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Week 145: Going Off Script
Normally I script and outline my content, but this time I woke up and just hit record! Let me know what you think of this more natural but less organized way of hearing what's going on in startupland.
To see what I'm working on, visit dropboardhq.com
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Відео

Week 134: What Life is Like as a Solo Startup Founder
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It's been busy! Life is a lot right now and in this video I fill you guys in on what things feel like on a day to day basis. I also will bring you up to speed on the latest Dropoard developments. 0:00 Welcome New Subscribers! 0:26 Intro 0:43 Current Status 1:23 Day to Day Life 3:59 Why Not Pursue Investment? 5:47 Dropboard and an Affiliate Program 6:47 Marketing Pages Refresh 7:45 Quick Demo of...
Week 125: AppSumo Aftermath + AI Translations
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Dropboard is quickly becoming a rich hiring platform thanks to real-world feedback coming out of our AppSumo deal that ended in May. I also nerd out on how we built an AI-based translation system to address the absolute top-requested piece of feedback we've ever received. View our roadmap here: dropboardhq.com/roadmap 0:00 Intro 0:30 Personal update 0:45 AppSumo strategy playing out 3:08 Top-re...
Client Plans and Job Approvals
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As a recruiting company, you can invite your clients to your platform to post jobs. Now you can assign plans to your clients that offer different features or restrictions. For instance, you might want to charge clients extra for the ability to post more jobs. One restriction you can enable is to require all job content changes to go through you for approval. This creates an easy process for cli...
Week 116: AppSumo / Dropboard Results: ~$65k in Gross Sales
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Dropboard had an epic run on AppSumo during a 60-day promotion. Honestly, the response far exceeded my expectations and I'm super excited for where things go from here. Check out Dropboard at dropboardhq.com Dropboard is an easy-to-use hiring platform that's perfect for in-house hiring, recruiters, and agencies. 0:00 Intro 0:11 Layout of the Lifetime Deal 1:12 What Were My Goals? 2:28 What Runn...
Moving Candidates Through Your Hiring Process
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Welcome to Dropboard's Kanban / Board view of candidates. Dropboard provides you with customizable workflows for running candidates through your hiring process. This video gives a walkthrough of how the board view works as you drag candidates between stages, send email templates, and more. Start your free trial at dropboardhq.com
Create Your Own Recruitment Platform
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Dropboard's Recruiter plan comes with a white-labled portal that you can set up on your own domain to showcase jobs, allow candidates to sign up, and allow your clients to submit requests to join you. Start your free trial at dropboardhq.com 0:00 Demo of Portal View 0:45 Using the Portal Designer 2:45 Custom Domain and Other Settings 3:40 Demo From Client Perspective
Week 113: Big Insight for Recruiter Portal
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There's still time to get our lifetime deal on AppSumo! appsumo.8odi.net/ZQGv7K Customer conversations and feedback are coalescing around a major theme that has provided major inspiration for what's next for Dropboard. If you're one of our Sumo-lings or someone who's looking to build a recruitment website, this is the time to get your perspective heard and make sure we're on the right track for...
Using Email Templates in Workflows
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Our new feature demonstrates how to updating your hiring workflows in Dropboard to send emails to candidates as they hit certain stages. Get started with Dropboard at dropboardhq.com
Week 110: Grossing $13k+ in Sales on Dropboard's Lifetime Deal
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Get Dropboard's lifetime deal on AppSumo (limited time remaining!): appsumo.8odi.net/ZQGv7K Today's video goes over the response I've received on Dropboard's lifetime deal and how the purchases, questions, and feedback are really shaping Dropboard's future. 0:00 Intro 0:18 Response on AppSumo Deal 2:19 Product Updates 4:50 50,000-foot View 6:22 Outro
Introducing ATS Workflows
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Dropboard lets you create hiring workflows to move candidates through stages as they work their way through your process. This video goes over the basics of using workflows and foreshadows upcoming enhancements for where we'll be taking this foundational feature of Dropboard. Find Dropboard at [dropboardhq.com](dropboardhq.com/)
Candidate Database and Slide-Up Panel
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Dropboard's candidate database includes a slide-up panel where you can view all of the details for a candidate, including instantly scrolling through their resume. This video goes over the basics of your database and hints at upcoming enhancements for Dropboard's growing set of ATS features. Find Dropboard at dropboardhq.com
Week 107: Prep for AppSumo Deal
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Grab a lifetime license to Dropboard! View the limited-time deal here: appsumo.8odi.net/ZQGv7K I share the Mailshake origin story which came out of a set of deals on AppSumo. Today, Dropboard is ready for an AppSumo deal of its own. There's a lot to get excited about if this deal goes well it will unlock a relentless push of features to the Dropboard platform and kick-start the next phase of my...
Collecting Files in Your Custom Forms
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A much-requested feature for Dropboard has just landed. Now customers on our Business plan can collect multiple files in their job applications, up to 10MB each. Learn more at dropboardhq.com/business-plan 0:00 Adding File Uploads to Your Applications 0:47 What Candidates See 1:03 Viewing Candidate Submissions 1:36 Pro Tip 1:53 Wix Instructions
Week 98: Catching Up On The Past 8 Months - Part 2
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Week 98: Catching Up On The Past 8 Months - Part 2
Week 97: Catching Up On The Past 8 Months - Part 1
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Week 97: Catching Up On The Past 8 Months - Part 1
Today's Menu Trailer - Create Stunning Restaurant Menus
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Today's Menu Trailer - Create Stunning Restaurant Menus
Why Go Pro with Today's Menu
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Why Go Pro with Today's Menu
How to Use Today's Menu in Wix
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How to Use Today's Menu in Wix
Multiple Language Support with Today's Menu
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Multiple Language Support with Today's Menu
Managing Restaurant Menus with Today's Menu
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Managing Restaurant Menus with Today's Menu
Linking and Embedding Restaurant Menus with Today's Menu
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Linking and Embedding Restaurant Menus with Today's Menu
Create Stunning Restaurant Menus With Today's Menu
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Create Stunning Restaurant Menus With Today's Menu
Week 62: Opportunity and Thank You
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Week 62: Opportunity and Thank You
Week 61: Safety Features and Deleting 11K Lines of Code
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Week 61: Safety Features and Deleting 11K Lines of Code
Week 60: Scary Customer Support Moment
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Week 60: Scary Customer Support Moment
Week 59: Is Product Hunt Broken?
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Week 59: Is Product Hunt Broken?
Week 58: Dropboard Launch on Product Hunt
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Week 58: Dropboard Launch on Product Hunt
Week 57: $1K MRR and Affiliate Program
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Week 57: $1K MRR and Affiliate Program
Week 56: Prepping Dropboard for Product Hunt
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Week 56: Prepping Dropboard for Product Hunt

