TommyCarey
Level X3
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Whenever I was looking for an online marketing job I would always go to a few different sources, but there was not single platform that had everything I was looking for. Online marketing jobs are hard to come by because a lot of people apply for them and that means more people are going into freelancing, obviously. You can still get a decent online marketing job by contacting dozens or hundreds of companies and seeing who bites. I've done tests to see who would be interested in hiring me, and I did a few little tricks to increase the chances, which I'll go over 
If you've followed my posts for a while you know that I've been working online for a while, since 2003. I've gained an immense amount of knowledge in the SEO, Web Design and Marketing fields and businesses would kill to hire me, or you'd think so at least. Well I don't have a college degree because I decided to leave school when my business started taking off. I don't regret it one bit, but if I every really needed to get a job in this field then I would need at least an associates (2 year) degree. So even though I have a ridiculous amount of real world knowledge compared to kids just getting out of college, I still get overlooked because I do not have a degree.
After I found out that I couldn't get the best response rate from all of the applications I sent out, I decided to figure out a way that I could get them to notice me even without a degree.
Trick #1: Show all of your websites
If you're in the online marketing and SEO businesses already then you probably have a decent amount of websites. I actually just shut down a lot of my websites and I still have around 20 active. Now all of them aren't bringing in $100 a day, but that's not what they are all live for. Some are just for content and others are to make me money every day, but they all have their own role in my overall game plan.
When submitting your resume you'll want to add all of your websites to it. If you're submitting for a design job then you'll want to make sure that your own websites are cutting edge and look pretty. If they're not, you won't get a call back. If you're wanting to get hired for an SEO job, make sure your backlink profile is great and your on page optimization is on point. There is usually a section for "Website" submitting your resume online, and that's one way you can get a single website listed. If you have a bunch of websites like myself you'll want to add all your domains into the "Comments" or "Extra Info" or "Description" sections. This way they will see it prior to looking at the resume you've uploaded.
Trick #2: Set up a Resume Website
I did this for when I was applying for wordpress optimization jobs. I didn't even submit a resume in file form because everything was online for the hiring manager to look through. They wanted to hire someone to optimize their clients wordpress websites so I set up an optimized wordpress website in a day and added it to my application
This is one of the best tricks you can use because they will see you know your way around a hosting account, you understand wordpress, you know how to optimize and then they can read everything on the resume website to get a better idea of who you are. I would say I had around a 50% response rate when I did this, which is crazy. I didn't have to call them a week later to see what they thought of my "resume" like what you normally have to do with companies who are hiring new employees.
Out of all the companies that contacted me, I would say that 75% of them offered me jobs but I had to turn them all down. Most of the offers were about 25% of what currently make online. When they offered me the jobs they were already telling me that I'm overqualified and they weren't sure if I'd take the position, and they were right. I would basically be starting a new job making minimum wage for 40 hours a week. This would have been a great opportunity if I didn't already have a company, but I had to pass because I would make less online while working full time for these companies
Trick #3: Linkedin and Facebook Jobs
On both Linkedin and Facebook you can look up job postings for your desired position. Both platforms have their good and bad qualities, but both have what you're looking for so you should check them out.
Linkedin Jobs - The online marketing job pool on Linkedin is pretty vast, but once again, you need a degree for most of them and they won't take a second look at you if you don't. It's a good and bad thing because you could be amazing at what you do and find some companies that will bow at your feet in order to get you on board, but on the other hand you will get snubbed and not even get near the hiring manager if you don't have a degree
Facebook Jobs - In 2017 I started noticing more people posting jobs to bring in new hires. You can search all types of jobs based on keywords, but they aren't as extensive as Linkedin is because this feature hasn't been around as long. Basically businesses can post a job and accept applicants just like any other website, but the thing I really like is that you don't really need a degree for a lot of these listings. I browsed through a bunch of online marketing and SEO jobs on facebook and applied to maybe 20 of them. I had a great response rate of around 90% and all of them wanted to hire me! The only downside is that they wanted to pay me the lowest possible amount, minimum wage, for my extensive knowledge
The only downside of facebook jobs is that everyone with a business can post a job listing to bring in an employee. Not all businesses are created equal on facebook jobs because one business can make $1,000,000 a year and the other is looking for part time work because they only profit $15,000 a year and can't pay you a lot. You'll have to spread a wide net when it comes to finding a job through the facebook jobs listings, but it is possible to find something worth your time if you're patient.
In conclusion:
You just have to think outside of the box a little bit and figure out how to stand out from the dozens, or hundreds, of other applicants that are going for the same job. A lot of the work I did to find jobs was basically for testing purposes since I didn't really need a job, but if someone would have offered me a management position at $150,000+ per year with benefits I probably would have taken them up on it lol.
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Cristian
This is why I build a blog in my own native language, highly optimized with high-quality articles. This blog is my pride and glory and I haven't monetized it yet and probably won't monetize it anytime soon. I keep it around just for the reputation factor and I know for sure being my own work it can be 10 times more powerful for any potential employer than whatever resume I can put together on LinkedIn. In essence having a well-optimized blog with good rankings, traffic and authority can be your golden ticket to any day job out there in the field of online marketing.
The second thing I consider having any weight are my marketplace profiles like SEOclerks, Fiverr, and Upwork. My current boss recently told me that I fully convinced him about my worthiness as an SEO when I presented to him my SEOclerks profile.
Another good way to keep your reputation up and making sure you will impress your potential clients is as you said, having all the social network profiles in place, making sure they all look highly professional. I prefer to focus on LinkedIn, Facebook, and my Quora profiles but LinkedIn is my top priority, writing a good article there from time to time can be highly beneficial to your overall "CV". I figured out that the best way to show off my skills is to apply them in my own website but also write articles about SEO orientated content to show potential clients I know what I'm talking about when it comes to SEO. This is why I build a blog in my own native language, highly optimized with high-quality articles. This blog is my pride and glory and I haven't monetized it yet and probably won't monetize it anytime soon. I keep it around just for the reputation factor and I know for sure being my own work it can be 10 times more powerful for any potential employer than whatever resume I can put together on LinkedIn. In essence having a well-optimized blog with good rankings, traffic and authority can be your golden ticket to any day job out there in the field of online marketing. The second thing I consider having any weight are my marketplace profiles like SEOclerks, Fiverr, and Upwork. My current boss recently told me that I fully convinced him about my worthiness as an SEO when I presented to him my SEOclerks profile. Another good way to keep your reputation up and making sure you will impress your potential clients is as you said, having all the social network profiles in place, making sure they all look highly professional. I prefer to focus on LinkedIn, Facebook, and my Quora profiles but LinkedIn is my top priority, writing a good article there from time to time can be highly beneficial to your overall "CV".
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