred times – and the chances are that you will get at least fifty rejections even if you are excellent. Although the Internet offers no guarantees of acceptance, it does make things a bit more equal for the freelancer.

There are many sites on the Internet that offer the opportunity for freelancers to pitch to potential customers on specific jobs – a searchable database means that you can even check for jobs that match up perfectly with your own specific skills and abilities. You can name your price and tell the customer how quickly you can turn a job around. The days of having to get out there, pound the pavement and then be told “sorry, we’re not interested” are more or less over. Not to mention that the Internet provides a truly monumental research tool for the jobs that require a bit of extra knowledge. The internet is nothing less than a launch pad from which to set your career in motion.

What You Need to Get Started

Although the Internet has made it a lot easier for people to make a start in business, it is still worth making sure that you maximise your potential as a businessperson by having all of the possible tools you could need to get things up and running. In order to start, you need comparatively little compared with a bricks and mortar business – but the better equipped you are, the more possibilities you can turn into definites.

A computer and an Internet connection are obviously the base minimum. As you are reading this, you have access to those at least. It is then a matter of what you need to add to these. If you want to put photographs of yourself or things that you are selling onto the Internet, you will need either a digital camera (preferable) or a scanner (just about acceptable). You will also need somewhere to put the photographs – a website (which requires you to buy webspace) or a blog (which does not). A website is more customisable, so if you have the know-how to do this, it is preferable.

To sell things at the click of a button you can ask your bank to set up a business account with scope to take electronic payments, or you can open an eBay account. Using eBay you will be able to auction items or services off to the highest bidder, and receive payments almost instantly through PayPal. The benefits of having the Internet mean that you can do all of this from a chair just in front of your computer.

Making Contact

Before the Internet made its way into almost all of the homes in the developed world, making contact with people was a great deal more limited. The quickest way was to pick up the phone, but this required the person you were trying to contact being on the other end if you wanted to get information to them in any meaningful way. Due to the Internet, we have now got the magic of e-mail, which allows us to put down exactly what we want to say, spell check it and read it through before sending it – and even if the person we are trying to contact is not at their computer, they can read it when they get there.

E-mail has been superseded in many cases by the advent of the Instant Messenger. For many people, this is a waste of time, as they feel that it is easier to pick up the phone and speak to somebody. In some cases, it will be. But if you want to have ready access to information that may not be on the tip of your tongue or on paper in front of you, the Internet is impossible to beat. You can send links and photographs via an IM service, and as a result you will be able to showcase the full range of your talents and the reach of your knowledge.

The Internet has made getting in contact a great deal easier than once it was, and allows us to get our message across in a more measured way. Some of us are not possessed of a really good phone manner. In such cases, the Internet is more than useful – it is a gift the like of which we could not dream of.

The Benefits of Working Online

Online business has become huge in the relatively short time that the Internet has been around. People in their thirties and late twenties can easily remember a time when the Internet existed only in the minds and laboratories of technological wizards, and computers were firmly rooted in the one place – both figuratively and literally. Now with the advent of laptop computers and WiFi technology, you can surf the Internet just about anywhere – even on a cell phone so small you could fit it in your mouth if you really wanted to. The importance of the Internet to business has risen exponentially in recent years as a result of this.

If your business is online, it opens up a whole new world to you – almost literally. At one point unless your business was a specific import-export business you could trade only in your home country or near neighbors – even in some cases only in your home town. But with the advent of the Internet and the ready availability of mail order, a small shop in a small town can without batting an eyelid sell to a customer thousands of miles away. That’s progress for you. And you can use it to your advantage. Having such a broad reach the businessman can set up a customer base that is colossally larger than it previously would have been.

Spending money to get online – not always necessary, as most home computers are now linked up – is a canny move indeed, as it puts you right in the path of millions of potential customers.

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