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @paulladouceur4001
    @paulladouceur4001 4 дні тому

    How does this work/look on mobile? Responsive? Also, can I use any font? Does it have a check out for ordering online? Payment options?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 4 дні тому

      Hi there! Every menu is 100% responsive on phones, tablets, desktops, etc. You can check out a sample menu on your phone: todaysmenuhq.com/pub/OErpiwgOu/aLwMr9_bn0 No font customizations or ordering/payment options. Today's Menu is a simple way to build menus that are easy for customers to view -- either while checking out your website before coming in or in-store via a QR code we provide.

  • @anupamtandon1
    @anupamtandon1 5 днів тому

    Dropbox is a brilliant software. I am so glad I came across dropbox. Support is fantastic. I wish I could promote this software as much as I can.

  • @Karol.M
    @Karol.M 6 днів тому

    thx

  • @ericgriffing6901
    @ericgriffing6901 3 місяці тому

    catching up on the series, thanks for sharing your learnings Colin, startups really are a journey

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 3 місяці тому

      Hey Eric - good to hear from you and thanks for the support!

  • @StuartGrantonline
    @StuartGrantonline 4 місяці тому

    To monitise this, is there a way to charge the people that post jobs a fee for doing so?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 4 місяці тому

      We are working on plans for doing this. We already have functionality for setting up "plans" for your clients and a way to give clients promoted job slots (think one-off charges to promote jobs), and we're working towards enhancing those offerings by including a payment system that Dropboard facilitates for you!

