Online Dating Industry Consulting & Commentary
From the monthly archives:
IDEA OASIS has issued what I believe to be their first press release pertaining to the current industry legislation. Let me be the first to say that I don’t think is was the smartest idea to base the IDEA-OASIS anti-legislation coming-out party on the security issues of the data providers. There are several stronger arguments [...]
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Blogs like ODI make it easy to broadcast one-to-many. Unfortunately, when it comes to ongoing discussion the comments field tends to be overlooked by many readers. If you’re not one who usually peruses the comments attached to individual posts and you’re interested in learning about True.com’s take on their legislative efforts, check it out here.
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Invites went out today for Yahoo! 360º. If you’re signed up, let me know what you think of the service.
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Local newspapers have the leading websites in 74 of 81 markets, according to a new survey by The Media Audit. Personals providers such as SpringStreet and Premiere Singles are uniquely positioned to leverage the local paper market. SpringStreet has deals with scores of newspaper and special interest websites, while things have been quiet about the [...]
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Saturday’s PossLTR pilot was a big success. Looks like the show got good ratings and it was a lot of fun to be a part of. The producer, the esteemed Roberto Mighty, has asked me to put out an all points bulletin for dating services interested in exploring category-exclusive sponsorship opportunities with the show.
Roberto Mighty [...]
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Rich Gosse, founder of the IADW, will be interviewed for about 5-6 minutes on Fox News Live on the Fox News Channel on Wednesday morning, March 30, shortly after 8:30am Pacific Time. During the interview Rich will speak out against the proposed legislation in several U.S. state legislatures regarding criminal background checks on dating websites.
The [...]
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I learned a few minutes ago that the FL legislative meeting is off, the bill is being amended. More details when I have them.
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I just re-upped my Match and Yahoo! subscriptions. I was paying $16 a month on Match and today I signed on for six months for $77.94,which works out to $12.99 per month.
When I went to update my Yahoo! billing information I was surprised to find that I couldn’t figure out what my current payment plan [...]
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FriendFinder has offered members the ability to highlight their profiles with colors that stand out from everyone else in the search results. Match is now offering a similar feature. For $2.15 a month, which works out to $12.90 for six months, members can choose the Highlight Profile option. For another $12.90, members can “Improve your [...]
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The May 12-13 Hong Kong event is only 6 weeks away. Executives from some of the largest online dating sites in Asia will be in attendance. This includes China. The 4th Internet Dating Conference will focus on management and internet marketing for the online dating and internet social networking industry to the far [...]
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