I'd really like some feedback on my website. We're getting quite a few members but very little constructive criticism.
Any advice of how best to promote the site would also be great. We're doing the obvious stuff like submitting to search engines, link exchanges, a couple of emailing campaigns.
I've had a look at your site and I like it...it's certainly got a nice clean feel to it. I had a quick dip into your forum though and there were some errors so have a look into that as I couldn't view any posts.
My recommendation would be to get as many adverts for freelancing opportunities on there as possible - even if it's free for an initial period to get to that critical mass. That's what you need - content to establish you.
Links are key and just keep adding content so as google spiders you, it gives your site a higher quality score and helps you in the rankings. I can imagine it's a competitive market (as everything seems to be these days) so utilise your freelancers to try and get some good PR out there and capitalise on any marketing opportunities.
To help grow your exposure a bit, have you thought about putting your ads for freelancers on www.Reed.co.uk? which would be free to do so? Not quite sure how it would work but could help you register some people?
All the best and if I think of anything else, I'll let you know.
I was working on the forums last night and i noticed an error came through which coincided with when you posted your message, so apologies.
Im working on building incoming links but finding it a slow process. Ive signed up to a link exchange and am beginning to add some relevant links, but not sure if reciprical links are really the answer. probably worth i try i thought. do you know how these affect your page rank?