  • @rajboopathy6782
    @rajboopathy6782 4 місяці тому

    Colin, Wonderful to hear from you again. Looking forward to seeing the payments work for the plans. Also integrations to free and paid other job portals . Wishing you the best my friend. Cheers

  • @goranm
    @goranm 4 місяці тому

    Great update. How can we request more languages?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 4 місяці тому

      Thx! Best way is to write us at hello@dropboardhq.com from the email address that your Dropboard account is under.

  • @mitchellcohen
    @mitchellcohen 5 місяців тому

    great overview video. Congrats on launch!🎉

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 5 місяців тому

      Thank you! Very happy with how things are going and I'm dying to make a follow-up video if I can just get unbusy for a half sec. 😁

  • @sibstarrr9
    @sibstarrr9 6 місяців тому

    Do you have a discord channel for dropboard or something that you use to connect with users? I haven’t set mine up yet, because a the opposing candidates feature is a factor in usability for me, however, I think you’re right that this is going to be a real contender as far as applicant tracking software.

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 6 місяців тому

      Great idea! I've been thinking about setting up something like that - we will send an email blast as we get further on that idea. I'd love to hear more about what's holding you up and how we might be able to help if you want to take this conversation to hello@dropboardhq.com. 💪

    • @sibstarrr9
      @sibstarrr9 6 місяців тому

      @@colinmakessoftware it was meant to say 'the uploading candidate' feature is the main thing I would need to be able to use it in my case. I will drop you a line though :)

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 6 місяців тому

      @@sibstarrr9 Oh gotcha! Last week we launched a feature so you can manually add candidates. If you have a resume, you can upload it and our AI will extract out the name and email address for you. Later we'll upgrade it to import more than one candidate at a time and to extract more candidate details.

  • @sibstarrr9
    @sibstarrr9 6 місяців тому

    My three year old is ALSO chaos. So, I feel connected to this.

  • @egillanton
    @egillanton 6 місяців тому

    Congrats on the great campaign, caling it organic growth is misleading, as organic growth is when you get customers without marketing or a partnership with AppSumo.

  • @Gigawattt
    @Gigawattt 6 місяців тому

    Congrats on the great AppSumo campaign! “It’s not really about money”, but $65k ain’t nuthin to sneeze at 😅

  • @DarrinRich
    @DarrinRich 6 місяців тому

    I purchased it. Stoked that it did soo well for you. I think it has a bright future. Great job!

  • @FunFactFreaks
    @FunFactFreaks 6 місяців тому

    How does this portal make money? Is there a feature to charge clients to list a job for a period of time?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 6 місяців тому

      Hi! This is a feature that's in the research phase right now. We're considering building in recurring subscriptions and potentially multiple tiers of feature offerings.

  • @dimitkoster
    @dimitkoster 6 місяців тому

    great tool. do you plan new featuring like Emplyer list / catalog, different packages like 1, 3, 6 months, 10 -20-50 job offers and etc. Do you have a road map just to check and suggest?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 6 місяців тому

      Thank you! We have an item on our roadmap to consider letting our customers charge clients for access to their portal and that may include different tiers or limits on how many jobs can be posted. Our public roadmap is here: dropboardhq.com/roadmap

  • @DyoArndt
    @DyoArndt 6 місяців тому

    Colin, after a client creates their account and I approve them, and they create their first job listing, are they able to embed the job listings on their website? I’m not sure if I was 100% clear with my question as English is not my first language.

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 6 місяців тому

      Your English is great. 👍 Clients cannot create Dropboard embeds, but you can do it for them and send them the installation script. We're listening for feedback on this and in the future may allow some form of letting clients do this.

  • @vikramanand
    @vikramanand 7 місяців тому

    Colin, this is absolutely terrific. Thanks for rolling it out.

  • @anupamsir5100
    @anupamsir5100 7 місяців тому

    There should be "candidate " section as well where the candidates can register.

