Based on my experience with remotelist.pw, I can tell that 'promote job boards' is the best way to monetize at the beginning.
Companies are not paying any money in unknown websites, so at first, you should stay with a normal 'auto aggregator' for job vacancies and after your website starts to get more traffic then make a feature for paid posts.
You should manage your website like an 'Instagram page', at the beginning you can charge as low as $1 - 5 USD and after you get 'X' amount of traffic then raise the price accordingly. Also, always be transparent and honest with your clients, especially with early customers.
And don't make the same mistake that I did with your 'registration form', try to get the 'MOST' of your new users before they leave your site forever*.
For example, I made a 'Twitter Sign Up' button to make a quick '1 click signup', and it was fantastic almost 40% of my visits registered a new account the first day. The 'problem' ... I didn't make a twitter function to automatically follow my 'remotelist' Twitter account after signing up.
So I lost a 'key' factor to retain users after the first day, with automated tweets and some kind of 'communication' channel with my userbase.
Twitter Followers are a nice way to justify that your website matters for companies and potential clients.
Anyways, good luck with your project and I wish you the best :)
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Like a cold call, talking about the benefits of using my product.
its fine as long as its a company that is likely to be interested. ie you sell football app to a football team. Maybe try finding people from twitter to follow at the company as this makes it more personal. I'm doing that for cold emails at the moment and had a few sales as people can see the person behind the message.
Thanks Marc. I passed my first interview today.
Tomorrow I will have the final interview. 🙈