by David Evans | Marketing
Andrew Chen recently led a session on customer acquisition and viral marketing at the First Round Capital CEO Summit. Andrew is a go-to guy on this stuff, deep background and the kind of person I’d like to get into a conversation with about viral harmonics (and...
by David Evans | Dating Research
Lots of research papers flowing across my desk in recent months. Today I read that Iowa State University sociologists have found out that spouses who met online are older, less likely to be marrying for the first time, and have much shorter courtships —...
by David Evans | Dating Markets
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...
by David Evans | Uncategorized
Quick shout-out to Jennifer Kelton, who’s BadOnlineDates combines the best of social networking and technology with online dating. BOD provides community members with more sophisticated social tools that they already use in their everyday lives: an iPhone...
by David Evans | Marketing
Reading the interview with Shaddi founder Anupam G. Mittal over at OPW. If you look at the UK market, in September we saw a dramatic fall. This is the third time I’ve heard this in a week, and not just in the UK. Wondering what factors are involved with this...