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 7 місяців тому

      This is a great idea and something we're researching. Once we get farther down our roadmap we'll have a clearer picture of how this feature might fit in with our offering. Thank you!

    • @Karol.M
      @Karol.M 7 місяців тому

      ​@@colinmakessoftware Candidates need to have these register features.

  • @tobiez.5570
    @tobiez.5570 7 місяців тому

    And could the platform pull from another online job posting for its AI description?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 7 місяців тому

      I'm interested to know more about this. Is there a root issue/inefficiency you're looking to solve, or maybe you mean an idea for an improvement in how the AI writes job descriptions? Thank you!

  • @tobiez.5570
    @tobiez.5570 7 місяців тому

    Could you please allow users to add a logo next to each job posting?

  • @Gigawattt
    @Gigawattt 8 місяців тому

    🎉🥳🍾

  • @jathom30
    @jathom30 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for continuing these updates. This has been a very fun/informative watch on product development

  • @flyzalstudios
    @flyzalstudios 8 місяців тому

    All the best 🎉 Keep developing it and add more integrations (Vbout, Ligna)!

  • @xomunil
    @xomunil 8 місяців тому

    So inspiring - heading over to Appsumo right now to support your journey. Hope to see your other products launch there soon.

  • @ahmadcorner2546
    @ahmadcorner2546 9 місяців тому

    is this still being supported? thought I read somewhere that you were moving on from this product.

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware 9 місяців тому

      Not sure where you heard that haha, but Dropboard is absolutely an active and supported product. 👍 Let me know if there's anything I can help with!

    • @ahmadcorner2546
      @ahmadcorner2546 9 місяців тому

      @@colinmakessoftware Glad to hear! Thanks for the update.

  • @mauramontiel2012
    @mauramontiel2012 10 місяців тому

    Promo*SM 😡

  • @FinnyTheGreat
    @FinnyTheGreat 11 місяців тому

    Hello

  • @hrahman3123
    @hrahman3123 11 місяців тому

    Great video and welcome back 🙌 your transparency is awesome and looking forward to following along

  • @abdu5822
    @abdu5822 Рік тому

    What tech stack did you use for your projects ?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      Node.js, postgres, AWS, Stimulus, and Turbo. 👍

    • @abdu5822
      @abdu5822 Рік тому

      @@colinmakessoftware you mean you use Ruby on Rails with Stimulus and Turbo ?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      @@abdu5822 No, I'm using Stimulus and Turbo with a home-grown back-end piece written in Node.

  • @nickgervasi2165
    @nickgervasi2165 Рік тому

    Best of luck with the new opportunity!

  • @hrahman3123
    @hrahman3123 Рік тому

    Congrats! You should do a video on how the opportunity came to be ✌️

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      Would so love to if I could. Maybe down the road that'll be possible!

  • @Gigawattt
    @Gigawattt Рік тому

    😱

  • @jace572
    @jace572 Рік тому

    This is what I love about your channel- it’s authentic and human

  • @jace572
    @jace572 Рік тому

    I love this episode. Great example of what will happen at some point.

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      Thank you, JC! Moments like that are always a bit stressful, but also such a relief when you're able to sort them out. 😜

  • @chadelliott7629
    @chadelliott7629 Рік тому

    It's a tough balance. You also don't want programming a fancy backend to consume too many hours early on.

  • @Nope.meow82828
    @Nope.meow82828 Рік тому

    How do you add it to a wix site?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      Hi Tyrell! Just go to www.wix.com/app-market/dropboard and click "Add to Site." You can always reach us at hello@dropboardhq.com if you have further questions!

  • @ruthiecohen4817
    @ruthiecohen4817 Рік тому

    Hey, I'm looking to embed a software similar to yours on a client's website. They specifically want a vast sort and filter option. I looked into your software and it seems you can only sort by job and filter by location - is that correct? Is that something you plan on enhancing later? (To give you examples, my client wants the candidates to be able to filter by salary etc...)

