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First, some research from PeopleMedia, who says the majority of black men and women don’t seem care about Valentine’s Day.
A minority, however, does take the holiday to heart, scrambling for any date at all (15 percent) or seeking the comfort of a favorite vice (12 percent). And that’s especially true for Black men, who are [...]
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This is one session I wish I had been able to attend last week at iDate. People Media VP Ron Worthy told the story of how the leading niche dating brand went from startup to Match.com acquisition in a few short years. People Media operates 27 individual web properties, reaching nearly 4 million unique users [...]
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When it comes to niches one of my favorite originals is FarmersOnly. Of course PeopleMedia is now the clear 500-pound gorilla in the space with it’s network of niche sites, but I’m still a fan of small, passionate dating sites based on well-defined niches. They may not make millions but they have great stories [...]
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Yesterday while watching the horrible Patriots loss at my corner bar, the topic came around to dating. I mentioned a few niche dating sites and went into my usual rant about being more interested in a giant single shared database of members than 2,000 separate sites, each with their own walled-garden of profiles, marketing spend [...]
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What the heck is this? I found it stumbling around the nether regions of Match.com.
Local Singles in Roselawn Finance; Roselawn Finance Online Dating
Find an online single in Ohio or the Buckeye State today. Match.com brings Roselawn Finance daters together. Start searching for Roselawn Finance, Ohio singles looking for love just like you. Online dating in [...]
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Single Parent Love Life is a new online community created for single parents and the enlightened singles open to meeting them. The founders are ex-Lavalife alumnae. I love the niche, single parents are a whole market to themselves, and are totally under served in the dating market.
I’m a bit of a design snob. There [...]
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Mobile Alibi is good if you need to get out of a bad date. Phone rings, pretend it’s your sick roomate, excuse yourself and off you go.
For those married people on dating sites (30% according to some), Alibi Network is here to help you with all your lying, cheating homewrecking needs.
Alibi Network is a cutting [...]
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Where did the week go? I’m busy with all sorts of client work, hence the slow posts. I’m building the next generation of online dating and social networking sites and helping solution providers build out their value proposition for top dating sites. I can’t talk about much, you’ll just have to see the fruits of [...]
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I was clicking around Match recently and see that members can now search by state, major city and various communities: religion, non-smoking, teachers, liberal, athletic, etc.
Match is taking a play from the Matchmaker and many other dating sites (and Facebook), by creating smaller user communities out of it’s date warehouse. I never received notice [...]
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I received an email from PodDater saying that someone had left me a message. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was a spam from the Clown Dating Agency.
Circus is a magical business, but it can be difficult to meet new people and form lasting relationships when you’re on the road performing.
The Clown [...]
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