Layar: First Mobile Augmented Reality Browser Is Your Real Life HUD. Now *this* is a cool mobile application. Imagine being able to hold your camera up to a person and have it display their profile. Scary big-brother implications but this is part of the natural evolution of mate-finding. Location-based mobile dating applications are fast becoming a commodity, it’s features like this that will catapult a few companies to the front of the class.
Should You Pitch a Branded iPhone App? – Advertising Lab: future of advertising and advertising technology. Mobile app usage quickly drops off precipitously.
meetMoi and ClearSky Mobile Media Team Up to Offer Mobile Dating to Regional Wireless Carriers. What’s the better business model, a mobile dating startup or a large established player offering mobile services?
TIME magazine on Online Dating and Genetics.
iPhone users are buzzing with excitement about the iPhone Vibrator App from MyPleasure.com.
Either these people are in a blissful life-long marriage or they’re back in Vegas for round two shortly afterwards. The World’s Most Unusual Weddings
PlentyofFish on getting people to read your emails:
We’ve found that Women READ your profile BEFORE they open your email. If your profile description sucks it doesn’t matter how good your email is. Make sure your description contains “Hopes and aspirations”, “Hobbies/interests in general”, “Musical Tastes”. These are all conversation starters and will show a women you have something in common with her. If your profile description is blank or super short you are 9 times more likely to get “unread deleted”. Edit your description section.
Publishers Hire ComScore To Kill Off The Click-Through.
My neighbor works for HubSpot, a Boston marketing company that offers unique marketing tools, services and seminars. They are offering a free webinar titled Marketing Detox: Getting Off Google AdWords PPC Crack.
There are several iPhone applications catering to gays, who appreciate the ability to hook-up while the go. Skout recently launched BoyAhoy destination site and application. How do mobile usage patterns differ between gays and straights?
Dating sites might want to consider embedding SEO terms in Flash files: Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: Flash indexing with external resource loading.
I spend a lot of time reviewing dating site copy, which is usually the last thing dating sites think about when launching a site. Focusing on copy can dramatically improve user response.
I have a ton of work to do and then it’s off to LA for iDate on Wednesday. After weeks of rain, I am hoping for a few days of uninterrupted sun.