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      Hi Ruthie! Yes, as of right now you can find jobs by searching and/or filtering the location, but not by compensation or other factors. Is your client a recruiter with a large number of jobs? We are looking into building a recruiter-specific plan with enhanced features and a more data-driven set of filters/tools. I'd be happy to talk with you about this or if you have other questions, feel free to continue this chat privately with me at hello@dropboardhq.com. Thanks!

    • @ruthiecohen4817
      @ruthiecohen4817 Рік тому

      @@colinmakessoftware Yes it is a recruiter with a large number of jobs. If/when you do add those enhanced filters etc., I'm sure your software will be a perfect match for us!

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      @@ruthiecohen4817 That's great! Email hello@dropboardhq.com if you'd like me to stay in touch as we progress on a recruiter plan for Dropboard. We also entertain custom arrangements if your client has the budget, so let me know if you'd like to chat more about that.

  • @chadelliott7629
    @chadelliott7629 Рік тому

    I like the "Add a section" button. Nice way to address feature requests without cluttering the interface. 👍

  • @chadelliott7629
    @chadelliott7629 Рік тому

    Hey Colin, I just stumbled across your channel. 12ish was one of my all-time favorite sites. I had some incredible conversations, and was so sad to see it close. Congrats on Product Hunt and on reaching $1K MRR. Best of luck!

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      OMG! Thank you so much for sharing that, that means so much. 12ish was a really exciting product to build and one of my favorite tattoos I have.

  • @Gigawattt
    @Gigawattt Рік тому

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @jace572
    @jace572 Рік тому

    This is amazing!! Congratulations!

  • @jenessasquires8469
    @jenessasquires8469 Рік тому

    Hello, thanks for the tutorial! I'm wondering if dropboard has the ability to send out automated emails to members of my site notifying them that new jobs have been posted? Would it be a part of the business plan features?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      Yes! When you create a job in Dropboard you specify the email addresses of the hiring manager(s). They are instantly notified via email whenever new candidates come in and the resume will be attached in PDF format (even if the candidate submitted it in Word or other formats). Each job can have different hiring managers if you want, or you can quickly select from email addresses you've already used. This is included in all plans, but Dropboard Business makes it more valuable by including the candidates answers to any custom questions you put on the form.

    • @jenessasquires8469
      @jenessasquires8469 Рік тому

      I also wanted to ask if it's possible to customize the email that is sent to the hiring manager when an application is submitted? I would like to be able to include a link to the member's profile when they submit an application. Thanks.

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      ​@@jenessasquires8469 You bet. Check out this video at 2:27: ua-cam.com/video/7GuOsjgP2To/v-deo.html That will walk you through how to do it. However, that customized email will be the same for any job hosted on that widget, so if you have a different link for each job it is harder to do. You can include dynamic data: for instance if you put [JOB TITLE] in the email Dropboard will replace that with the title of the job they applied for. So theoretically you could use the "compensation" field for your jobs to hold the profile link and put [JOB COMPENSATION] in the email body. The issue with that is that the link would be visible on your job openings. Happy to continue answering you here, but you can also hit us up at hello@dropboardhq.com for private help.

  • @Gigawattt
    @Gigawattt Рік тому

    So what was the performance issue? We’re you able to fix it?

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      Hey David, the performance issue was basically that I was embedding a whole page load for wix customers instead of just the actual embed script for Dropboard. Wix requires things to run a little differently which is where this came from, but then I realized I could still do the security handshake and render just the bare bones needs. Dropped several things like unneeded fonts, styles, JavaScript, and loading logic.

  • @colinmakessoftware
    @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

    Damn! Somehow my toddler clip at 7:04 got in there without sound. He says, "Come on, daddy" and it's so cute. This is what happens when you have only so much time to make these videos! 😬🤷‍♂

  • @dylanlance6964
    @dylanlance6964 Рік тому

    I'm waiting eagerly for its release in wix app market.

    • @colinmakessoftware
      @colinmakessoftware Рік тому

      Hey Dylan, we are live actually right now! www.wix.com/app-market/dropboard

  • @jace572
    @jace572 Рік тому

    If you can show any of the feedback you’ve received from customers that would be great