Reach your target expat market through the fastest growing platform for internationals in Barcelona
Barcelona Expat Life is an online community for both expats and businesses in Barcelona, a place where you can exchange experiences and valuable information about your life in Barcelona or about your company.
Whether you are a company searching for your next expat hire, or you are an organisation that provides services and products to expats, our platform can help you expand your branding among the expat community and help you reach your target market.
We want to offer our online community a complete and detailed overview of all the expat related organisations in Barcelona, which is why we encourage you to create a profile on our website for free! Currently we have set up partnerships with more than 500 companies in Barcelona and this number continues to grow every day.
There’s also the possibility of both short and long-term collaborations and our services can be tailored specifically to your needs.
Ways we can collaborate
Our traffic
Around 60% of our traffic is coming from Spain, 6% of our traffic is coming from The Netherlands and the remaining 34% of our traffic is coming from mostly other European countries. In addition our visitors are spending, on average, 7 minutes browsing on our website.
Our aim is to become the number 1 platform for expats in Barcelona and we are excited to share that the percentage of returning visitors to our site is growing every month, as well as our organic traffic.
Our online community is extremely diverse, thanks to the different content we share on our website every week. Most of our visitors are between the ages of 18 and 45 years old and vary between people who are starting their new career and people who already have some work experience.
Create a company profile free of charge
how to create a company profile on our website
Creating a profile on our website is free of charge, as we want to encourage all companies in Barcelona to register in order to provide a diverse and complete overview of what Barcelona has to offer to expats.
step 1: register
The first step is to register your company profile on our website, completely free of charge.
step 2: add your company
Choose the image which best describes your company.
Banking = financial services
Career = companies hiring, job boards & recruitment agencies etc.
Country specific = country related restaurants, supermarkets, business clubs etc.
Children = childcare, international schools etc.
Education = business schools and universities
Healthcare = doctor, dentist etc.
Housing = real estate websites, real estate agencies, home utilities etc.
Lifestyle = catering & food delivery, hair & beauty, social networking groups etc.
Paperwork = insurances, relocation services etc.
Services for entrepreneurs = co-working and office spaces, social networks etc.
step 3: Complete your listing
Once you’ve successfully registered your company on our website, you can then include a description, relevant links, photos and videos to all of your listings and company profile. The more complete your profile is the higher you will rank in Barcelona Expat Life’s search results, making it easier for expats to find you. Listings on our website can include: company profile listings, job listings, accommodation listings and event listings.
Complete flexibility
You can update your company profile whenever you want, including the company logo, photos, videos and links.
Dashboard with real time analytics
Receive statistics regarding page views, number of visitors, from which country your viewers are located and which platform, browser, device they are using.
step 4: REVIEWS
Encourage co-workers and/or clients to write reviews, the more reviews and positive ratings your company receives, the more your company’s ranking on our platform will improve.
Upgrade the visibility of your company
upgrade your listing
If you wish to increase the visibility of your company profile or your property on our website, or you have a special event you would like to promote, please get in touch and we can arrange this for you!
Featured listing
Ranks higher than freemium listings in all the relevant search results
€50 PER MONTH
Promoted listing
Ranks higher than freemium and featured listings in all the relevant search results
€100 PER MONTH
VAT is not included in pricing.
We are more than happy to offer you a discount if you purchase a service for more than 1 month (2 months = 10% discount and 3 months or more = 20% discount).
Company advertising
Increase brand awareness
Take advantage of a unique banner or job ad on our homepage, guaranteed to bring your company more traffic and/or applicants.
Post on pages of your choice
Do you want to advertise your company on specific pages of our website? Feel free to contact us to discuss the possibilities, we are sure to be able to offer a solution to your needs.
Banner or ad on our homepage
Banner: logo of your company
Ad: designed by your company or our marketing team
Linked to your company profile or website
€300 PER MONTH
VAT is not included in pricing.
Content marketing
extra brand awareness
This is the perfect opportunity to increase your branding if you have an upcoming campaign or event, or if you’re looking to target specific language speakers.
stays on our website forever
Once the blog or article has been published, it will remain on our site forever. You do not need to pay to keep it on our platform.
promotion on social media
We’ll share your blog or article on all of our social media platforms, boosting your company’s visibility and/or increasing traffic to your job offers. We mainly focus our efforts on LinkedIn. However, we are also very active in Facebook groups for Expats in Barcelona, where we try to add relevant content to the ongoing discussions in these groups.
