ProBlogger Job Board vs Craigslist
July 11th, 2007 by Michael Gray in ReviewsIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Read my top posts or learn more about Michael Gray. Want more frequent updates follow me on Twitter. Thanks for visiting!
Recently I started working two projects where I needed to hire some bloggers. After exhausting my friends network (I’m in ur address book stealin’ ur contacts) I was still short people. So I turned to the paid job listings boards Craigslist and ProBlogger Job Board.
Both services were fairly easy to use and similar in cost (Craigslist $75 Problogger $50). The biggest differences in implementation was Craigslist is sectioned by region. Craigslist has lots of regions, however each one would cost me $75 to advertise in, since that wasn’t economically feasible I chose NY and San Francisco.
I started getting responses from both websites almost immediately. Once 24 hours had gone by I started evaluating the applications, and the results were pretty clear. The job applications I got from ProBlogger were consistently higher quality than the ones from Craigslist. The applicants had more experience and were better qualified. At the end of the process, 6 of the 7 bloggers I hired came from the Problogger Job Board.
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July 11th, 2007 at 3:59 am
Thanks Michael - think I’ll have to feature this in a testimonial page!
July 11th, 2007 at 8:07 am
Well, I should have been paying attention to the job postings! I would have applied. You have a great blog. I visit you and ProBlogger daily. Good Luck!
July 11th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Exact same experience. I’ve also tried Performancing in the past and would rate the applicants from their job board 2nd between Problogger & Craigslist.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:53 am
Michael,
Craigslist only charges for job postings in the larger markets like NY, San Francisco, Boston, and a couple of other places. If you wanted to post in a backwater place like Cleveland, you can post for free.
Not that posting a bunch of ads in the lesser cities would bring you any higher quality applicants, of course. I did find a good housekeeper and a handyman with Craigslist ads, though.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:51 am
I’m not surprised. You were looking for professional bloggers, and people with that kind of knowledge are going to frequent ProBlogger. On Craigslist, though, you’re going to get every punk university kid who wants to be a writer turning up.
July 12th, 2007 at 10:38 am
Could you provide any more specifics on the project?
I’m kind of interested in what you need so much bloggers for 
July 24th, 2007 at 7:52 pm
Hey Wolf Howl,
Great information! I know what you mean I have had to turn to these type of services before. Though it sounds like your on a good start to a business freedom that I found on this sites at http://www.FreedomBusinessSystem.com.
Though personally, I have not used Problogger, but I think I will have to check it out now!
Thanks again,
Matt Mcfalling
http://www.FreedomBusinessSystem.com
August 3rd, 2007 at 6:07 pm
I had the same experience. The people on probloggers are generally more skilled.