Andrew Hudson Builds 35,000-Subscriber Jobs List From 1 Help-Wanted Email
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Updated · denvergazette.com · Sep 4
Andrew Hudson Builds 35,000-Subscriber Jobs List From 1 Help-Wanted Email
1 articles · Updated · denvergazette.com · Sep 4
Summary
35,000 active subscribers now receive Andrew Hudson’s weekly jobs newsletter, a service he built after one request to add a help-wanted notice transformed his Denver email list into a hiring platform.
600 jobs a month are posted currently—down from peaks of 1,500 depending on the economy—while the site draws about 45,000 weekly visits and serves white-collar roles across seven categories.
2005 became a turning point when Comcast capped his mass emails at 100 at a time; a Broomfield marketing firm then helped turn the list into a website and subscription system.
2008 was when Hudson began charging $250 for company listings and $150 for nonprofit posts, quitting his communications job within days as the former side project became a business.
Thousands may have found work through the platform, Hudson estimates, and he has expanded into seminars, consultations and workforce-board service while urging job seekers to network and stay focused.