Blog or article
A blog or article specifically about your company, including links to your job offers or your website.
€500
VAT is not included in pricing.
Social Media Broadcast
Promote your company and your latest job vacancies via our Social Media Channels. Reach a larger audience and gain more online visibility through; Instagram & Instagram Live, LinkedIn, Tiktok and Facebook.
Price €300 per month, excluding VAT.
Job posting
Languages
Post an unlimited number of languages.
URL
Each job ad will redirect candidates to a URL of your choice.
Duration
Each job ad is live on our site for 31 days, to ensure maximum exposure.
Complete flexibility
You can update your job ad whenever you want, including the logo, photos, videos and links.
Quality over quantity
Our platform and marketing efforts are solely focused on Barcelona and finding candidates who speak the most in demand languages. When a candidate applies to a job on our website they are redirected to a URL of your choice where, if they decide to continue with their application, you will receive their application straight away via your own system. Through this way, the candidate has to make an extra effort to apply to one of your positions. You may lose some candidates because of this process, but at Barcelona Expat Life, we believe in quality over quantity.
Our target group
Our platform is aimed at expats already living in Barcelona (there are currently 333.516 foreigners and 179 different nationalities), and the people planning to relocate to the city. However, we also understand that Dutch, German, French, Swedish and Norwegian are the most sought after languages for companies hiring in Barcelona, so we are paying extra attention to these particular target groups to help you fill your recruitment needs.
To be able to post jobs on our platform you must first create a company profile.
Unlimited
posting
Unlimited posting
Job offers will stay active for 1 month
Candidates will be redirected to a URL of your choice
€300 PER MONTH
Agencies:
€250 per month
Single standard job
1 job offer
Your offer will stay active for 1 month
Candidates will be redirected to a URL of your choice
€99 PER MONTH
Agencies:
€85 per month
Single featured job
1 job offer
Your offer will stay active for 1 month
Candidates will be redirected to a URL of your choice
Ranks higher than a standard listing in relevant keyword searches
€198 PER MONTH
Agencies:
€175 per month
Single promoted job
1 job offer
Your offer will stay active for 1 month
Candidates will be redirected to a URL of your choice
Ranks higher than a featured and standard listing in relevant keyword searches
€298 PER MONTH
Agencies:
€245 per month
VAT is not included in pricing.
We are more than happy to offer you a discount if you purchase a service for more than 1 month (2 months = 10% discount and 3 months or more = 20% discount).
Duplicated jobs are not allowed.
Work in Barcelona! Job Fair
At Barcelona Expat Life, we connect job-seekers with prominent recruiters through multiple career events each year. The Barcelona job market has a lot to offer to people looking for jobs in their native language who have a variety of skills and interests. At the events, job-seekers can mingle with job market leaders in a casual, comfortable setting in the heart of Barcelona.
We are thrilled to be able to bring hundreds of job-seekers and dozens of talent-seekers together to help people understand companies’ cultures and share their talents face-to-face.
Dutch speakers in Barcelona
Together with Annebeth Vis, we manage the largest online community of Dutch speakers in Barcelona, with almost 10.000 members. If you want to connect with Dutch-speakers in Barcelona, feel free to reach out!
Facebook group
- 10.000 members
Monthly newsletter
- +1.400 subscriptions
- Average open rate: between 55% – 80%.
- Special job section
Share your upcoming events (free of charge)
To be able to share events on our platform you must first create a company profile.
Rent out accommodation (free of charge)
free
Post available rooms, apartments or houses in Barcelona and help expats find a place to live.
Duration
Each accommodation ad is live on our site for 31 days, to ensure maximum exposure.
URL
Each ad will redirect expats to a URL of your choice.
To be able to share your available accomodation on our platform you must first create a company profile.
Affiliate marketing
Our platform can help you promote and increase traffic to your company’s jobs and events through affiliate campaigns. Get in touch to discuss the possibilities!
Other forms of partnership
If you require something specific, or you would like to discuss other collaboration opportunities, we are always open to creating a customised solution to best suit your needs.
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