by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Online Dating Innovation, Social: Dating & Networking
During the past year or so I’ve been thinking and writing a lot about the role Facebook could play in online dating. I’ve received a lot of feedback from the online dating industry about the possibility of Facebook becoming the worlds largest dating site....
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
The online dating industry is rife with good ideas that don’t resonate well with singles. Letting people act as Matchmakers for each other on a dating site appears to be one of them. It’s a niche thing, which Engage found out after goring through $6...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing, Profiles & Matching
AllFacebook says that there is a growing market for purchasing Facebook Profiles. This reminds me of people who contact me looking for dating profiles. Pre-populating a dating site with fake profiles is a really bad idea. Short of acquiring a dating site and merging...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
SNAP Interactive has announced the beta launch of AreYouInterested.com, a stand-alone online dating website incorporating a Facebook Connect integration. AreYouInterested.com represents an expanded version of SNAP’s popular Facebook Platform dating application...
by David Evans | Dating Sites & Startups
I was interviewed extensively for last summer’s HBS Case Study of eHarmony. All my interview output was nixed by eHarmony. I was told to take that as a badge of honor. You can order your copy of the Harvard Business School eHarmony Case Study for $6.95.
by David Evans | Dating Research, Dating Site Technology, Dating Sites & Startups, Marketing, Online Dating Innovation, Profiles & Matching, Social: Dating & Networking
Niche dating sites can be incredibly effective if you’re Jewish, Black, Gay, Athletic or belong to any number of groups where it makes sense to self-identify as part of a particular group of people. Matchmaker was the first site to have many different...