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Conferences

iDate LA 2009 Recap

by David Evans on June 29, 2009   in Conferences

Online Dating Insider delivers cutting-edge insight and commentary on all aspects of the online dating industry. Topics include industry news, site reviews, emerging trends, analysis of dating site features, discussion about safety, finance and other issues important to the online dating market. Don’t miss our Startups directory, useful to anyone running dating or social networking [...]

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iDate LA Session Review

by David Evans on June 18, 2009   in Conferences

Its been five months since the last iDate dating conference in Miami. What has changed since then? Well I’m going iDate LA next week for the first time to find out. I’ve waiting until now to attend because mobile dating has left my nonplussed for the most part. That tide is turning, my iPhone is [...]

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iDate Miami 2009 Photos and Videos

by David Evans on March 9, 2009   in Conferences

iDate just sent out a somewhat confusing email about payment processors which included links to photos and videos from the January Miami event. If you read this blog regularly your photo is probably up there. Yes, I’m wearing the shirt I wore at last year’s iDate for the E! Entertainment filming. I need to buy [...]

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iDate Miami 2009 Redux

by David Evans on January 26, 2009   in Conferences

It’s great to be back in familiar 15 degree Boston weather even though people were walking around Miami Beach in fur coats last week. I have a stack of business cards I need to scan, expect email from me if we traded cards. Sorry to everyone I didn’t get to spend time with, cramming a [...]

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Go ‘Bama, Getting Ready for IDate

by David Evans on January 20, 2009   in Conferences, Dating Software

Big day for America and the world! Use the contact form if you want to set up a time to talk at iDate. I’m arriving Wednesday around 1:30 and leaving Saturday night.
An E-Card you Don’t Want to Receive
Dating Site Software Reviews

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Reminder: Pre-iDate Chat This Friday

by David Evans on January 15, 2009   in Conferences

Tomorrow, Friday January 16, Online Dating Insider will host an iDate pre-event networking chat. Make sure to visit http://onlinedatingpost.com/chat to connect with other attendees, talk about what you do, what you’re looking for and to set up meetings.
The chat will be turned on Friday morning 9am EST and will be open all day. I’ll try [...]

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Online Dating Post Hosting Pre-iDate Community Chat

by David Evans on January 13, 2009   in Conferences, Events

It’s too bad iDate didn’t do the pre-event chat like last year. I wanted to give people a chance to network before the event so I decided to host a chat here on Friday, January 16.
Many thanks to Userplane for agreeing to let me use their Web Messenger platform host the conversation. I just got [...]

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Affiliate Summit Meetups

by David Evans on August 13, 2008   in Conferences

This week the Affiliate Summit rolled into Boston. I spent time with Honesty Online (Mark Ezra and Larry Cynkin), SinglesNet (Jeff Clark), Date.com (Meir and Chris) and MillionaireMatch (Steve Casper). Dinner at Persephone was good, my favorite waiter works their and they have Nintendo Wii’s to play while you’re shopping at the in-restaurant boutique.
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iDate Japan

by David Evans on May 12, 2008   in Conferences

People tell me around 30 people showed up. Online Personals Watch has a video. but I’m not seeing much coverage otherwise. According to on attendee, the crowd was small, only about 20-30 people but there were some nice, new faces. Mostly social networking companies, a few Asian, and a few Eastern European / European. Not [...]

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Social Networking Conference

by David Evans on June 15, 2007   in Conferences

Today is the last day to register and save $150 on the Social Networking Conference in San Francisco July 26-27. There is a bit of confusion about the focus of the event, it’s actually the Mobile Social Networking Conference.
Brought to you by the same people that bring us iDate, this is a good show to [...]

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