Congratulations to ODI advertiser Milabra for being recently featured on TechCrunch.
PlentyofFish wants to buy dating sites, which is old news but you wouldn’t know it from the 100+ comments on Markus’ blog.
Dr. Helen Fisher’s 2020 appearance. There are also a few promos that do a good job summarizing the entire special on ABC, if that would be easier: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6752673. Or either one of these from GMA: http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6768634 http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=6785321
BlackPeopleMeet.com, and Steve Harvey Morning Show team up to launch Radio Dateâ„¢ Segment. That’s a great cross-promotional deal, along the lines of PerfectMatch, which absolutely owns cable (Lifetime) and movie partnerships when it comes to dating.
TechCrunch video interview with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.
AstraMatch reviewed the GenePartner compatibility test.
Confadate is offering background checks for $25. But can you use the results on multiple sites like you can with Honesty Online? Dating Passport is offering background checks as well.
Background check providers, your sector has been approaching the online dating industry for several years. Existing vendors are far along the sales cycle, have personal relationships with key executives and generally have passed the sniff-test long ago.
A simple background check don’t drive people to visit dating sites. The solution is much more nuanced than that. One more thing, nobody cares how good your data is, because all data is flawed and stale to some degree. Stick with employment screening, it’s a much larger market.
Mobile advertising with admob. Seems like everyone is gravitating to this platform.
Online Personals Watch interviews ASE Softnet.
SpeedDate recently passed 30 million dates and Zoosk says they have 16.5 million users and have made 228 million connections. All I care about is how many people used the app in the last 30 days. Active users on FB and other social apps are much lower than their installed base and a better indicator of popularity and revenue.
Many dating sites, both in the US and abroad, are experimenting with 2-day or a weekend’s worth of free communication. Be a bit more original and stop ripping off eHarmony’s verbiage word for word, ok?
The Matchmaker Institute has published the results of their matchmaker survey.
Fun site of the week: Visit KissMein3D.com and create a digital make-out session in 3D.
