benobo

Topic: A newsletter for applicants

Hello there,

I'd like to suggest a function that would be really nice for any jobbermaster: a newsletter for applicants containing jobs posted in a particular category.

We could do this by asking the applicant if he wants to receive our newsletter in the end of the apply form (checkbox format), and on the "back side", save his email + the category in which the applied job was + send RSS via mail - every week for instance.

I think this might not be huge work for a better returning visitors ratio.

Ultimately, in a better world this function should also be standalone, by this I mean we would be able to put an email input on the category pages, for instance in the sidebar, which says "enter your mail to receive weekly new jobs posted in this category". Or simply a normal newsletter that people can receive.

I'm sorry I couldn't program it and then just post the modifications so that anyone can use it... I'm not a programmer, just a webmaster!

But maybe someone already does the trick, using a piece of script or service available?

Thanks to anyone who'll pay interest to this post! - I hope this message was clear, my english is french lol

PS: I'd also like to send newsletters to recruiters, but in another format. So I'm posting another thread for it... http://www.jobberbase.com/forum/topic73 … iters.html

Last edited by benobo (2008-10-09 21:11:27)

N2S

Re: A newsletter for applicants

good idea..
but where are the coders? why are they sleeping!?

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matteoraggi

Re: A newsletter for applicants

I suggest  to not code all newsletter system but to use phplist with a sync module:
phplist:
http://www.phplist.com

example of sync modules:
http://forge.vtiger.com/projects/phplistsync/
http://vtiger-spain.com/wiki/doku.php?id=autoemail

or maybe these links could help too:
http://www.swiftmailer.org/
http://phpmailer.codeworxtech.com

Last edited by matteoraggi (2008-12-15 12:46:48)

redjumpsuit

Re: A newsletter for applicants

i created a simple email subscription module for v1.6 and v1.7 with the following features:

* users can subscribe to any/all of the categories
* notification will be sent whenever a new job is posted for that job’s category
* on the notification sent to the subscribers, an unsubscribe link is provided in case users no longer want to receive emails for that job category
* admin has the option to choose to send an email for that job to all its category’s  subscribers
* once notification has already been sent, the button to send the notification will be disabled (to prevent spamming your subscribers)

you can find more info about it here:

http://www.redjumpsuit.net/2009/06/05/s … scription/

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