by David Evans | Audio & Video, Dating Site Features
Match has added the capability to allow users to post 2 minute videos with their profile. Take a look. I am curious as to how their customer services people are going to screen every video posted. It will be interesting to see how people will use and abuse this new...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
Handbag maker, gossip-column fodder and former presidential intern Monica Lewinsky has a new gig: host of a dating game on Fox called “Mr. Personality.” “Mr. Personality,” which debuts April 21, will feature a stockbroker named Hayley and 20...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Last week I resigned from a handful of dating services, partially for a few weeks of mental health, but also to find out how the sevices were dealing with customer churn. Sure enough, Match.com just sent me an e-tip, 3 months for the price of one. However, when I went...
by David Evans | Dating Industry Finance, Marketing
USA Interactive (USAI), the owner of 500-lb gorilla Match.com, is buying all remaining shares of hotel.com in an all-stock transaction worth a reported $1.1 billion. Now you can find a date on Match.com, buy tickets to an event through Ticketmaster and book a hotel...
by David Evans | Online Dating Industry
A Salon.com article about marketing yourself online via cultural references. “Indeed, each personal ad patches together an increasingly eclectic and romantic mélange of brands to create a signature brand: “The Anarchist Cookbook,”...