Online Dating Industry Consulting & Commentary
From the monthly archives:
This was a big week for interviews, I was interviewed for an INC Magazine article about PlentyOfFish, and talked to several other reporters. Everyone is starting to gear up for holiday dating stories.
If you are looking to buy a unique dating site concept, look no further.
Evan Mark Katz produced a free teleclass this week. 700 [...]
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Bonefish is the oldest white label dating provider. Online Personals Watch talked to Bonefish CEO Mike Fitzgerald about online dating scammers. About 90% of the scamming on Bone Fish’s sites has come from Russian and African scammers and they have had only one affiliate scammer.
Many a time I’ve looked on the internet for places that [...]
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Communicating with people on dating sites and social networks is often accomplished by sending plain text messaging, generally the most fast and efficient way to dash off a message to a friend or potential date.
Sometimes you just want to leave a message or comment on a photo. Rich text editing lets you format text with [...]
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I’m back from an fun and productive few days in NYC. Met with Sobayli and talked about what we’re going to be working on next. Then I had drinks with Gordon at DatingHeadShots at a hip Meatpacking district bar (Gossip Girls fans will recognize the lights behind the bar). Gordon had some great stories to [...]
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I’ll be in Manhattan Thursday and Friday, meeting with clients, several dating companies, social networks and investors. Contact me if you want to meet up, I have some free time Friday afternoon after lunch.
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The press release headline says it all:
Innovative Online Dating Service Hosts 18 Million Online Dates, Raises over $8 Million, Attracts Millions of Users
SpeedDate hosts an average of 120,000 online dates per day, a new date begins on the site every second of the day. Happy birthday to Dan and Simon and the rest of the [...]
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Today I turn 40. I woke up, ran 6 miles and spent the morning fielding phone calls from friends, family and clients, not to mention my Facebook wall is on fire. I spent the last night of my 30’s on a fantastic date and am having a small dinner with a few close friends tonight. [...]
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Andrew Chen has links to one of his favorite blogs. Altgate is A Blog On Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between. This post caught my attention, Dating…er…Fundraising Etiquette. Lots of posts about every detail related to fundraising. Killer VC Pitch Deck is great.
On the angel investment side, I’ve lost count of how many copies [...]
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To celebrate the billionth email sent between UK members, Match.com is launching a consumer panel. I probably would have baked a cake or something. Convening a panel just doesn’t seem a festive way to mark such an incredible milestone.
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Online Personals Watch has an interview with iovation CEO Greg Peirson. Good overview of iovation anti-fraud services. There are also some videos at iovation.com. I have been introducing iovation to dating sites and am pleased with the response so far. Contact me if you would like to set up a brief call to learn more [...]
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