Dating Industry News For May 8, 2013

Massive link-dump and some videos, enjoy. When is HowAboutWe going to do a deal with Foursquare? Check-in, rich location data and a slick recommendation service. SimpleWash will help you purge your Facebook account of content that single people, employers and mom may not approve of. Lulu is the smart girls’ app for private recommendations and [...]

Post-Valentine’s Day Wrap-Up

And so another Valentine’s Day has come to pass. This year I did around 35 media interviews, actually a pretty light load this year. The sheer number of “relationship experts” who asked about guest-posting was unbelievable, probably around 50 people. 10 things dating sites won’t tell you. What does OKCupid want?: The mission of online-dating [...]

Online Dating Summit Recap

It was great to see everyone at Online Dating Summit in Miami! Met a lot of readers from EU and AU as well as key players at top US dating sites. Many people were fried after Affiliate Summit in Vegas. My keynote presentation is at http://slidesha.re/WUcGU5 Sign up for the weekly digest of Online Dating Insider [...]

OkCupid Hides User Photos For The Day, Re-Launches Crazy Blind Date

Sam Yagan, co-founder of OkCupid and President of Match, just emailed me to let me know that Crazy Blind Date is baaaaack. Not only that, every single profile photo on OkCupid is blanked out today.  Every one of the ten million photos on OkCupid has been removed from the site; members logging into OkCupid today will [...]

Improving Relationships with Tokii

Tokii allows couples to communicate with each other while having fun and strengthening their relationship. With over the top features and self-help focus, couples can connect anytime, anywhere.  In addition, learn from couples that are already using Tokii. Tokii features include: Mood Meter – A mini love note which lets your partner know how you’re feeling [...]

Dating Industry Update 1-10-13

Happy 2013 everyone. I took a few weeks off from posting over the holidays, back to a more normal schedule. The dating industry busy season is once again upon us: The media frenzy has begun and the dating industry is preparing for iDate and Online Dating Summit, where I’m excited to give the keynote. Meetic [...]

New Mobile Dating Apps, EU Dating Market Studies, Cuddling For Cash

Startup of the week: Banjo brings friends on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram together, by location (and it’s awesome). Via VentureBeat. This is a must-read article for anyone doing a mobile dating app. Banjo is going on my home screen right now. The folks at Rasmussen Reports found that 16% View Online Dating Sites Favorably. Thanks @jamesagardner. Cuddling [...]

Let’s Date! Match Financials, Stir Reaches 1,000 Events, Value of Payment Data

Hot new dating app of the week. Received an email about an iPhone app called Let’s Date from the creators of Suicide Girls (edgier Nerve.com). Absolutely gorgeous interface and I like how it imports my FB data to create my profile (called a Date Card). When you scroll through the cards, you can select “let’s [...]

What Happened To People Discovery Apps?

Great article in The Verge, “What happened to ‘people discovery’ apps?“ Call it people discovery, social discovery, finding existing or making new friends nearby, knowing who’s around you and what they are into and up to is a huge business opportunity still in its infancy. Mobile access to dating sites was greatly anticipated, finally took off, [...]

Mobile, Social and Big Data Will Revolutionize Online Dating

Happy Friday, I actually remembered to #followfriday some dating industry peeps on Twitter today. Follow me at @datinginsider. The dating industry is going to love Narrative Data. This paragraph from Monday Note supports my longstanding belief that dating sites are going to have to become more data-intensive like OKCupid to truly benefit from the submerged value just [...]

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