If the day had 28 hours in it I might get to the ODI newsletter but until then here is the iDate’s and a few thoughts on upcoming conferences and the content of the newsletter.
Is anyone going to the Mobile Dating Conference? How about Prague? Drop a comment and let us know.
Tango is big story in the singles magazine space, not One2One. What dating companies are advertising in them besides PerfectMatch in Tango? Do you see these publications as a viable marketing channel for your brand?
Mark and I are both writing more about social networking these days because thats where all the interesting stuff is happening. That said, I think we’ve all heard enough about MySpace for a while.
They forgot to mention Consumating or TrueDater which are both getting a lot of ink recently.
Best of luck to the Dartmouth MBA looking for a job in the dating space. I would think someone reading this would want some help making more money with their site, but why focus on acquisition? That’s not where the problem lies, well maybe for the smaller sites but not for the sites who can afford a big shot MBA.
Here’s the newsletter. Kudos to Mark for at least getting it out the door periodically.
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~~ Mobile Dating Conference ~~
The Internet Dating Conference will have a special conference focusing
solely on wireless and mobile dating. July 21-22 at the Hilton San
Francisco – www.idate2005.com
~~ One2One Magazine ~~
The first and only upscale magazine for the singles lifestyle –
www.one2onemag.com
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~~~ Top 10 News Alerts ~~~
Online Personals Watch @ www.onlinepersonalswatch.com or www.opw1.com
SOUL SHINE — May 16 — As rock star Billy Corgan is helping to prove, MySpace is the new Friendster, with decidedly better benefits. More and more acts are using MySpace.com to promote themselves.
www.myspace.com/billycorgan
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/artists_make_go.html
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Google Buys Dodgeball Text-message Networking Service
INFOWORLD — May 12 — Google continued extending its reach beyond the PC
this week by acquiring social networking service Dodgeball.com. The service
lets users “check in” their location at a bar, club, restaurant, or other
local gathering spot, then transmits that information as a text message.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/google_buys_dod.html
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True.com Forms Exclusive Partnership With AskMen.com
PRNEWSWIRE — May 11 — True and AskMen, the leader in men’s lifestyle
content, announced an exclusive partnership. True will serve as
AskMen.com’s exclusive online personals partner. AskMen.com will provide
its popular content to True. Askmen pulls 6 million monthly readers.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/truecom_forms_e.html
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Dinner, Movie, Background Check
BUSINESS WEEK — May 9 — Background checks legislation has been proposed
in California, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia, but so far has gained the
most momentum in Florida, but it ran out of time.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/dinner_movie_ba.html
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Marnie Macauley Joins Mary.com as the Voice of Mary
PRWEB — May 3 — Marnie Macauley has joined Mary.com as the voice behind
Ask Mary; straight-shooting, no preaching, saucy and always on target.
Marnie on Love: Trying to figure why love sours is one of the great
mysteries of the cosmos, right behind the existence of white chocolate.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/marnie_macauley.html
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Spark Networks Reports Q1 Results
PRESSE PORTAL — May 5 — Revenue was up 10% to $16.5 million. Net income
was $2 million, compared to a net loss of $3 million. JDate revenue was
$6.5 million, up 10%. AmericanSingles revenue was $8.1 million, down 5%.
Average paying subscribers was 222,700, up 7%. JDate had 70,400, up 3%.
AmericanSingles had 121,600, up 4%.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/spark_networks_.html
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Match Launches Step by Step Dating Guide
PRNEWSWIRE — May 3 — Match.com, celebrating its tenth year, premiered its
new guide to dating entitled “How to Meet the Right Person in 90 Days.”
The complete guide is free to all current members and anyone who registers
by May 31.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/match_launches_.html
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InterActiveCorp (Match.com) Posts Higher Profit
REUTERS — May 5 — Revenue rose 14% to $1.65 billion. Operating income
before amortization rose 30%, to $253 million. Personals revenue grew by
11% to $54.2 million, with a 6% increase in paid subscribers and higher
average revenue per subscriber.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/interactivecorp.html
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Longhorn to Get a Social-Networking Infusion
MICROSOFT WATCH — May 3 — Microsoft has moved 10 of its social-computing
experts from Microsoft Research onto its Windows user interface team.
Social-networking technologies, including blogs, Wikis, and RSS, are likely
to play a key part in the Longhorn “Aero” interface.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/longhorn_to_get.html
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Site Helps Teens Find Old Friends
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS — May 3 — Move over, Friendster. There’s a hotter
site on the Web. Teens are turning to Myspace to keep in touch; 14 million
users.
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/news/2005/05/site_helps_teen.html
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Online Personals Watch @ www.onlinepersonalswatch.com or www.opw1.com
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~~~ People Available ~~~
Experienced Branding/Marketing Manager. Dartmouth MBA. 12 years experience
with high-profile brands. Founded 2 offline/online singles companies; grew
to annual sales of $5 million. Customer acquisition, conversion, retention
focused. ggmillar@aol.com / 650-544-7257 for full resume.
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Online Personals Watch
http://www.OnlinePersonalsWatch.com
Internet Dating Conference
http://www.InternetDatingConference.com
Event Schedule for iDate2005
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July 21-22, 2005
Hilton San Francisco
San Francisco, California
September 22-23, 2005
Moevenpick Hotel Prague
Prague, Czech Republic
February 1-2, 2006
Wyndham Miami Beach Resort
Miami, Florida
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