With Valentine’s Day around the corner we decided to look into Love Apps and investigate the Business of Mobile Dating.
We will cover these topics and many more:
How to start a dating community from scratch?
Which features monetize most?
How long is the life time of a user?
Which days are most active?
What business model works best, subscription, ad supported, fremium?
Panel:
Romain David – Co-Founder – Meexo, http://www.linkedin.com/in/romaindavid
Neil Goldberg – CEO – Handmade Mobile Entertainment (Flirtomatic, Chaarmd and Take Me Out Flirting), http://www.linkedin.com/in/ondemandmediagroup
Sophie-Charlotte Moatti – Co-founder & CEO – Rendez Vous Labs,
http://www.linkedin.com/in/scmoatti
Steve Paddon – Vice President of Products and Services – Trilibis Mobile (Match.com), http://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-paddon/0/5aa/524
MobileMonday Silicon Valley – Love Apps – The Business of Mobile Dating
Monday, February 6, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PT)
Palo Alto, CA
For me I used to be so shy about sharing what kind of person i was because i wasnt sure what they would think. I decided to make a decision and try “online dating” i tried a couple different sites and was somewhat pleased. I really like how people can see who you are by your profile without making harsh physical judments. I actually just did a free trial on a new dating site and i think im going to stick with it. Its called
http://www.foxy-dater.com I just went through with the 3 day trial and im actually really impressed with it. Lots of single people local to me :)
Mobile dating is blowing up. Everyone has an iPhone or Android phone now, or in the process of getting one. PlentyOfFish.com even stated their mobile traffic is growing by 6% a week. By the end of 2012 70% of their traffic is goign to be mobile access. Read it here —> http://plentyoffish.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/the-web-is-dead-its-all-about-mobile/
The rise of the mobile Web is one point that is very clear. The fight off the Apps can begin.